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Apple Says iPhone Air is Another Step Towards 'Singular Piece of Glass'
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You should look at the base 17 instead. Best value there is and is basically a “pro” phone. Outclasses the Air in every way except thinness. And even then the base 17 is much thinner and lighter than the Pro models too.
Just slap a case on it. 😁
It’s nice that Mr. Cook can choose from multiple iPhones in his collection. Some of us can barely afford one.
According to Apple‘s tech spec page for the iPhone Air, it has a stereo speaker.
My assumption is the other speaker is underneath the glass, but officially their specifications page does say that it is stereo.
I love the concept. But what I really dislike about this iPhone Air-
- size, would've hoped 6.1"
- the shiny borders. I much prefer the look of titanium or even aluminum to those shiny ones
- the price. Apple is probably charging much more because this is the future, but it's way too much
It's very easy to not choose the Air imo
- size, would've hoped 6.1"
- the shiny borders. I much prefer the look of titanium or even aluminum to those shiny ones
- the price. Apple is probably charging much more because this is the future, but it's way too much
It's very easy to not choose the Air imo
Confirmation of two years to mass production of full visible spectrum achromatic metalenses? This is [potentially] great news! Unless they intend to retain the warts-on-a-tumor design.
www.nature.com
Achromatic metalenses for full visible spectrum with extended group delay control via dispersion-matched layers - Nature Communications
Researchers created a metalens focusing all visible light equally across 400–700 nm by engineering meta-atoms with dispersion-matched layers. This improves group delay control, enabling efficient, large-aperture achromatic metalenses for practical use.
www.nature.com
Better than the 16 Pro, which is more than enough for many people, like me. My 15 Pro has 90% health and still lasts me just about all day. So this one lasting longer than the 16 Pro, which has better battery life than a brand new 15 Pro, which has better battery life than my used one, will surely be enough
Only because it doesn't have a battery you can use to charge your car doesn't mean it has a horrible battery.
Yeah, not sure where all of the complaints about the battery keep coming from other than people just making stuff up about a phone that hasn’t even launched yet.
Officially its battery specifications according to Apple‘s testing are about on par with the 15 Pro Max, so… totally fine.
Also last year, Apple made the super thin iPad Pro, which I have, and its battery is… also fine.
The phone is thin, yes, but with how wide and tall it is, and with almost all of the components in the top bar, the room for battery still seems quite spacious.
Also the official mAh capacity seems significantly higher than rumors were targeting it at, rumors were saying 2800 and it’s actually way closer to 3200 mAh.
At least before the phone releases from what we can tell, based off of the quoted hours and the capacity, the battery life should be… fine.
This isn’t a 12 Mini situation where we are dealing with a battery that’s got a sub-2000 mAh capacity.
I would have thought that like other iPhones the stereo effect would be achieved through the bottom speaker and the earpiece. But that's not possible with the Air; the bottom has two stereo microphones but no speaker. The only speaker is the earpiece. That's really strange. Since there's a microphone on the top of the device for the video camera, they could have put just one mic on the bottom and achieved stereo recording (as many other iPhones have done). That would have allowed them to put a speaker on the bottom and have stereo sound. Maybe they think most people use their iPhones while wearing AirPods.
An AppleWatch projecting an iPhone screen would probably be better and have the flexibility to have any display sized screen. Apple should really focus that vice making thin or folding phones which is have technical limitations.
Screen projection in sunlight can have a power light boost function.
To get to a single slab of glass, they’d need to copy Sony’s “acoustic surface” that uses glass to create sound, make batteries transparent or at least use that technology that can make glass transparent and opaque thru software, and have a way of never needing to access the internals of the device for repair.
It’s gonna be a minute.
It’s gonna be a minute.
But yet, the 20th Anniversary iPhone may be an all-glass design but will still have a USB Type C port. Reason: likely EU requirements for such a port since many users will not have access to a wireless charging systems.
Where did you see this? The tech spec page only details capture of stereo audio for video and front camera recordings.
iPhone Air - Tech Specs
Whats the point of this device?
The specs are worse than standard iP17 at a higher cost.
The AIR is only thinner (in some areas), but not smaller. Therefore it is still not usable single handed or for people with smaller hands. It will be same uncomfortable grip like iP17.
Why does this exist? It makes no sense to me.
An iPhone mini makes sense for smaller hands (children, smaller female hands, ...), but this was discontinued having customer value being smaller. AIR makes zero sense to me.
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The specs are worse than standard iP17 at a higher cost.
The AIR is only thinner (in some areas), but not smaller. Therefore it is still not usable single handed or for people with smaller hands. It will be same uncomfortable grip like iP17.
Why does this exist? It makes no sense to me.
An iPhone mini makes sense for smaller hands (children, smaller female hands, ...), but this was discontinued having customer value being smaller. AIR makes zero sense to me.
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