iPhone 17 Air, Galaxy S25 Slim: Specs, design, and everything we know so far

Don’t confuse these with mini-phones. These volition not beryllium your mean mini-sized flagship smartphones similar the iPhone 13 mini. In fact, these flagship smartphones volition battalion a show that volition beryllium akin successful size to a regular flagship.

Galaxy S25 Slim could beryllium the thinnest flagship from Samsung. (Express Photo)

According to expert Jeff Pu, the iPhone 17 Air volition person a 6.6-inch screen. In presumption of surface size, it volition beryllium betwixt the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The Galaxy S25 Slim is expected to battalion a somewhat bigger 6.7-inch screen.

Both smartphones volition beryllium powered by next-generation flagship chips. While the Galaxy S25 Slim is apt to beryllium based connected the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, the iPhone 17 Air is expected to beryllium powered by the next-generation A19 chip, which is besides apt to powerfulness the regular iPhone 17.

However, according to Naver Blog, Apple is said to person deed immoderate roadblocks with their caller artillery tech, and hence, the iPhone 17 Air mightiness not beryllium arsenic slim arsenic Apple wants it to be. The study does item that it volition inactive beryllium the slimmest iPhone measuring astir 6mm successful thickness. For now, determination isn’t overmuch accusation astir the slimness of the slimmest variant of the Galaxy S25, but it is besides expected to beryllium astir 6mm.

Galaxy S25 Slim packs a triple camera setup based connected ALoP tech. The Galaxy S25 Slim, similar its regular counterpart, mightiness see a triple camera setup astatine the back, featuring a caller benignant of telephoto sensor exertion called ALoP that Samsung precocious unveiled, which is said to beryllium a importantly thinner module erstwhile compared to a emblematic periscope zoom lens.

iPhone 17 Air volition inactive beryllium the thinnest smartphone from Apple. (Express Photo)

The Galaxy S25 Slim is said to connection a 200 MP superior lens, a 50 MP ultra-wide space lens, and a 50 MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom.

There isn’t a batch of clarity connected the iPhone 17 Air’s camera deck. The rumours astir the iPhone 17 Air’s camera array are a spot cloudy astatine this point. The latest study from The Information indicates that the iPhone 17 Air volition person a dual-camera setup successful the apical centre of the backmost panel, perchance featuring a 48 MP main sensor, portion the aforesaid work successful an earlier study hinted astatine a azygous camera module, akin to the 3rd procreation iPhone SE.

Both phones are apt to battalion a silicon c battery, the latest artillery exertion which uses silicon-carbon-based anode alternatively of graphite with a higher energy-carrying capacity.

As of now, the Galaxy S25 Slim is expected to spell authoritative by Q2 of 2025 and mightiness get a fewer months aft the regular Galaxy S25 series, portion the iPhone 17 Air is expected to beryllium unveiled alongside the next-generation iPhone bid successful September 2025. The Galaxy S25 Slim and the iPhone 17 Air are expected to beryllium priced astir $999 oregon astir Rs 1,00,000.