Apple engineers are struggling with where to put the SIM card, battery and thermal materials in the rumored iPhone 17 “Slim”. according to InformationAlthough US iPhones have not had SIM cards for the past few years, China requires one, making it a difficult, but necessary hurdle to overcome.
The 17 Slim's single, center-mounted camera will reportedly be surrounded by a rectangular bulge that's made of aluminum instead of glass. It also says that the iPhone Plus will be leaving the lineup, one of the few rumors that have been floating around along with the whispers about this new phone.
Other rumors about the 17 Slim (or Air, or whatever Apple calls it) include that it will have a 6.6-inch (or 6.55-inch) display and an aluminum frame. It could get the more energy-dense batteries it would need while being less than 6mm thick Information Writes. It's even thinner than the 6.9mm iPhone 6, Apple's all-time thinness winner – a difference that famously came with a few… structural compromiseAnd there may be a price to pay for all that; It's rumored to be priced somewhere north of the $1,200 Pro Max.