I have serious concerns about the iPhone Air’s design — and these accessories are only making that worse

The iPhone Air is something of a marvel at first glance. It’s an ultra-thin phone that manages to retain the flagship-level performance and durability, with battery life that should still last an entire day — even though battery capacity isn’t expected to be quite as large as the iPhone 17.

But I don’t have a huge amount of confidence that the phone hasn’t been forced to make some significant sacrifices to achieve that 5.6mm thickness. And that’s because Apple’s iPhone Air accessories seem to be…