I’ve made no secret of the fact that I want to buy the iPhone 17 Air as soon as it comes out, compromises be damned. I’m a longtime iPhone user, and I want two things from my next iPhone purchase: A large screen and a thin profile.
Put an iPhone Plus or Pro Max screen on a device as thin as the iPhone 6 (or thinner), and I’ll be happy. I say that as someone who bought and returned the iPhone 16 Plus and iPhone 16 Pro Max (in this order). I loved the large displays but didn’t appreciate the bulkiness. The iPhone 17 Air should fix that, even if it means I’ll get a single-lens camera on the back, a non-Pro A18 chip, and a few other compromises.
The iPhone 17 Air price, rumored to match the iPhone Plus’s starting price of around $899, is also a good reason to pick this particular iPhone 17 flavor. The phone can’t be more expensive than the Pro models, but it also can’t be cheaper than the base iPhone 17 variant.
That was my thinking before the last couple of weeks, when the trade war between the US and China escalated to previously unseen levels. In an incredible twist late last week, the iPhone and other consumer electronics were exempt from Trump’s 145% tariff on imports from China. But the good news was short-lived.
By Sunday, the administration made it clear that the exemption was temporary. iPhone imports from China might still face stiffer tariffs, which would impact my decision to buy an iPhone 17 Air.
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