Apple's 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 is So Thin That Suppliers Are Struggling to Produce Batteries For It?

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Posted April 22, 2014 at 4:10pm by Shalom Levytam

Apple's 5.5-inch iPhone 6, referred to as the 'iPhone Air', will reportedly feature a super thin design, so thin that suppliers are struggling to produce batteries for it, according to Taiwan’s “Commercial Times” via GforGames.

The report notes that Apple may not be ready to ship the device to consumers in 2014 as battery cell suppliers have not been able to meet its demands.

In general, smartphone batteries have a thickness of roughly 2.8 / 2.9 millimeters, but in Apple’s vision, the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 must have a slick profile which can only be achieved by fitting a battery that measures only 2 mm or less. As such, reports claim that the 5.5-inch iPhone 6′s release date will be delayed to 2015, or, in other words: until Apple’s suppliers will be able to meet these technical requirements and output a decent yield.

Due to its thinness, the device is being referred to as the iPhone Air by suppliers; however, that doesn't mean that Apple will use the name at launch.

Previously, it was believed that Apple would ship a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 in the third quarter and follow that with a larger 5.5-inch iPhone 6 in the fourth quarter.

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Apple's 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 is So Thin That Suppliers Are Struggling to Produce Batteries For It?

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box lover - April 23, 2014 at 6:35am

pulls out hd2 slowly from pocket .... muahahah where the heck did i put my front camera app

zetaprime - April 23, 2014 at 2:58am

If they make the phone too thin it will be more prone to breakage by bending unless they make it out of flexible components and something other than glass for the display. Alternatively they could make the case out of a stronger metal, like perhaps titanium or come up with some new alloy. I think customers would be happy if it had the same size and thickness as the Galaxy 5. Trying to make the phone ridiculously thin is just going to cause problems and possibly recall-worthy design flaws. Not to mention delaying it further will just put Apple further behind the competition.

gamerscul9870 - April 23, 2014 at 3:04am

I doubt it. Galaxy (& HTC) still won't be made without iPhone coming, but for others they have a bunch to catch up with. Apple can never fall behind, if Jobs would have allowed this earlier, he would have been in progress with thing battery, and now that apple has been rumored so many times to make the thin phone it kind of pushes them to make components fit, but we'll give them time, just hoot they even make a less thinner version just in case this one doesn't work out (and try it while doing this one at the same time).

zetaprime - April 23, 2014 at 3:46am

I still think it's a mistake to try making a new phone so thing that battery tech really hasn't gotten to that point. It's just asking for trouble. And nobody's bothered to mention how they plan to make it so it doesn't snap in two while in your pocket.

King - April 22, 2014 at 10:12pm

The one thing I really hate about iPhone 5(s) is that, how it is light and thin. I always have to double check if I have it or not. Some times it would be on my lap and when I would get up it would drop cuz I couldn't feel the weight.

Ken - April 23, 2014 at 4:07am

Don't put it near your crotch then.

King. - April 23, 2014 at 5:49pm

But I like the warmth on my ballsack.

Babak - April 22, 2014 at 10:02pm

Hiii,big problem of iphone is battery,and camera .. Please improve..

zetaprime - April 23, 2014 at 3:52am

Making it so super thin doesn't bode well for the camera. The thinness of the phone already limits the camera and that'll just make the problem worse. If you look at those phones with high megapixel count you'll notice that either the whole phone is thicker or at least the part with the camera assembly is.

Mike Power - April 22, 2014 at 9:49pm

you must be..., go back to the amazon...

Grgv - April 22, 2014 at 8:25pm

A thin phone for thin minds!!

Vic - April 22, 2014 at 4:38pm

Steve Jobs would make it happen without it being delayed

gamerscul9870 - April 22, 2014 at 4:54pm

Prove it, would he allow apple to make a thinner phone?

gamerscul9870 - April 23, 2014 at 1:55pm

Fine I got flash player for it.

gamerscul9870 - April 22, 2014 at 4:16pm

Well, thanks to rumors wanting it thinner, blame them.