It has come to light that Apple has been wanting to replace the Plus model, which has the lowest sales among the phones in the iPhone series, with the Slim model for some time now. According to new developments, the company will make this change with the iPhone 17 series and the iPhone 17 Slim will feature a new OLED screen technology.

Due to the declining sales of iPhone Plus models over the years, it was rumored that Apple wanted to replace this series with a more interesting alternative, and thanks to this change, the new model will attract attention. Moreover iPhone 17 Slim will be more expensive than iPhone 17 Pro Max is spoken.

Novatek will develop the screen of the iPhone 17 Slim

According to information leaked by DigiTimes, iPhone 17 Slim will have an extremely thin design. The reason for this is a new TDDI (Touch and Display Driver Integration) OLED display panel developed by a Taiwan-based company called Novatek. This new panel technology touch sensor layer and display driver in one component It combines. This makes it possible to significantly reduce the thickness of the device.

Although this development will not directly affect sales, it is seen as an important step to ensure that the iPhone series, which is getting thicker every year, becomes a few millimeters thinner. Moreover, the company plans to test this new screen technology not only on the iPhone 17 Slim, but also on Apple Watch and iPad models.

Of course, all of this information is just rumors at the moment. Even some sources The iPhone 17 Slim may simply be a marketing strategy and the device may be released under a different name also states. For now, we’ll have to wait another year to see if the rumors are true.

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