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A thin phone is kinda cool, who actually needs that? And because of the humongous camera bulge it's not that thin anyway.
Plus, once you put a case on, it becomes thick again!
I liked when my iPhone was a uniform thickness. The dumb camera bit is dumb.
Apple offers 7 years of of ios updates, how about a battery large enough that it is still usable after a few years of use.
That’s what the Pro Max models are for. They have a massive battery.
I used my 8 plus (or whatever the flagship was at that time) for 8 years and for 7.5 years the battery was fine. In the last six months I had some issues when it died before the alarm went off, hence the new device. I do miss the fingerprint reader and 3D touch though.
Biggest selling point of Ultra watches and Pro phones. People are tired of constipated battery specs from Apple and releasing a phone which worsen this aspect was going to fail miserably… it doesn’t have even 1/10 of the wow factor to succeed with the trade offs it brings
In the UK, maybe other places, apple still has to use normal sim cards. All except that Air, because it just cant. Theres no room. I might have given the phone a shot, if I could have just popped my sim in and took it for a spin. But with having to fuck about with esims, the answer was no.
I wouldnt say no to a new mini though...
Worse camera and battery than the regular iPhone 17 but higher price. I can’t put my finger on why it doesn’t sell…
BRING BACK MINI!
Customers: We want a smaller phone!
Apple: *Makes iPhone Air
Customers: Not like that!
I want one the size of an ipod mini as a secondary phone.
It might have UX problems at this point? Maybe that's why they're hesitant.
Good, let that atrocity burn and bring back the mini you blundering idiots!
The price is off. It’s more expensive than the base model but with worse specs. If someone is willing to pay more, they’ll get the pro, not the air.
Also shows people dont really care about a thinner phone
if it was a lower price than the standard model it’d sell more
You mean a bad economy and poor pay for the average worker compounds into a worse economy?
I actually really liked it when I tried, so I got one. I realized that I do want a phone that makes its presence more lightly known.
I want that too but just make it smaller. I don't want a giant screen burning through battery and just thinner by taking away battery. Work on x and y first, then maybe z.
yiss. bring back the mini.
The battery life is a non issue for me so far.
I know "who is this for?" and "what would Steve Jobs say?" are tired memes, but... still. An even thinner body? Really?
I don’t need a super thin iphone. I want an iphone that has full bars in my kitchen. And gtfo with that pricing.
I remembered posting that I wondered who the hell would buy this. Now I know it's exactly who I thought.