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The iPhone Air might struggle to find owners.
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Apple introduced the 5.64 mm-thick iPhone Air to answer those critics who say that at 7.95mm, the new iPhone 17 is too thick, a certified whopper.
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Dave Lee
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There was a time when thickness and weight were two main questions when buying new technology, maybe even the most important.
That’s why, when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs slipped a MacBook Air out of an envelope in 2008, we all oohed. It was a new dawn for laptops: finally some mercy for the world’s shoulders.
