Are “Slim” smartphones about to make a comeback? I really doubt it.

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Opinion post by
Robert Triggs


What year is this? Are ultra-slim phones about to come back in fashion after a decade away? If the latest rumors are to be believed, they are. Apple is said to be preparing an iPhone 17 “Air” next year, and Samsung a Galaxy S25 “Slim” as part of its upcoming flagship launch.

It’s early days for these rumors, so take them with a pinch of salt. The speculation doesn’t even suggest just how trim Apple and Samsung plan to make these models — they could be slim only by a marginal comparison to their siblings. I wouldn’t exactly call the 7.6mm Galaxy S24 a chunk, and would shaving 0.5mm off really make the phone feel that much different? Absolutely not. Still, previous attempts to slim down handsets saw rarities like 2014’s vivo X5 Max end up thinner than 5mm. If Apple and Google can get that far, they’d be quite a lot trimmer than today’s leading flagships. The question is: But why?




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