Hm. Literally never had my phone handed in for repair, so I guess I never considered that. I’ll take the benefits over the risk of having to shell out 10 Euro.
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Apple Announces iPhone Air With Ultra-Thin Design
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Just not that keen on losing a physical item here. Like when I took my iPhone for a new battery and it was easy to put my physical sim in an old phone whilst it was being done. Doubt it would be that easy with an esim.
Excellent points there as I use my phone speaker a lot in the house. Not outside mind you.
The fact that it’s mono won’t matter, but the sound quality will likely be lower. For me personally, I don’t use the. Hilt in speakers for anything where I remotely care about sound quality, so a non-issue.
I was without it most of the day as the nearest authorised place wasn’t that close to me unfortunately.
Yeah, this is a non-issue for me considering I don’t update iOS. I don’t have RAM issues with my Xʀ on iOS 12. 8GB is a LOT for me😂
lol I hear ya. One day that practice could end up biting you in the tech behind. Be careful.
If they went with a simpler camera module, it doesn’t need to be this big. It would be a day 1 buy for me with a simple camera, say iPhone 6 era.
I’d like to see actual photos and some real-life battery tests. I also want to check it out in person, but it does look pretty intriguing. I have the 16 Pro Max and was considering upgrading to the 17 Pro Max, but I might go for the Air instead, if the camera doesn’t disappoint and the battery life is decent. 2 big ifs.
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USB 2 speed with a USB-C connector is a surprise, but if you're upgrading from an iPhone with a Lightning connector, you won't notice a difference. (Lightning and USB 2 are both rated at 480 Mb/sec transfer rates.)
How is this thing 5.6mm thick? There is a massive camera bump. Dimension should be provided for the thickest point.
It’s insane that the whole computing brains of the Air, including front & rear cameras are all in this new camera bar or ‘plateau’
Can you tell us some other flagship phones that measure that way?
Hmm this is one cut down spec wise phone. One speaker, one camera, starts from £999 in the UK. Just £100 less then the Pro. Colours could be better too IMO. Still it will probably sell like hot cakes and then lots of people will complain about the battery life lol.
If you held and used the phone via the camera bump, you would have a point. Otherwise, Apple's description of the phone thickness is accurate.
MR is already covered over with Pro series people complaining about the Air, as if they were going to buy it in the first place. lol No matter what, people complain about the most obtuse reasons on here. It is rather absurd the amount of neurosis that is at play around here.