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The iPhone 17 Air ought to turn out to be Apple’s lightest and thinnest iPhone but later this yr. In distinction, the corporate will seemingly take the other way with its Professional Max mannequin, making it thicker and heavier.
A hands-on video of an iPhone 17 Professional Max dummy unit reveals what might be its closing, noticeably thicker design.
iPhone 17 Professional Max may stay as much as its Max title
A number of leaks and hands-on movies have proven off the iPhone 17 Air’s beautiful thinness. The telephone will reportedly be solely 5.6mm skinny, making it Apple’s slimmest iPhone and one of many thinnest telephones in the marketplace. Apple will seemingly not take the slim and light-weight course with the iPhone 17 Professional Max, although.
A hands-on video of an iPhone 17 Professional Max dummy unit posted by leaker Majin Bu on X reveals the doubtless thicker new design in all its glory. We see the brand new horizontal digicam island spanning your entire machine width from left to proper up prime, with the flash and LiDAR sensor positioned on the acute proper.
The digicam island barely protrudes from the machine physique, with the person digicam rings extending even additional.
iPhone 17 Professional is gorgeous pic.twitter.com/d2osFRSVDS
— Majin Bu (@MajinBuOfficial) Could 28, 2025
As beforehand reported, the telephone will apparently measure 8.7525 mm. This is able to make it significantly thicker than the 8.25 mm iPhone 16 Professional Max. It could additionally make the iPhone 17 Professional Max over 3.1 mm thicker than the Air.
Thicker chassis will present area for a much bigger battery
On the intense aspect, the thicker chassis will present Apple with extra room to suit a bigger battery. This is likely to be a straightforward trade-off for many customers, as they might fortunately take a thicker telephone if it delivers higher battery life.
It could additionally present the corporate with area to make use of a bigger digicam sensor for higher picture high quality. Nonetheless, leaks thus far don’t recommend this. They solely level to the 5x 12MP telephoto shooter getting a bump to 48MP decision.
