Apple’s iPhone 17 launch event just dropped an impossibly thin iPhone Air, a battery beast of a Pro, and AirPods that can translate for you
- Sep 15, 2025
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Updated: Sep 15, 2025
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It’s September, and right on cue, Apple’s "awe dropping" iPhone 17 launch event has landed, bringing with it a blizzard of new gadgets. This year, the classic iPhone 17 and 17 Pro got major upgrades, but the real head-turner is the all-new iPhone Air, a device so thin it makes other phones look chunky. Add in smarter AirPods Pro 3 and new Apple Watches that watch your health even closer, and you've got a lineup that’s begging for a credit card swipe.
The standard iPhone 17 now rocks a buttery-smooth 120Hz ProMotion display and packs the new A19 chip for an extra eight hours of battery life—a solid upgrade. But the star of the show is the iPhone Air. At just 5.6mm thick and wrapped in spacecraft-level titanium, it’s an engineering marvel. It boasts a huge 6.5-inch screen, the A19 Pro chipset, and a clever dual-camera system that hides a telephoto lens inside its main shooter. It’s all about premium design without the Pro weight.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 17 Pro was redesigned from the ground up with one goal in mind: solving the battery life problem for good. Apple stuffed its biggest battery ever into a new anodized aluminum unibody, promising a staggering 39 hours of video playback on the Pro Max. To handle the power of the A19 Pro, Apple had to get creative. But the most impressive new feature isn't the giant battery or the wild new "camera plateau"—it's the tech they had to invent just to keep this beast from overheating in your pocket...
