Apple’s thinnest phone ever! iPhone 17 Air’s target thickness is 6.25mm

multiple sources have confirmed that Apple will launch a new mobile phone that focuses on being lightweight and thin in September this year, and the name is currently leaning towards “iPhone 17 Air”.

The latest news indicates that the target thickness of Apple’s iPhone 17 Air is 6.25mm, which is thinner than the thinnest iPhone 6 (6.9mm) ever, making it the thinnest phone in Apple’s history.

The price of iPhone 17 Air is similar to that of iPhone 16 Plus, starting at about 6,999 yuan.

iPhone 17 Air will replace Plus and form a new product matrix with the standard version, Pro version and Pro Max version.

The most important point is that both the standard version of iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Air will support high refresh rate. This is the first time in Apple’s history that high refresh rate has been introduced for mobile phones other than the Pro version, greatly improving the daily experience.

In addition, the iPhone 17 Air is expected to be equipped with Apple’s self-developed 5G baseband. This chip is smaller than Qualcomm’s 5G baseband. Apple hopes to use smaller and more integrated chips to save internal space and make way for the battery.

This is also a test of self-developed baseband. Apple hopes to replace Qualcomm’s solution within three years and switch to self-developed 5G baseband.