The ‘iPhone 17 Air’ May Stand Out With an Exclusive New Color
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At this point, it’s all but certain that Apple plans to do something completely different with its 2025 iPhone lineup. A staggering collection of rumors, leaks, and analyst reports have all pointed to Apple phasing out the Plus-sized models of the last three generations in favor of an ultra-slim “iPhone Air.”
Of course, we don’t know for sure if that’s what Apple will call this new device, but it’s as good a moniker as any until its true name is revealed, which isn’t likely to happen before September’s iPhone event. Early reports used the term “iPhone Slim,” but “Air” seems a more probable candidate due to its alignment with the iPad and MacBook brands.
Whatever the final name turns out to be, this year’s “iPhone 17 Air” will boast an ultra-thin design. Reports vary on just how thin it will be, with some suggesting as svelte as 5.5 mm, while others offer more pragmatic estimates of 6.25 mm. However, to put that into perspective, the thinnest iPhone to date was the 2014 iPhone 6, which measured 6.9 mm without the camera array. Its 2015 successor, the iPhone 6s, gained 0.2 mm, undoubtedly as a result of the 3D Touch display technology Apple incorporated into it, and they’ve been getting thicker ever since.
The iPhone XR was the first to cross the 8-millimeter threshold, hitting 8.3 mm. That was matched by the 2019 iPhone 11 before Apple slimmed things down again with the 7.4-mm iPhone 12. The iPhone 16 measures 7.8 mm in width, while the iPhone 16 Pro models are 8.25 mm. Needless to say, even a 6.25 mm iPhone Air would be remarkably thin by today’s standards, putting it on par with all of Apple’s iPads save for the “impossibly thin” new M4 iPad Pro models.
However, it seems that making an extremely thin iPhone won’t be the only way Apple plans to set the “iPhone 17 Air” apart from the rest of the family. A new Weibo post from leaker Fixed Focus Digital claims that Apple plans to release its most stylish iPhone in an almost pastel shade of blue. This could also end up being its “main” color, the leaker adds.
While Apple has never designated a primary color for any of its iPhones, it’s not uncommon for one or two colors to stand out from the rest in the company’s marketing materials and presentations. It’s likely the “iPhone 17 Air” will be available in more colors than just a very light blue, but it’s not hard to imagine Apple featuring that shade as a way of setting it apart from the more “serious” iPhone 17 Pro models. It may also use it to distinguish the standard “iPhone 17” as more whimsical by showing off a more vibrant hue. Purple and Green have been among the colors rumored for the standard model.
A light or pastel blue would also help to highlight the “airiness” of the new iPhone. If Apple wants to emphasize how light and slim the “iPhone 17 Air” is, going with an almost white sky blue wouldn’t hurt.
Fixed Focus Digital claims this blue will be unlike any of the other shades of blue that Apple has used in the past. That’s a tall order, as Apple has tried everything from the deep Pacific Blue of the iPhone 12 Pro to the almost-white of the iPhone 15. The middle ground was arguably the Sierra Blue iPhone 13 Pro, but a recent rumor of a “Sky Blue” shade for the iPhone 17 Pro seems closer to that.
Rumors of iPhone colors are often hit or miss, running the gamut from ?slightly off to wildly inaccurate. Fixed Focus Digital has a mixed track record; they were the first to accurately predict the iPhone 16e name and loosely predicted the Desert Titanium iPhone 16 Pro, but they also predicted a color-infused green for the iPhone 16 that didn’t materialize.
[The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.]
