That is very very thin! Photos of the Air alongside the other models really adds helpful context to how thin this thing really is!
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iPhone 17 Air Almost as Thin as Its Buttons, New Images Show
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It looks good honestly! For me it's going to come down to battery life, build quality and (most importantly) price.
As long as the camera sticks out it is a design flaw. Take iPhone 1 and you have a great design. Go back to your roots apple.
This would've been a great moment to bring the mini size back. Less bendy if it's smaller, and, a big gap in the lineup IMO. (I know, I know, sales probably said it doesn't sell enough to qualify as a gap.)
So to compensate for it being thinner, they made it larger in the other dimensions?
I suppose Cook won't rest until all iphones are tablet sized. This way he will not only sell cases for them, but also wheelbarrows.
I suppose Cook won't rest until all iphones are tablet sized. This way he will not only sell cases for them, but also wheelbarrows.
I bet the 17 Air will be like the first Macbook Air - overpriced due to 'thinness' and positioned as a premium product. Then just a couple of years later the price comes down and it becomes a mass market device.
Perhaps iPhone 20 lineup will all be this thin?
I'll be first in line if they can make a model this thin with a smaller 5.8"-6" screen
Perhaps iPhone 20 lineup will all be this thin?
I'll be first in line if they can make a model this thin with a smaller 5.8"-6" screen
cute because everything was in 1 black pill but putting a case completely hides the iphone color and doesnt scale well to the 3-camera pro max design system especially when all the androids are doing black squares
the cutest and nicely stacked
arguably the cutest bc the diagonal makes it more dynamic i guess
weird af, feels tight and awkward with the flash outside the bump. cases look weird as hell. probably made because tim cook was SHOOK the iphone 15 blue was a sleeper hit so he had to nerf the standard iphone aesthetics to make the pros more appealing. give us back the square bump!
People who want a thinner iPhone. Like me.
Ohhh yes sorry, I thought it was off centered like to the left or the right, I didn’t at all thing about it being slightly more to the top or the bottom. Well, yes that’s certainly possible. It wouldnt be the first time Apple did this or other „un-Apple-like“ things. Like with the iPad, where the home button was slightly closer to the screen and not perfectly in the middle of the bezel. I thing the iPod touch 4‘s 30 pin was also not quite centered. You’re right, thanks for mentioning.I’m afraid it will be slightly off-centered — they need to fit a display in there, after all.
Many use the speakers on their phones. If this mock up is real, how much will the speaker volume and quality suffer. The speaker for the ear (must be word for that—receiver speaker or ear speaker) has gotten so bad a lot of people hold the phone to their mouth and listen through external speakers. Thats's a step backwards from when phones had decent ear speakers. But external speakers (the ones on the bottom) are frequently useful.
I think Apple is aiming for the same battery life per charge with the iPhone 17 Air as with the iPhone 16 Plus. The efficiencies of the A19 SoC and C1 modem chips plus a surprisingly big battery pack of around 4,150 mAh despite the thin case is the reason why.
You understand perfectly well the situation with the camera.
Frankly I'm impressed with how thin it is, and I'm definitely not one to care much for the thinness push that Apple does generally.
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They are obliged to have a port, at least in the EU and it has to be USB-C.
Not fit for back pocket phone carriers, as it may cause bending.... Unless you put it in a "thick" metal case.
I can hear one of the complaints already:
"How can you press on buttons that thin? You can't! And if you think you can, you're fooling yourself!!"
"How can you press on buttons that thin? You can't! And if you think you can, you're fooling yourself!!"
Those are mockups in the photos, not reflecting the exact build quality of the finished models.
Not even Job's Reality Distortion Field could break the laws of physics.
It's for absolutely NOBODY. NO ONE wants a thinner, lighter phone, and if they say they do, they're either fooling themselves or lying!!
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I’d like to see an iPhone thinner than its buttons.