Apple has confirmed that it will debut the iPhone 17 family on September 9th. It is almost certain that a slimmed-down ‘Air’ version will appear for the first time, and widespread rumors (no smoke without fire) suggest that Apple will also tease its first foldable iPhone as part of the iPhone 18 range. Apple still enjoys significant influence on the smartphone form factor, even if most OEMs have done very little to alter the established consensus. Apple has been slow to provide a foldable but has avoided the flak that the likes of Samsung received as it suffered through the early teething pains for the new form factor. So, some six years after Samsung first revealed the Galaxy Fold, Apple…