The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to be 5.5 mm thick It's expected to replace the iPhone 16 Plus Samsung is rumored to be launching a Galaxy S25 Slim too If the rumors are right, we'll get a new iPhone model this year: the iPhone 17 Air.

The so-called "iPhone 17 Air" model expected to launch later this year will have an ultra-thin design that is 5.5mm at its thinnest

For what it's worth, analyst Jeff Pu also backs the iPhone 17 Air to have a lone 48MP main camera, adding that the phone's front camera will be a 24MP sensor. That claim is consistent with rumors about the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup getting an upgrade from the current 12MP TrueDepth camera on iPhones.

In a new Medium post today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo outlines a few expectations for the iPhone models coming this year. Most of it corroborates previous iPhone 17 rumors and Kuo’s own previous statements, but there is one interesting tidbit: The iPhone 17 Air could be a lot thinner than originally reported.

Phone 17 Air is coming this fall as an ultra-thin new model, and now Ming-Chi Kuo reports that it’s going to be thinner than we thought.