Subj : The iPhone 17 may be literally packed with new features  heres ho
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Oct 13 2023 13:15:04

The iPhone 17 may be literally packed with new features  heres how

Date:
Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:01:38 +0000

Description:
A new material could let Apple stuff the iPhone 17 with even more top-notch 
functionality.

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If youve ever watched a teardown video of one of the best iPhones , youll 
know how meticulously engineered Apples devices are, as well as how many 
components the tech giant manages to squeeze into the smartphones' slender 
frames. 

Well, the iPhones interior could become even more crowded in 2025, as Apple 
is allegedly working on a thinner and lighter motherboard that would allow it 
to pack that years iPhone 17 with even more components and potentially 
increase its battery life . 

Thats according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a strong track record 
for Apple predictions. Writing on Medium , Kuo claimed that Apple would adopt 
a material called RCC, or resin coated copper. This can reduce the thickness 
of the mainboard, Kuo says, and make the drilling process easier because its 
fiberglass-free. 

However, this new material is not going to arrive in 2024s iPhone 16 , Kuo 
believes, due to its fragile characteristics and inability to pass drop 
tests. That sounds like theres still plenty of work to be done. Its whats on 
the inside that counts (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd) 

Lets face it, many of us iPhone users are pretty adept at fumbling our 
devices and sending them hurtling towards an unwelcome confrontation with the 
ground. Its why Apple has strengthened the iPhone in an attempt to save it 
from destruction, with additions like the Ceramic Shield designed to ward off 
accidents caused by careless butterfingers. 

With that in mind, if RCC isnt yet strong enough to pass the drop test, 
theres no way itll make it into future iPhones until Apple has sufficiently 
strengthened it. Yet it seems like Apple isnt far from achieving that, given 
how Kuo thinks it could debut in the iPhone 17 as little as two years from 
now. 

In any case, Kuo believes Apple will need to perfect its RCC mainboards 
before the third quarter of 2024, at which point it will finalize things for 
the next years iPhone. 

If Apple can indeed make RCC motherboards strong enough, it might allow Apple 
to add all kinds of functionality that the iPhone simply doesnt have the 
internal space for at the moment. That could potentially lead to a glut of 
exciting new features in the iPhone 17. Well be waiting to see what happens. 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/the-iphone-17-may-be-literally-packed-
with-new-features-heres-how


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