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Apple Canned Larger iPhone 17 Air Model Over Fears of Bendgate 2.0
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Even if you look over at the Android world where there is tons of choice, small phones have ceased to exist. So what you and me are waiting for will probably never come, same way as 3,5" screen size hasn't made a comeback.
Interesting it's just a little bigger than 17 and 17 pro that I can tell from this 'leaked' photo?
Not the only thing that sticks out in this picture. But I fear these are accurate.
yeah I don't like the camera bulge/ case cutout on any of them barring iPhone 17. Perfectly fine with the current cut out on my 16 plus.
I think it's somehow cheaper and easier for Apple to consolidate around only "all huge screens"
With Tim Cook Apple, basically everything they do -- everything -- can be traced back to shaving nickels off their costs and bumping margins in any possible way, no matter how tiny.
Tim is ruining this company (some would argue he already has)
while not a direct replacement for 13mini, maybe lots of people are upgrading to 16e from it since the store has seen a couple re-stocks of refurbished units.
It is the 'cheapest' current iPhone, and the next '(S)E' coming from SE1/2/3.
I'm not saying its a stellar option, its an expensive gutted iPhone 16, features and form factor / same size but.
it sold well cus it was the first big iPhone and new and exciting back then. These days smartphone changes aren't as compelling
Well if my mini stops working and I'll have to upgrade, I could be swayed to go for 17 Air if it turns out to be a more distilled version of iPhone. Not a power user myself.
Yes so this Air could change that and become that new thing people are looking for. So to your original point, a thin phone is meant to shake things up a little bit.
it's just not exciting or new anymore. we already had a thin phone and moved on cus actual buyers wanted a bigger battery
I am really curious about the battery life, this could definitely be a deal breaker to most. They might be using some new tech here.
Can't have nice things because morons on YouTube are deliberately trying to bend phones and making a big deal about it.
Apple is the most valuable company in the world, he is not "ruining" it.
Don't sit on your phone. I never understood the back pocket trend for phones. Easily stolen and when you sit it may bend.
In Apples defense “bendgate 1.0” seemed to be overly exaggerated by sites like this and the media.
Part of it is to mask how much the camera protrudes. A 5 mm thin phone with an 4mm protrusion would look unappealing, it wouldn’t lay down on a table nicely and most people would find a camera that performs worse than a predecessor iPhone unacceptable.
I love my Max size phones. So the reason I can't get it thinner is because of morons who sit on theirs? Dumb.
I love the idea of a thin phone, but I can't give up the cameras.
More likely it wasn’t just a fear, they probably made a larger prototype and it didn’t pass muster.
You know what looks more futuristic? The iPhone 3gs.
It's got a flush camera without any bulge at all, a home button, a headphone jack, no idiotic pill/notch, the BEAUTIFUL iOS 6, comfortable edges on a nice plastic back, and it's so rugged that it doesn't even need a case.
Now if it just had a bigger screen and a faster processor.