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17e - budget entry
17 - middle ground
Air - thinness and style
Pro - everything
But then try and explain to someone why the air has worse specs than the regular 17 ie only one camera and speaker and meh battery life.

And I’m speaking as someone who will almost certainly get the air if the above are fixed.

Also:

The MacBook Air is the ‘default’ laptop and the iPhone Air is … not.

Apple is better at naming its products than most in tech (Sony!) but it still misuses its terms across different products (don’t get me started on their misuse of ‘pro’).
 
I have a 2020 iPad Air that has been great and I am just starting to notice the battery is not as good as it once was. What has shocked me is the £200 price increase on the Air range since I bought mine. Not sure I will be paying £749 for a new iPad next time around tbh, and will be looking at the entry version. I only browse the internet and watch Netflix on it anyway, but the lightweight aspect of the device is what appealed to me, no idea how the standard compares.
 
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