Thinnest And Lightest iPhone

 Apple Plan To Design Thinnest And Lightest iPhone, Apple Watches, MacBook Pro Laptops

The latest iPad Pro is the thinnest product Apple has ever made, thinner than the iPod nano. A new report says that this move to thinner gadgets will come to other products, including the iPhone, though likely not until next year. Different reports point to Apple's plans to shave down the weight and bulk of its devices. Sometime soon, Apple may be hoping you do a double-take when you see an iPhone. That's because the company is reportedly planning thinner redesigns for its iPhones next year to compliment thinner and lighter Apple Watches, MacBook Pro laptops and iPad tablets.

The company's dramatic reveal of the iPad Pro earlier this year was the "beginning of a new class of Apple devices," according to a new report, which says Apple is planning to announce some of its thinnest and lightest products across the tech industry over the next couple of years. The precedent has been set by the new iPad Pro, according to Mark Gurman in his latest Power On newsletter. “Apple’s new iPad Pro sets the stage for thinner iPhones and other devices,” Gurman said. “Over the past several years, Apple appeared to be shifting away from making devices as thin and light as possible.” The new iPad Pro, released in April, “marked a return to form,” Gurman added. The new device delivered something much thinner without compromising battery life, and it seems that will be the template for Apple’s future raft of products. As well as the iPhone, Gurman believes this will make for thinner laptops and watches. Well, those products have been getting thicker, for example with the Apple Watch Ultra and recent MacBook Pro models and bigger batteries have been a part of that.

Apple's plans include the Apple Watch, which industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, says will have thinner casings while growing screens to 45mm from 41mm for its smaller size and to 49mm from 45mm for its larger devices. It is also reported that Apple is planning an iPhone 17 for 2025 that has a "significantly skinnier" design, as well as a thinner MacBook Pro laptop sometime as well. Representatives for Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the reports. But now that Apple has proved it can do it with the iPad Pro, it will do it in other devices. “The plan is for the latest iPad Pro to be the beginning of a new class of Apple devices that should be the thinnest and lightest products in their categories across the whole tech industry,” Gurman said. In other words, Apple’s success with a svelte iPad Pro means “Apple has figured out how make its devices thinner again while still adding major new features.”

Apple's efforts to offer dramatic redesigns for its products follow the company's well-worn strategy of reimagining the look, feel and manufacturing technology for its devices every few years. Typically, Apple's redesigns lead to thinner and lighter devices while maintaining or improving their battery life. Apple has always prioritized maintaining battery life even when new features demand more power. As a result of which, the latest iPad Pro has the same 10-hour battery life found on the original iPad and all Apple’s tablets in between. And this is no mean accomplishment with power-hungry innovations over the years.

This super-thin design is not coming just yet. “I’m told that Apple is now focused on developing a significantly skinnier phone in time for the iPhone 17 line in 2025,” Gurman said, though he doesn’t specify a date for a thinner Apple Watch and MacBook Pro. Now would you like a slimmer iPhone with the same battery life as now, or would you be happy with a device the same thickness as now, but with increased battery life? In the meantime, there are growing signs that the Apple Watch is also due to be slimmed down, and may even do so this year, with the release of Apple Watch Series 10. This year's iPad Pro is a dramatic example of this trend. In May, Apple announced a new design for its iPad Pro that is thinner than its historically sleek iPod Nano music player, while being powered by similar chips from the company's computer lines. This move comes after a series of well-received remakes to its MacBook laptop lines, giving them a rectangular look rather than the nearly two-decade-old tapered silhouette of the MacBook Air.

The last time Apple made significant changes to its iPhone design was with the iPhone X in 2017, which dropped the front-facing home button and included a Touch ID fingerprint sensor in favour of a larger screen and Face ID scanner. Apple's worked to refine that look ever since, particularly with larger screens and better cameras. Next year, a key feature of the new iPhone will be its thinner design. Apple has also been rumoured to be working on a folding phone design, though that has been reportedly pushed to 2027 while the company works out screen creases.