Me. I literally don't give a damn about the camera, and its 2025 I am no further then 5 feet 24/7 from a charger.
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iPhone 17 Air Could Start at $1,099 With 256GB Storage, 1TB for $1,499
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Except that’s not standard rounding. If it’s 0.1-.0.4 you generally round down, if it’s 0.5-0.9 you generally round up. It also would be different than they did last year without changing the screen size which is 1) needlessly confusing and 2) Apple has never done that before (to the best of knowledge).
I never thought I’d go for a smaller screen again, but this might be the year I downgrade to the base 17. With prices of essentials going up across the board, I can’t stomach paying Pro prices for the Air.
Who cares about 300-500$ of difference?
I'd pay 2499$ for the iPhone Air Mini on day one directly.
I'd pay 2499$ for the iPhone Air Mini on day one directly.
Pricing the Air in the same tier as the Pro is nothing short of pure INSANITY, if true. It's a downgrade in literally EVERY regard other than weight and dimensions (which creates numerous OTHER weaknesses)...
This phone needs to start at the sub-$1000 price point to make any sense whatsoever. There's a reason why the vastly overpriced S25 Edge isn't selling well at all, and already seeing major discounts.
This phone needs to start at the sub-$1000 price point to make any sense whatsoever. There's a reason why the vastly overpriced S25 Edge isn't selling well at all, and already seeing major discounts.
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I think this will be a hit but I think the appeal is limited. It’s a form factor for a certain population base that will want it. But battery life, camera, weaker chip, etc will keep the pro loyal to the pro. I don’t know if will grow or increase market share of the 16 plus market size, especially if the price goes up too much.
Such a dumb comment, they can already barely fit anything in this size, a mini version would have a 2-hour battery.
Honestly Apple should copy the Samsung marketing team's release schedule. They should release the 17 and 17 pros now, then 6 months down the line release the 17 Air. This way people who didn't buy the 17s in September would be tempted to buy the Air in March just for the 'new' factor. They might even justify the higher price due to FOMO.
Not sure if these screen sizes are correct, but are the really slightly bumping up the size of the base model and reducing the size of the Pro so that they are both the same size at 6.2"? If so, I'm glad I've got a 16 Pro.
Yes if those prices are accurate it’s certainly put me off upgrading this year.
I feel like Apple put prices up to help negate longer upgrade cycles but it’s the prices that are causing that in my opinion.
Will hold onto my 15 pro for another year it seems.
I think that’s a typo. All rumours have pointed to both the base iPhone and pro to have 6.3” the same as the 16 pro. Who knows though!
Apple has had a hard time getting another sub-pro iPhone to do well. The mini did not sell well, the Plus did not sell well. I will be surprised if this does sell well. Not sure how much is “well” for Apple or the reasons for that.
I'm pretty sure that the iPhone Air is just 1/2 of their upcoming foldable phone. It's an obvious Apple-milking-a-form-factor strategy-- design a foldable phone (which requires both sides to be ultra thin), release it late, but in the meantime use 1/2 of the foldable phone as a new thin phone release that no one asked for.
I said “another” sub-pro iPhone. I wasn’t talking about the standard iPhone, but the additional model they keep trying to add in various forms.
Well, that's a little extreme but I suspect most iPhone mini users in this forum would pay $1,099 for a 5.8 inch iPhone Air.
Preaching to the choir. I’m a 13 mini user haha. If I was updating I’d consider the Air. The stupid pricing though I’d also consider a 15 pro.
Passing on this. Honestly passing on everything Apple since Cook kissed the ring. He's not even an ally to his own community.
No. The Pro Max is usually the best seller. The base models of previous years PLUS the current year always outpace the Pro Max of the current year and Apple counts that in their numbers as the base model being the most popular but if you cut out the previous models, the Pro Max usually wins.
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