i was very hesitant at upgrading this year.This is the thing I am most hesitant about. 80% of my photos are on the main camera and from what I've seen, the Air performs very well on that sensor. 4% are telephoto, but I can live without those photos, nothing special. But another 16% are ultrawide and have been solid and meaningful photos. It's not that I couldn't have gotten creative and found a way to get more in the shot or could have settled some of the time and been fine with the outcome.
The more I think about it, I feel that the weight makes up for the screen size as I could more easily manipulate it in one hand without dropping like the PMs I've had.
my trusty iPhone SE 2 was long overdue to be upgraded, and i hated that i would need to buy a much larger phone even if i went with the iPhone 17 or even the iPhone 16e.
the Air was so thin that i thought i would take the chance and try the Air, thinking that the feel in the hand would easily be able to feel nice.
i was right.
the Air - although it is larger - it took me about 1 day to get used to it.
i can't imagine going back to a smaller phone, or, to a larger and more unwieldy phone such as the 17 Pro Max.