Bring out the Mini again. That's the smartest move. Don't compromise on your policy.
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Apple's iPhone Air Experiment Fails as Supply Chain Cuts Production by 80%
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that doesn't sell so not many appreciate it. Like I said it's not for me and apparently most agree
Again, not with that attitude. There is no inability to make it happen - only unwillingness.
Better yet, combine the best of both worlds. Introducing the New Apple iPhone Mini Air!
Apple I could care less about you making my phone any thinner than it already is. What I would rather have is no freaking "camera bump", lets put our "thin innovation" to work in that area and make a flush phone like the iPhone 5. I hate to give Google props on anything, but the new Pixel 9A is exactly what I am looking for, except it runs Android. And even with the larger pixels, their camera bumps are even across, the iPhone Air bump is ridiculous with two different levels that sits very uneven on a surface.
I'd imagine it would have done well at $899 with a wide angle camera.
The camera is the reason why I did not end up buying one.
The camera is the reason why I did not end up buying one.
I’m predicting the same fate for the folding iPhone. I think it’s a solution in search of a problem.
If it’s cheaper than the base iPhone 17, then maybe…. As it is, no way I would buy it.
Last android I had was the Nexus 6P, which the Air looks like a clone of. A phone from 2015. So innovative!
I get all-day battery life (in fact, it's better than my iPhone 15 was) and my case doesn't add much girth at all.
It's too bad. I love my Air. It's the best iPhone I've ever owned. I get all-day battery, it never gets too hot, the screen is perfect, and the camera is great. I don't miss the .5 one bit. I know I'm in the minority here, but I don't care. I think all the hate it's getting is unwarranted.
A mini with the pro cameras and a big battery so there's no "plateau" or camera bump would be my dream phone.
How are teenagers relevant to any of this? Apple isn't marketing the Air to teens.
I had the Air for a week when it launched, and it was a phenomenal phone in feel and hands on it was great. Most excited about a new phone I had been since the X, and I upgrade annually. I went back to the Pro Max though simply due to the camera and the sacrifices Id have to make with that.
I think the better strategy would have been to get rid of the base 17.
Get your engineering team to place a 2nd camera and price it at $899
iPhone Air $899
iPhone 17 Pro/Max $1099 - $1199.
Get your engineering team to place a 2nd camera and price it at $899
iPhone Air $899
iPhone 17 Pro/Max $1099 - $1199.
Conceptually, I treat the Air like my Tesla. At first, you have range anxiety because of the battery, but eventually you learn to live with its limitations and enjoy the car. Tesla could always add more battery capacity to its vehicles, but most of the time, it only results in carrying unnecessary weight. The Air is the same. Most of the time, I don't need the extra battery and enjoy not having to use a heavy brick. It only takes once for a ProMax to drop on your face in bed to appreciate the Air.
The same thing happened to me when I was deplaning...I thought I had left my phone on the plane, and because it was so light, I didn't realize that it was in my pocket! LOL, maybe we should be in the Apple commercials, and they might actually succeed in selling the Airs.
What I love about the Air is that it’s out of the way. It’s the closest you can get currently to holding a sheet of glass.