Rumors have suggested that Apple might return to the 4-inch iPhone form factor with the next-generation of iPhones, but what would a new 4-inch iPhone even look like?
If this video is anything to go by, it will be crazy thin … even thinner than the iPad Air, from which it would also borrow its moniker.
The guys at SET Solution imagine the so-called iPhone Air as just being 4.3 mm thick, about 1.8 mm thinner than the iPad Air. Spec-wise, it would feature a 1920 x 1080 Full HD screen, 13-megapixel camera with 4K support, and either 32GB or 64GB storage options.
Honestly, those are ridiculous specs. The 4-inch iPhone is never going to be thinner than the 4.7-inch or 5.5-inch iPhones, and a 1920 x 1080 Full HD screen would mess with Apple’s careful Retina formula.
Still, it’s interesting to see what people are expecting, and you’ve got to admit, this proposed ad for the iPhone Air has a really clever gimmick with that laser-shaved pencil denoting thinness. And after all, this isn’t the most implausible iPhone Air SET Solution has ever come up with.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
9 responses to “Imagining a 4.3 mm-thin iPhone Air”
Stop that thickness madness, give us more juice!
please please stop with this thinness BS, instead we need a bigger battery
Apple is done with 4″ phones, never gonna happen.
No one gives a shit how thin the iPhone is.
Everyone wants more battery power.
If you are going to imagine something, why not 0.00mm thick, and infinite battery life?
there will be no bigger battery. there will be no battery. will happen w/ iPhone 7 and not before :)
Solar powered iPhone 7?
So you get a 4.3 mm thick phone and have to put it in a solid case to protect it from damage so it’s as thick as any other phone. Or are these iphones going to be able to really bend with out breaking.
Yep – make the battery smaller, then add a screen that requires more power.
Form over function. Moronic.
4.3MM thickness and 4 hours 3 minutes usage time. Good Job!!!