Apple engineers are wrestling with where to put the SIM card, battery, and thermal materials in the rumored iPhone 17 “Slim,” according to The Information. Although US iPhones haven’t had SIM cards for a couple of years now,

Apple is rumored to be working on an iPhone 17 Air model for next year. So here's every one of its new features and redesigns explained.

The iPhone 17 Slim won't have a SIM card tray because it is too thin to have one, and it probably won't have mmWave either.

Next year’s rumored iPhone 17 Slim could miss out on the telephoto camera lens, which could be a tough pill to swallow if it’s as expensive as rumored.

The Information reports that the iPhone 17 Air could be so thin that Apple might not have space to include a physical SIM tray. While this wouldn't pose an issue in the United States—where Apple has already transitioned to eSIM-only iPhones—this could be a challenge in markets like India,

A new report dives into the struggles Apple may be having with the iPhone 17 Air's design, as well as compromises it could make.

Apple is doubling down on its eSIM strategy with the iPhone 17 Slim, which will be sold as an eSIM-only device. The iPhone 17 Air, rumoured to be just 6mm thick, is set to be one of the thinnest smartphones ever made,