Purported iPhone 17 dummies — image credit: Sonny Dickson
Images of another set of iPhone 17 dummies have leaked, and this time they together emphasize just how thin the expected iPhone 17 Slim, or iPhone 17 Air, really will be.
There are now so many dummies of the iPhone 17 range being shown in leaks that, for one thing, it’s as certain as it can be that the camera arrangement will be different to previous iPhone models. But where most dummies concentrate on either the cameras or on the rumored glass and metal design, this latest one is just about size.
In a series of three images, leaker Sonny Dickson has lined up dummies of four iPhone 17 models either side by side, or on top of one another. The whole point is to spotlight how “unbelievably thin” the slim model is.
Previous rumors have suggested that the slim iPhone 17 could be as little as 5.5mm thick, compared to the 7.8mm of the iPhone 16, or the 8.25mm of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
There’s no further information in the dummies, except perhaps for confirmation that the slim model will not have a SIM card slot. While US iPhones have switched to eSIMs, the rest of the world requires the physical card.
In these images, though, the iPhone 17 Slim is not the only model to lack a SIM card slot. Assuming that the slim model replaces the iPhone 16 Plus as expected, the dummies appear to show no SIM card on what is either the iPhone 17, or the iPhone 17 Pro.
If the thinness of the new slim model has forced the use of eSIMs worldwide, then it’s conceivable that Apple would do the same with one or all of the other models. But even this is reading too much into purported dummies.
Note that leaker Sonny Dickson has a good track record of being accurate. At this point in 2024, the leaker correctly revealed the screen sizes of the iPhone 16 range.
