Appleās iPhone 17 Air: Thinnest Wallet Drain Yet!
Apple's 2025 smartphone jamboree dropped the iPhone 17 lineup featuring an iPhone Air so thin at 5.6mm itās basically a credit card with ambition, starting at a wallet-busting $999 for 256GB. Want to max out your panic and storage to 1TB? That's $1,399, because why not mortgage a kidney? The 17 standard model āshockinglyā includes a 6.3-inch 120Hz ProMotion display stolen straight from the expensive Proāstarting at $799 if you're feeling thrifty. The Pro and Pro Max sport a futuristic 'plateau' camera bump, a fancy aluminum build, triple 48MP cameras, and Appleās biggest-ever battery, validating why $1,199 and $1,999 for the 2TB Pro Max shouldnāt sound crazy anymore. And yes, the Airās $99 MagSafe battery extends video life to a whole 40 hours, perfect for delaying that break-up-call or ignoring responsibility. Apple is basically saying: why pay a mortgage when you can just pay your phone bill?
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Oh, Iām sorry, did I miss the part where shockingly slim turns into shockingly expensive? The iPhone Air at 5.6mm thick and $999 is basically trying to convince your bank account to go on a starvation diet.
So let me get this straight: Apple made the thinnest iPhone ever that costs more than a used car and requires a $99 battery pack to last beyond entry-level 'meh' battery life? Thatās not a phone, thatās an audition for a loan.
Apple's 'plateau' camera bump is just a furniture metaphor for hiding the massive void your wallet feels after buying the $1,999 iPhone 17 Pro Max 2TB. Next up: iPhone 17 Cliff - overlooks your financial stability.
Source: Theverge | Published: 9/19/2025 | Author: Brandon Russell
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