With both Apple and Samsung expected to deliver new smartphones with upscale specifications and incredibly thin profiles, next year may be the year of the "slim" smartphone.
But the two businesses seem to be going in opposite directions, which could work in Samsung's favor in the camera market, according to a recent report."The difference between Samsung Galaxy Slim and iPhone Slim models is that Samsung wants to make the camera stronger, stronger than S25, and more similar to the idea of vivo X200 Pro mini, not just thin and light," as the well-known source Ice Universe recently disclosed.
This would establish the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim as a flagship smartphone featuring, at the very least, a triple-lens camera, as I previously reported. In contrast, Apple is projected to stick with a single-lens camera in its eagerly awaited iPhone 17 "Air" (or possibly iPhone 17 "Slim") in 2025, which might give Samsung's product a clear edge in terms of zoom and image quality.
Could Apple's iPhone 17 Air Be Beat by Samsung's Galaxy S25 Slim?
It's difficult to fit a triple-lens camera into a smartphone's incredibly tiny casing. Even when the lenses are "folded" into smaller diameters using prisms and mirrors, telephoto and zoom optics usually require a significant amount of internal space.
Furthermore, in order to gather enough light to produce a high-quality image, better telephoto lenses require physically larger lens elements.
This frequently leads to smartphones that are bulkier and have bigger camera bumps, neither of which are suitable for a "slim" handset.
A New Ultra-Thin Camera Technology Is Available From Samsung
To address this issue, Samsung unveiled ALoP (All Lenses On Prism) technology, which produces significantly smaller telephoto lenses without sacrificing image quality.
Instead of being stacked between the prism and the sensor, the internal lens elements are stacked in front of the prism with ALoP. This leads to telephoto lens modules that are significantly smaller and can fit into a much thinner smartphone body, like the Galaxy S25 Slim.
It is likely that the iPhone 17 Air will be thinner than the Galaxy S25 Slim.
Apple might still win the title of thinnest smartphone even with Samsung's new camera technology. Although official specifications are still a long way off, there are currently reports that the Galaxy S25 Slim would be thinner than 7.2mm, which Ice Universe originally predicted would be the thickness of the Galaxy S25 entry-level model next year.
However, it is anticipated that the iPhone 17 Air will be even thinner: The iPhone 17 Air may just be 6 mm thick, giving Apple the title of "thinness" next year, according to a research note from analyst Jeff Pu that MacRumors was able to obtain.
The majority of consumers will ultimately decide if the Galaxy S25 Slim and iPhone 17 Air are more appealing inside their respective product lines rather than which company makes the better "slim" smartphone. Will the single-lens camera be a concern for prospective iPhone 17 Air buyers? We will need to wait and find out.
However, it is anticipated that the iPhone 17 Air will be even thinner: The iPhone 17 Air may just be 6 mm thick, giving Apple the title of "thinness" next year, according to a research note from analyst Jeff Pu that MacRumors was able to obtain.
The majority of consumers will ultimately decide if the Galaxy S25 Slim and iPhone 17 Air are more appealing inside their respective product lines rather than which company makes the better "slim" smartphone. Will the single-lens camera be a concern for prospective iPhone 17 Air buyers? We will need to wait and find out.
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