iPhone 17 series dummy units star in a hands-on video, check out how thin the Air is

30 April 2025
Aside from the new camera island design on the Pros and the presence of the Air, there aren't really a lot of changes.

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  • Anonymous
  • TLE
  • 02 May 2025

That design has got to be a big wind up.

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    • gingo
    • HI9
    • 02 May 2025

    Anonymous, 01 May 2025yeah but it's just a bit nonsensical when the camera s... moreThat will significantly reduce video/photo quality

      Personally, it looks horrendous. They look like Android knockoffs...

      Also what warranted that huge camera island??????

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        • Anonymous
        • 0U7
        • 02 May 2025

        kajam, 01 May 2025It's very hard to tell which one is ugliest, iPhone 17... morePixels for sure.

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          • Anonymous
          • k@B
          • 01 May 2025

          yeah but it's just a bit nonsensical when the camera still sticks out so much, that's what needs advanced as a whole with smartphones, time for cameras to be flush with the back like in the past

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            • Anonymous
            • y26
            • 01 May 2025

            I'm super excited to see the new motherboard design and see if it works its way into the other models. The double stack motherboard hinders thermal performance and then you add a titanium or stainless chassis and it gets even worse. Going back to the iPhone 8 design might be good.

              wont the experience be the same despite being thinner as it is still so large in the hand?

                Zack @ Jerryrigeverything can't wait to test the Air :D

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Brt
                  • 01 May 2025

                  new design is ugly as sin

                    Insanely thin with insanely short battery life. (I mean, it's also insanely short on the other iPhones I can only imagine how short it will be on this one).

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 0p}
                      • 01 May 2025

                      I wouldn't be surprised if Apple's Air phone runs off a 2,000 mah battery.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • I@H
                        • 01 May 2025

                        Apple still couldnt evolve from fidget spinner camera module for almost 7 years

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                          • Anonymous
                          • PMd
                          • 01 May 2025

                          If a couple of mm's is a selling point to you, then you have more issues than you think.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • fCC
                            • 01 May 2025

                            Wow so thin and possibly fragile it'll be. Lovely

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                              • kajam
                              • b1I
                              • 01 May 2025

                              It's very hard to tell which one is ugliest, iPhone 17 lines or the Pixel 9 lines

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                                • AbdulRahman
                                • fkV
                                • 30 Apr 2025

                                They look so ugly, what the point of the big camera island of your not gonna use all of it

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • gXJ
                                  • 30 Apr 2025

                                  "Other rumoured specs like an aluminium frame, a unibody metal design, and a cutout for MagSafe allowing for reverse wireless charging, may have just been wishful thinking since they aren't present in these dummies."

                                  The purpose of dummy models is just to show dimensions. Wouldn't that be irrelevant for case makers?

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                                    • Emm
                                    • 30 Apr 2025

                                    This looks horrible

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 099
                                      • 30 Apr 2025

                                      Much uglier than 16 series.

                                        Still cannot believe this is the design. I think its the camera protrusion on top of an island that looks bad. Maybe there isn't any protrusion. Just like how we were expecting a massive camera bump on iphone 16e from mockups but the real thing had a small bump.