The iPhone 17 Air looks wonderful – but that’s not why Apple is making it<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Yesterday <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/29/iphone-17-air-is-stunningly-thin-compared-to-iphone-16-pro-in-latest-leak/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">gave us our best look yet[/url] at the upcoming <a href="
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<p>Apple will doubtless employ a whole range of superlatives to describe the look of the device: thinnest, slimmest, sleekest … and it will of course be the <superlative>est phone they’ve ever made, and Tim will be sure we’re going to love it … </p>
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The iPhone 17 Air looks wonderful – but that’s not why Apple is making it
