TDK Corp. is readying a new generation of batteries to power smartphones through AI tasks at a time that major client Apple is also preparing to launch a slimmer handset, reports DigiTimes (a subscription is required to read the entire article).
That slimmer headset is almost certainly the rumored “iPhone Air.” The skinny smartphone is likely to arrive in September or October.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman predicts that the Air will sport a 6.6-inch display, have 20Hz ProMotion support, have a Dynamic Island, use an A19 chip, pack a single 48-megapixel rear camera, and include Apple’s custom-made C1 modem.
According to a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, the iPhone 17 Slim (in translation), “has a camera bump of 4.0mm and a total of 9.5mm.” Some have claimed the model will be dubbed the “iPhone Air.”
Apple excludes the camera bump when reporting the thickness of an iPhone, so that the iPhone 16 is officially listed as being 7.8mm thick, notes AppleInsider. The iPhone 16 Pro Max is 8.25mm, again with the camera bump excluded.
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