iPhone 17 Air: Thickness & Price Revealed

Apple is reportedly gearing up to launch an ultra-slim iPhone 17 model later this year, with new reports revealing some intriguing details.

South Korea's Sisa Diary today detailed that Apple is holding back nothing called "iPhone 17 Air" to be 6.25mm thick. Assuming that estimation turns out to be precise, the gadget would turn into the most slender iPhone ever, besting the ongoing 6.9mm record set by the iPhone 6. It additionally implies the gadget would be around 20% more slender than the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Or more, and around 25% more slender than the iPhone 16 Genius and iPhone 16 Star Max.

Most tales appear to concur that the "iPhone 17 Air" will be some place in the 6mm thickness range, with one talk going as low as 5mm.

The report said the super dainty iPhone 17's cost will be like that of the iPhone 16 Or more, what begins at $899 in the US. Apple isn't supposed to deliver an iPhone 17 Or more, and the "iPhone 17 Air" will actually be its substitution.

Samsung is likewise wanting to deliver a considerably more slender cell phone this year, as indicated by the report. Like the "iPhone 17 Air," the purported "Cosmic system S25 Thin" will clearly have a thickness during the 6mm territory.

There have been clashing bits of hearsay about "iPhone 17 Air" plan subtleties and details, yet most sources have concurred that the gadget will have around a 6.6-inch show. Apple store network investigator Ming-Chi Kuo said he anticipates that the gadget should have a standard A19 chip, a Powerful Island, a solitary back camera, and an Apple-planned 5G modem. The gadget is supposed to be outfitted with 8GB of Slam for Apple Insight support.

In general, the gadget would have a few trade offs contrasted with the Genius models to accomplish a lot more slender and lighter plan.

Apple ought to deliver all iPhone 17 models in September, and extra tales will probably surface about the "iPhone 17 Air" among occasionally.

Apple to Pay $95M in Siri Privacy Settlement

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, ETR:APC) will make a cash settlement of $95 million for a proposed class action lawsuit that accused its iPhone voice assistant, Siri of invading users’ privacy.

People state that Siri collected data from its users while active and passed it to third parties without their knowledge.

An initial application was made on Tuesday night at the Oakland, California federal court, which awaits the endorsement of US District Judge Jeffrey White.

Litigants in the class action may be awarded up to $20 per Siri enabled device.

The class period prevailing from September 17, 2014 when Apple incorporate the “Hey Siri” voice activation that triggered the recording of conversations without the consent of the users to December 31, 2024.

Apple dismissed all the allegations of misdoing in agreeing to settle the case.

The iPhone maker lost 2.3% or about $245 by late morning on Thursday.

Samsung at CES 2025: How to Stream the Press Conference Live

 

Every year Samsung’s CES presser is an odd duck. Of course the Korean electronics giant tends to keep its powder dry in the consumer electronics space. After all, there’s no question it’s going to announce its latest flagship handset, the Galaxy S25, sometime near the end of January.

The company is going to continue to stick with its tradition of TVs and appliances at CES 2025. On the consumer end, there are odds and ends like consumer robots that won't likely see the light at all. Samsung has adopted the tagline “AI for All: For the presentation, which will run January 6 starting at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET, every day, everywhere” will read.

That alone doesn’t give us much to work with. But what company isn’t prone to mention a killer feature like AI when addressing the media? Any one that didn’t feel the need to mention AI, will be eaten by the sharks at Mandalay Bay. But the good news is that we have it on good authority that the company has plans for being hardnosed on the AI refrigerator front come January.

The presentation is being streamed live from Samsung's news room.