The iPhone 17 Air will not be able to install a physical SIM card because there is no room for it, The Information reports.
Prototypes of the iPhone 17 Air have a thickness of 5 to 6 mm. This led to solving engineering problems.
Apple has not yet figured out how to link a SIM card. And this is a big problem, since eSIM is not available everywhere, and some countries, such as China, require smartphones to have a physical tray for a SIM card.
The iPhone 17 Air will feature Apple’s small 5G modem for the first time. In terms of energy efficiency, these are the best solutions from Qualcomm, but it does not support mmWave 5G, that is, the iPhone 17 Air does not support the maximum available 5G speed.
Additionally, Apple engineers find it difficult to connect the battery and thermal materials to the device. Due to the thin body, we also had to sacrifice the second speaker and leave only one camera on the back.
At 6.9mm thick, the iPhone 6 is currently the only rugged smartphone Apple has ever released. [9to5Mac]
Source: Iphones RU
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