Redmi mulls iPhone 17 Air rival in new leak
The "17 Air" is yet again backed to be under 6 millimeters (mm) in depth in its latest leak, a post that has prompted Redmi's general manager Wang Teng Thomas to express enthusiasm for the release of such an iPhone, declaring that the industry could "learn a lot" from its existence.
The executive's new Weibo post is now being seized on as a strong hint that Redmi might launch an ultra-thin challenger of its own, following the successful release of its own iPad Mini clone in the 6.5mm thick K Pad.
Should the Xiaomi subsidiary do so, it might need to employ Apple's alleged new milling process that apparently pares the 17 Air's mid-frame from both sides to achieve the desired thickness in order to make its own super-slim smartphone.
It is to be hoped that Redmi could fit a larger battery into the resulting shape nonetheless, having mastered cutting-edge silicon-carbon technology to produce handsets such as the Turbo 4 Pro, not to mention the new 15 5G, in 2025.
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