- Photos show a dummy unit of the iPhone 17 next to an iPhone 16 Plus
- Air iPhone 17 seems much thinner than the iPhone 16 Plus
- However, the air camera also exceeds far
We are fully expecting the air of the iPhone 17 to be one of the thinnest phones of the year, perhaps even by beating the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, but a new apparent leak gives us a clear look at the end of it compared to one of Apple’s current phones.
Lefaker Majin BU (via GSMARENA) shared photos of what is probably a missing unit of iPhone 17 alongside an iPhone 16 Plus. We say “probably” because they simply refer to it as an iPhone 17 air, so it could rather be a prototype, but it is more likely a non -functional model.
In any case, in these images, it appears a little more than half as thick as the iPhone 16 more thick 7.8 mm. It is probably a little more than that, with leaks suggesting that the air of the iPhone 17 has a thickness of 5.65 mm, but it certainly seems extremely thin.
Is the iPhone 17 Air a good upgrade? pic.twitter.com/afbyzfkcmvMay 18, 2025
Camera concerns
But while most of the phone is very thin, the single lens camera advances significantly from the top. In fact, it seems that the bit with the lens is as thick as this section of the iPhone 16 Plus – which means that at its thickest point, the air of the iPhone 17 would not be much thinner than current iPhones.
And because the rest of the body is so thin, this camera bump is much more visible than on the iPhone 16 Plus, so that the appearance of the design is probably not ideal. Of course, there is a chance that the design of the phone in these images is bad, but it aligns with the previous images.
However, this problem is probably inevitable. Apple would team up the air of the iPhone 17 with a single rear camera in order to undermine the phone, but in fact, reducing the size of the lens and other components of the camera is probably not possible without reducing quality.
Thus, iPhone 17 air will probably be a very thin phone – as long as you ignore the thicker camera bar at the top.
