Picture this: you walk into an Apple Store next September, and suddenly the iPhone you've known for nearly a decade looks… different. Not just "new camera bump" different, but "wait, is that actually an iPhone?" different. Apple's iPhone 17 lineup is shaping up to deliver one of the biggest iPhone shake-ups since the iPhone X dropped in 2017, and the centerpiece isn't what you'd expect. The headline grabber? A brand-new iPhone 17 "Air" that's so impossibly thin—we're talking 5.5mm at its thinnest point according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo—it makes your current iPhone look chunky. For context, that's roughly 33% thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro models, which clock in at 8.25mm. Apple is eliminating the "Plus" model entirely due to lackluster sales, betting instead on this ultra-slim form factor that slots between the standard iPhone 17 and Pro tier. But here's the kicker: achieving that record-breaking thinness means some serious trade-offs. The iPhone 17 Air will likely sport only a...more
