Apple debuts ‘thinnest, most durable' iPhone ever
Chante Ho Hip
10 September 2025 | 8:26The iPhone 17, Apple Watch 11 and AirPods Pro 3 join Apple’s line-up.

Apple debuts the iPhone Air. Photo: Apple Newsroom
Pippa Hudson (standing in for CapeTalk’s Lester Kiewit) catches up on the latest world news with Vicki Turner.
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Apple on Tuesday unveiled its new iPhone 17 line-up, which now includes an ultra-thin Air model.
The design of the baseline model remains fairly unchanged, with the addition of several software updates.
The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max debut a new design that some have compared to Google’s Pixel series.
The new iPhone 17 lineup. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/HqBjgJ5LNx
— Pop Base (@PopBase) September 9, 2025
The iPhone Air stole the show with its slim design; it's only 5.6 mm thick.
Apple also deemed it its ‘most durable design yet’.
It replaces the iPhone 16 Plus, which was a larger version of the baseline model.
Apple also announced its Apple Watch 10 series, new SE and Ultra models.
“[They are] venturing more into the medical sphere of technology… it is going to be able to record your blood pressure, which I think is quite exciting because in the UK, five million people are walking around with high blood pressure… and they don’t even know it.”
– Vicki Turner
AirPods Pro 3, the new Apple Watch lineup, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and the all-new iPhone Air—here’s everything we just announced! pic.twitter.com/EDPNjpoUW8
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) September 9, 2025
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