These are the biggest pros and cons of iPhone 17 Air’s rumored ultra-thin design

Apple is going to debut its thinnest ever iPhone later this year, at just 5.5mm thin. While this new cutting-edge iPhone will have some compromises to shave nearly half the thickness of a normal iPhone, there’ll still be a number of features you won’t be compromising on. We’ll be delving into some of the pros and cons here. Pros #1: Battery life You might expect a much thinner iPhone to have substantially compromised battery life. However, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that isn’t going to be the case: Skinnier phones require thinner batteries, and that often mean fewer hours of battery life. Apple didn’t want to compromise here, so it sent engineers back to the drawing board to redesign display and silicon components, as well as software, to make the device more efficient. iPhone 17 Air is rumored to feature a 6.6-inch display, so it’s unlikely that Apple will still match the Plus-sized battery life while being substantially thinner. However, it should still be able to pac ... Read full article.