iPhone 17 Air is much bigger for Apple than we thought, and an insider just told us why

The iPhone 17 Air has appeared in all sorts of reports for about half a year. There's no question Apple will launch its slimmest iPhone to date this fall, including it in the iPhone 17 series. We've been getting an increasing number of reports detailing the handset, including leaks featuring dummy units.

Using the iPhone 16 Plus and 16 Pro Max made the thought of a slimmer iPhone with a large display more appealing to me. These are the first 6.7-inch and 6.9-inch iPhones I actually used as daily drivers for weeks in my long history of using iPhones. I loved the larger displays, but both of them are too bulky.

I'm ready to get the iPhone 17 Air even though the ultra-slim phone will come with compromises. But those compromises might not be as massive as one would expect.

Mark Gurman detailed the iPhone 17 Air design and specs in a new report, stressing the redesigned iPhone's importance. Apple isn't just trying something new after the iPhone mini and iPhone Plus sizes flopped. The iPhone 17 Air will debut key technologies that Apple will use in future models, including the upcoming foldable iPhone and iPhones without ports.

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