iPhone 17 Slim to Get Single Rear Camera, A19 Chip as Apple Emphasises Design Over Features: Ming-Chi Kuo

Apple is but to announce the arrival of the iPhone 16 collection, however forward of it, rumours about subsequent 12 months’s iPhone household are rising on the Web. The purported iPhone 17 collection is claimed to incorporate a brand new ‘Slim’ variant as a substitute of the Plus model. Most not too long ago, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has shed extra mild on its specs and design suggesting that Apple may give attention to preserving a skinny profile by packing a single rear digital camera. The iPhone 17 Slim is anticipated to run on a lower-end A19 chip.

iPhone 17 Slim specs (anticipated)

Noted provide chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared his expectations for the iPhone 17 Slim on a Medium submit. He states that the ultra-slim iPhone 17 mannequin will emphasise smooth kind issue design quite than competing on {hardware} specs. Kuo says it would function solely a single wide-angle rear digital camera.

The iPhone 17 Slim with a single lens could be an uncommon transfer from Apple because the tech large historically affords two cameras on the usual and Plus fashions and three on the Pro variations. Details in regards to the capabilities of the iPhone 17 Slim’s digital camera stay unknown, though different iPhone 17 collection fashions are anticipated to get a 48-megapixel essential digital camera.

Further, Kuo says the iPhone 17 Slim will get a 6.6-inch show with a 1,260×2,740 pixels decision and dynamic island. It is claimed to return with an A19 chip underneath the hood together with Apple’s in-house 5G chip. The high-end iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are mentioned to ship with A19 Pro chips.

Apple is anticipated to make use of a Titanium aluminium alloy center body for the iPhone 17 Slim. The proportion of Titanium might be decrease than the present Pro and Pro Max center body. Other iPhone 17 fashions are mentioned to make use of an aluminium center body.

Why Apple plans to exchange iPhone 17 Plus?

Kuo’s submit corroborates rumours in regards to the firm’s plan to discontinue the iPhone 17 Plus. Due to low gross sales, Apple is prone to axe the Plus mannequin from the iPhone 17 lineup by including the brand new iPhone 17 Slim variant. “The new ultra-slim mannequin just isn’t positioned to exchange the Plus. Instead, Apple is exploring new design tendencies past the prevailing iPhone lineup”, mentioned Kuo.

He notes that the Plus mannequin solely accounts for about 5 to 10 % of the general shipments of iPhone, indicating that Plus is a dispensable mannequin.