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The rumors are only 5.5 mm thick, the upcoming air of the iPhone 17 will be Apple’s smallest phone after the infamous iPhone 6, but can it reported to help Apple to avoid another Bendgate disaster?
Footage shared on X last week by a reputable Leaker “Majin Bu” claim to show a model of the iPhone 17 Air, which is placed by a makeshift test for bending and passing with flying colors.
If it turns out to be accurate, a clear indicator is that Apple is seriously taking durability with its return to ultra -thin smartphones.
Although the Air iPhone 17 has not yet been officially announced, we saw a boat of rumors about it, including leaking design images. The mannequin shown in the video is certainly the same as what you have seen so far, but can we expect the real deal to face such levels of punishment?
Maybe we still don’t have to put our fears of Bendgate.
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iPhone 17 air leaks can be good news for Apple
On Friday, Majin Bu publishes a video of X showing a turn test with a highway version of the iPhone 17 Air.
Despite the repeated attempts, the mock is barely trembling, a polar opposite result of Apple’s previous iPhone 6 Plus, which is contradictory with ease at time Unbox therapyThe famous video “Bendgate”, published in 2014.
Let’s hope this is an indicator Apple learned from its past mistakes with “Bendgate” and created a way to make an Air iPhone 17 significantly more durable than the iPhone 6 Plus.
The iPad Pro M4 gives us reason to be optimistic, because reports that its ultra -thin chassis uses a new interior rib design that helps prevent bending.
However, you may not want to hope yet. Keep in mind that the “phone” in this video is not a real air on the iPhone 17 or even a phone at all. This is a pre -production of “mannequin”, which means that it is a model based on the actual phone or at least it looks.
As this does not come directly from Apple, we cannot confirm exactly how much the design or quality of building this model is, no matter how much it resembles the iPhone 17 Air images.
This said that dummies like this are sometimes solid and through third-party companies a better idea of the size, weight or ergonomics of a device to support accessories, such as smartphone cases, long before the product is launched.
This lump of metal can pass the bending test with ease, but the actual air of the iPhone 17, which is expected to hit the shelves of stores later this year? This is another story entirely.
Endurance is not the only potential problem for iPhone 17 Air
Even if this leaking video is an accurate representation of the iPhone 17 Air resistance to bending, durability is not the only care about this phone.
Battery life can also take a blow because of Air’s ultra -thin chassis. There is just a less space for a large battery than something like the iPhone 17 Pro. Therefore, the Apple hearing is that it introduces a battery optimization feature powered by AI, which can be able to help compensate for a physically smaller battery in the air of the iPhone 17.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge can give us an idea of what to expect in terms of battery life. It has an ultra-thin design similar to the iPhone 17, including a 3900 mAh battery that is less than 4900 mAh battery in the S25 Plus. It is possible to see a similar reduction in battery size from the iPhone 17 or 17 Pro compared to the air of the iPhone 17.
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