Apple and Samsung are each rumored to be engaged on Slim fashions for subsequent yr and each are reportedly operating into the identical points. Briefly, there are two obstacles on the street to a skinny telephone: the motherboard and the battery.
Apple has discovered the motherboard drawback, now the difficulty is bringing down the price, in line with Naver poster yeux1122. The corporate tried incorporating new tech for the battery, however as a result of quantity manufacturing and different points, it’s sticking with present supplies.
The top consequence will likely be an iPhone 17 Slim that can measure round 6mm thick. For comparability, the iPhone 16 Plus (the Plus collection is getting dropped in favor of the Slim) is 7.8mm (the Professionals are thicker at 8.3mm). The Slim will reportedly use a new OLED panel that can measure 6.6” in dimension (down from 6.7” on the Plus). Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects the Slim to account for 5 to 10% of iPhone shipments subsequent yr.
In the meantime, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim will likely be changing the S25 FE and will probably be a trial design that may very well be adopted for the S26 collection (if it proves well-liked, in fact). Nonetheless, Samsung bumped into the identical points that Apple did.
Mass manufacturing of thinner motherboards has reportedly been delayed as a result of provider points. There was progress on utilizing new supplies for the battery, although. Proper now there is no such thing as a indication on how skinny the Galaxy S25 Slim will likely be – the thinnest S24 member is the vanilla telephone at 7.6mm.
Each the iPhone 17 Slim and Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim are anticipated within the second half of 2025.
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