{"id":63670,"date":"2025-10-07T14:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/63670\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:59:17","slug":"abidur-chowdhury-apple-iphone-designer-meet-abidur-chowdhury-designer-of-apples-thinnest-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/63670\/","title":{"rendered":"Abidur Chowdhury Apple Iphone Designer | Meet Abidur Chowdhury, designer of Apple\u2019s thinnest iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n        Wed Sep 10, 2025 06:44 PM        <br \/>Last update on: Wed Sep 10, 2025 09:28 PM      <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"ratio ratio__1x1 lazyload\" data-aspectratio=\"\"  alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tech &amp; Startup Desk<\/p>\n<p>Wed Sep 10, 2025 06:44 PM      Last update on: Wed Sep 10, 2025 09:28 PM    <\/p>\n<p>\n                Abidur Chowdhury and iPhone 17 Air<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt; <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" data-aspectratio=\"\"  alt=\"Abidur Chowdhury x iPhone 17 Air\" title=\"Abidur Chowdhury x iPhone 17 Air\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Abidur Chowdhury and iPhone 17 Air<\/p>\n<p>Apple unveiled its slimmest smartphone to date, the iPhone Air, during its annual September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/tech-startup\/news\/everything-announced-iphone-17-event-3982366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">event<\/a> in California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The device, which measures just 5.6 millimetres in thickness, features a grade 5 titanium frame with Ceramic Shield on both sides and is powered by the company&#8217;s latest A19 Pro chip.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight:400; color:#4285F3; border-bottom: 1px dotted #4285F3; font-size: 18px;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECW73usLivqPCSeQRsSUvRQqFAgKIhAlu97rC4r6jwknkEbElL0U\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tds-images.thedailystar.net\/sites\/all\/themes\/tds\/images\/google_news.svg\" alt=\"Google News Link\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: -3px; height: 30px;\"\/>For all latest news, follow The Daily Star&#8217;s Google News channel. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The launch was introduced by Abidur Chowdhury, an industrial designer at Apple, who described the new handset as &#8220;the thinnest iPhone ever, with the power of Pro inside. A paradox you have to hold to believe.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abidur added that the aim was to &#8220;make an iPhone that feels like a piece of future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abidur Chowdhury, who was born and raised in London, has been working at Apple&#8217;s San Francisco offices since 2019. A graduate in product design and technology from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, he previously worked with Cambridge Consultants, Curventa and Layer Design before joining Apple as an industrial designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His personal website notes that he is passionate about solving problems and building &#8220;innovative products people can&#8217;t bear to be without.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/the-daily-star\/id589009555?ls=1&amp;mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"app-link ml-5 mr-5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/app-store-apple.png\" alt=\"Apple\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.mcc.thedailystar\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"app-link ml-5 mr-5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/app-store-google.png\" alt=\"Google\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed Sep 10, 2025 06:44 PM Last update on: Wed Sep 10, 2025 09:28 PM Tech &amp; Startup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[51890,51872,51863,51871,51880,51873,51884,51883,51885,51870,51877,51882,51881,51866,51875,51887,51867,51864,51868,51874,51876,51879,51878,51865,51869,51886,51888,51889,342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-63670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-abidur","tag-abidur-chowdhury-apple-designer","tag-abidur-chowdhury-apple-iphone-designer","tag-abidur-chowdhury-contribution-to-apple-iphone-design","tag-abidur-chowdhury-industrial-designer-apple","tag-abidur-chowdhury-iphone-air","tag-abidur-chowdhury-london-born-designer","tag-abidur-chowdhury-loughborough-university","tag-abidur-chowdhury-san-francisco-apple","tag-apple-iphone-air-launch-california-event","tag-apple-iphone-air-titanium-frame","tag-apple-product-design-team-iphone-air","tag-apple-september-event-2025-iphone-air","tag-apple-september-event-new-iphone-air-launch","tag-apple-thinnest-iphone-2025","tag-apple-thinnest-smartphone-ever","tag-apple-thinnest-smartphone-iphone-air-details","tag-apple-unveils-thinnest-iphone-air-2025","tag-bangladeshi-designer-creates-apple-thinnest-iphone","tag-iphone-17-air-designer","tag-iphone-air-5-6mm-thickness","tag-iphone-air-a19-pro-chip","tag-iphone-air-ceramic-shield","tag-iphone-air-designed-by-bangladeshi-abidur-chowdhury","tag-iphone-air-latest-apple-smartphone-design","tag-iphone-air-launch-california-2025","tag-iphone-air-lightweight-design","tag-iphone-air-professional-performance","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}