iPhone 17 / Pro / Air – A BIG Update!!

Dave Lee (Dave2D) hands-on with iPhone 17 lineup: iPhone Air is the standout at $1,000 with A19 Pro chip but a single camera and trade-off battery life.

• iPhone Air replaces the Plus line, runs A19 Pro + 12GB RAM, but ships with one wide-angle camera only — no ultrawide, no zoom, no spatial video.
• iPhone Air priced at $1,000 — lower than expected for an ultra-thin Apple product; titanium frame + ceramic glass for rigidity.
• Pro models switch to unibody aluminum (no titanium), add vapor chamber cooling, and bump all three cameras to 48MP including an 8x optical-crop telephoto.
• iPhone 17 base model finally gets 120Hz ProMotion; base storage jumps to 256GB at same price as predecessor.
• AirPods Pro 3 noise cancellation is claimed 2x stronger than AirPods Pro 2 — Dave says he believes it after direct A/B comparison; price holds at $249.
• Apple Watch Ultra 3 adds passive blood pressure monitoring: flags potential chronic hypertension after a 30-day window, no calibration device required unlike Samsung’s implementation.
• New iPhone Air battery pack accessory only fits the Air’s flat visor-shaped camera bump — incompatible with any other current iPhone model.

2025-09-10 · Watch on YouTube