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- Apple is reportedly struggling to find a way to fit a physical SIM card tray in its slim iPhone.
- The company could be planning to switch to a part aluminum, part glass design.
- It’s also said that the device may only have enough room for one speaker.
Rumors about Apple’s slim iPhone are heating up. Just last week, there was a report that revealed just how thin the iPhone 17 Air could be. A new report has shed even more light on the handset, detailing struggles the Cupertino firm is having and some of the compromises it will make to achieve the form factor it desires.
Starting with the struggles, The Information reports that Apple is having trouble overcoming a design hurdle. It appears the iPhone 17 Air is so thin that its engineers are having trouble figuring out how to fit in a physical SIM card tray. For reference, the iPhone 16 is 7.8mm thick and the prototypes for next year’s thin model are between 5 and 6mm thick.