I Have Mixed Feelings About the iPhone 17 Lineup

The 2025’s iPhone lineup seems both scary and appealing!

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Let’s be honest, 2025 has already been an absurd start for Apple. I mean look at the recently launched iPads and M4 MacBook Airs. It was clearly a lazy attempt by Apple to push out devices with such minimal upgrades. As expected, there were no announcement videos for these products since they had nothing much to discuss about. Heck, Apple didn’t even update the wallpapers for these iPads and MacBook Airs!

And who can forget the unforgettable iPhone 16e? It’s something that should go in the E-waste as soon as it’s unboxed. Looking at such releases has raised my anxiety. At this point, I can’t expect Apple to go wrong with this year’s iPhone series.

At first, when I saw the leaks of the iPhone 17 lineup at the start of February, I was like “There’s no way this can be true…Apple cannot make such absurd choices.” But that opinion soon changed and I concluded that Apple can do anything it wants.

“At Apple, we believe in experimenting with our products, even if it comes at the cost of taking our users’ money for granted.” — A random foreign Apple employee at the iPhone 17 launch event.