Don't care, I love mine having come from a long line of Pro Max models.
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Apple Said to Cut iPhone Air Production Amid Underwhelming Sales
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It's weird to me that AT&T would give me a regular or Pro (not Max) for $0/mo w/ trade-in (13 Pro), but I would have had to pay monthly for the Air. I went with the Pro, though I regret not getting the regular.
Except an earlier article indicated iPhone Air stock sold out in China…
I for one think Apple should continue to make phones like this, even if they aren’t the top seller. While many, if not most don’t want this form factor, there are some who do and love it. I want those people to have the option, all while Apple gets to “play” with new form factors and designs. These models are kind of like sandboxes for Apple, allowing them to test new designs to see what works before potentially bringing those to flagship devices.
It's cute that you think the Air isn't also a "brick phone". It's the same type of phone. Just because its slightly thinner and slightly lighter, doesn't make it any less of a brick.
Powerful & thin is what foldables allow, and can’t for Apple’s foldable to come out
Sorry I said "bomb" when the exact words were:
"flop"
"selling poorly"
"failed product"
Americans are hooked on BIG. It’s their divine right or something.
Is anyone surprised?
Most people just want a fat battery and a large camera
Most people just want a fat battery and a large camera
You define an overpriced product as a bad product. That is an arguable position, but I prefer to be more specific and describe the Air as a good product priced so high as to reduce demand. And of course we do not know what sales are, other than that sales appear to be less than planned for.
I traded in my 16 Pro Max for the Air and have never regretted it. (I've been a pro max/plus user for a while). I realized I ultimately don't use all the camera features to have to deal with the weight tradeoffs. Even a single camera is crazy good these days.
Being able to go places and barely even know my phone is with me is pretty great. Haven't had a problem with the battery life at all. Still wild at how big the screen is for something so thin.
Everyone has different usecases though, but I'm thankful Apple made this.
I think as well, the base memory on the Air is 12GB like the Pro, up from 8GB used by base 17. I don't know if that's because of extra computing needed for the slightly thicker camera system in play with a singular lense, but that extra RAM could either offer some more performance option, or on the negative, provide a bit more of a battery drain.
I would have bought one but it’s just a little too wide for me with my average sized hands.
iPhone Air would have sold better at $699 instead of $999. Yet Apple overplayed their hand like usual!
I didn’t check all of the carrier trade in deals, but AT&T only offered $830 off the air instead of $800 or $1100 for the 17 and 17 pro, respectively. It’s actually the more expensive option; maybe not by much, but maybe enough to make the tradeoffs work more against it.
My 17 pro max’s zoom is better than expected, but I could live without it. Losing the .5x lens means losing macro mode, though, which is a much bigger problem for me. Minimum focal distance is apparently less on the Air than the Pro’s main camera, but not by enough. If the main camera could do macro that might make up for it, but I’m guessing there’s a reason it’s only on the 0.5x camera.
My 17 pro max’s zoom is better than expected, but I could live without it. Losing the .5x lens means losing macro mode, though, which is a much bigger problem for me. Minimum focal distance is apparently less on the Air than the Pro’s main camera, but not by enough. If the main camera could do macro that might make up for it, but I’m guessing there’s a reason it’s only on the 0.5x camera.
Everyone loving your Air ... get ready to get "Mini'd"
Signed,
iPhone Mini users
Signed,
iPhone Mini users
That would sell well unless apple did something silly and sell it without a camera and have the camera as an add on.
The Air is completely useless to me due to the lack of that ultra-wide camera for macro photography.
If they hadn’t sacrificed that? I just might have went for an Air. As it is, I’ll never buy one as it currently stands.
Great phone, but I do too much close up photo taking to lose what even the base 17 can do.
If they hadn’t sacrificed that? I just might have went for an Air. As it is, I’ll never buy one as it currently stands.
Great phone, but I do too much close up photo taking to lose what even the base 17 can do.