iPhone 17 & iPhone Air: What’s Real Innovation vs. Hype?
Key Facts: Now, let’s dive deeper into how the iPhone 17 vs. iPhone Air stack up, and separate the real innovations from the marketing hype behind Apple’s latest launch. Ultra-Thin Design vs. Practicality: The New iPhone Air Apple’s iPhone Air is grabbing headlines as an engineering marvel: at just 5.6 mm thick, it’s dramatically slimmer than any previous iPhone (for comparison, it shaves over 3 mm off the iPhone 17 Pro’s thickness) macrumors.com. It even undercuts the thinnest Android rivals – slimmer than Samsung’s 5.8 mm Galaxy S25 Edge macrumors.com. This impossibly thin profile makes the Air incredibly lightweight (165 g) and comfortable to hold one-handed apple.com
