Apple said to make iPhone 17 Pro Max’ thicker for larger battery

iPhone 16 Pro
According to a leaker, Apple has reportedly increased the thickness of the iPhone 17 Pro Max to 8.725mm, compared to 8.25mm for the iPhone 16 Pro Max, resulting in a 0.475mm difference. This increase in depth is said to “surely indicate a larger battery.” Aside from the thickness, the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s frame is claimed to remain unchanged and otherwise identical to that of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Tim Hardwick:
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Up until now, we have not heard any rumors about a battery life increase for the iPhone 17 Pro Max or a change in dimensions, so if Ice Universe’s information is accurate, this would be a new development.
Apple’s premium devices are also rumored to have an aluminum frame, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models have a titanium frame. The back of the devices will supposedly also have a new “part-aluminum, part-glass” design.

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MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote back on December 21, 2015:
What’d be wrong with slightly thicker iPhone with more battery life and a flush camera assembly?
Yes, we know Apple thinks thinness sets iPhone apart from all other so-called smartphones (actually, it’s the operating system, the software and the ecosystem), but the iPhone 6/Plus and iPhone 6s/Plus are simply too thin to house their camera assembly.
iPhone 6s is 0.28 inch (7.1 mm) thin. Samsung’s Galaxy S6 is 0.27 inch (6.8 mm). The “thicker” iPhone 6s easily outsells the thinner Galaxy S6. Obviously, at this point, the selling point of “thinness” is overrated.
iPhone 6 and 6s have battery life issues for heavy iPhone users (hint: get an Apple Watch. You’ll use your iPhone less and the battery will easily outlast even the longest day).
The law of diminishing returns can also be applied to industrial design. Apple’s eternal quest for thinness eventually runs into issues such as bulging camera assemblies, battery capacity, strength (breakability), etc. – is Apple’s quest for thinness now bordering on the quixotic?
So, is it “you can never be too thin” or is it “thin enough is thin enough?”

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