You shouldn't expect a tetraprism zoom on the iPhone 17 Air. That's a camera reserved for the iPhone 17 Pro models.
DXOMARK announced test results for the iPhone 16 Pro Max back in September, when it was ranked #4 overall and #1 for video.
I've been to enough smartphone launches to know that a lot of what a company says in its keynote is probably going to be a gimmick. But there's one thing ...