Apple Says iPhone Air is Another Step Towards 'Singular Piece of Glass'

[MacRumors]

In an interview this week with The Wall Street Journal's Sam Schube, Apple's software design chief Alan Dye said the iPhone Air represents another step "towards that singular piece of glass that Steve Jobs talked about back in the day."

Apple's former design chief Jony Ive and Jobs both dreamed of an all-glass iPhone with a seamless, low-profile design. Apple has made progress towards this goal over the years, with the iPhone X doing away with thick bezels in favor of a notch in 2017, the iPhone 14 Pro models introducing a smaller Dynamic Island cutout in the screen in 2022, and now the iPhone Air topping the iPhone 6 as the thinnest iPhone ever.

Rumors suggest that Apple might finally achieve its long-sought vision for the iPhone in two years from now. Earlier this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said Apple was planning a 20th-anniversary iPhone for 2027 with "curved glass edges," "extraordinarily slim bezels," and "no cutout section in the screen." Inside Apple, he said the device was known as the "Glasswing," in reference to a type of butterfly that has transparent wings.

The rest of the interview contains typical marketing speak from Apple executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook saying he will decide when to use the iPhone Air or another model based on "whether I want to float through the air."

iPhone Air can be pre-ordered starting this Friday, and it launches September 19.

Article Link: Apple Says iPhone Air is Another Step Towards 'Singular Piece of Glass'

 

[Hammerd]

A slab of glass

 

[Jeremy3292]

2027 means 2030

 

[melliflu]

You’re holding it wrong — to get the best experience with the new Apple modem, please hold it as shown in the photo.

 

[iMac The Knife]

Don't you dare drop your all glass phone.

 

[Ursadorable]

Apple's first foldable design.

 

[Evagoras2001]

Mono speaker, single camera, horrible battery...a step backwards to 2010

 

[snipr125]

Well done Apple, now give the iPad Air the same treatment.

 

[coachgq]

Don't you dare drop your all glass phone.

Applecare+ would be $400 plus a $99 deductible for each event on an all glass phone.

 

[Zc456]

I hated this obsession with thinness back then and I still hate it now.

 

[Kurtz van Nosferatu]

Shame the specs & features are subpar compared to regular 17, let alone Pro.

 

[smilyfox]

Will it bend?

 

[coachgq]

Mono speaker, single camera, horrible battery...a step backwards to 2010

Man, I was so fired up to get this phone preordered then they gimped it down where I won't even use it. I have teenage kids, we always take .5 selfies...can't do that. I like to sell things online which require a close up photo (electronics and clothes, don't get crazy)...can't macro photo. I like to have a decent optical zoom for kids sports...can't do that. So sad. I was ready to buy now I'm wondering when the fold will come out...

 

[wmmead]

I have always wanted the tech they have on the Expanse tv show.

 

[bailsafe]

"A singular piece of glass" sounds absolutely terrible in a variety of ways, and the iPhone Air is already lacking enough.

 

[WWPD]

Waiting for the iPhone so thin it can be used as a Chef's knife, Gordon Ramsay will introduce it at Steve Job's theater. "This is the thinnest f*** phone ever produced, you donkey!"

 

[DougieS]

I have always wanted the tech they have on the Expanse tv show. View attachment 2546662

Concept is nice, but the contrast of the screen looks terrible

 

[ShivneelSingh]

Mono speaker, single camera, horrible battery...a step backwards to 2010

The first gen MacBook Air felt like a step backwards back in 2008. But it leaped forward quickly. I see the same for the iPhone Air.

Also, it’s not for everybody. If it had ProRAW, I’d consider it.

 

[unchecked]

I have always wanted the tech they have on the Expanse tv show.

I like the idea. But I'll be putting it in a case.

 

[macjaffa]

Man, I was so fired up to get this phone preordered then they gimped it down where I won't even use it. I have teenage kids, we always take .5 selfies...can't do that. I like to sell things online which require a close up photo (electronics and clothes, don't get crazy)...can't macro photo. I like to have a decent optical zoom for kids sports...can't do that. So sad. I was ready to buy now I'm wondering when the fold will come out...

Wow. Almost as if this phone is not for you. Never mind there's another 3 new phones to choose from, I'm sure one will be the Goldilocks phone for you.

 

[klasma]

Another step in the wrong direction, then. A smartphone made out of glass makes about as much sense as Cinderella's high heels made out of glass.

 

[macjaffa]

Another step in the wrong direction. A smartphone made out of glass makes about as much sense as Cinderella's high heels made out of glass.

until they make transparent batteries it's all a bit pointless really. It seems to me apple have effectively miniaturised the iphone down to a few chips on a tiny board, that fits into the frickin' camera bump, (except for microphone speakers, charge port, the rest of inside these new phones is basically battery.

 

[Selena Agna]

A singular piece of glass with a gigantic camera wart.

 

[RickDEGH]

Next year we’ll have iPhone Air 2 with 2 cameras - the most innovative yet. Then the following year iPhone XX with triple camera - vision.

 

[macjaffa]

A singular piece of glass with a gigantic camera wart.

the camera wart is the iphone. Remove the wart all you have is a battery pack and screen.