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To those who disagree, I'm curious to what you would compromise for a thinner device?
Well I saw one person post here that they don't need so much camera as they would use their 'real' camera for serious work. So that's one feature some can lose.
 
This phone will be great! I'm glad Apple realised we all need thinner phones.

My current phone, for example, doesn't fall between cushion gaps in my sofa, let alone in between seats on aeroplanes. The new 17 Air will be perfect.
 
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This really feels like one half of a foldable phone, they just need to tack on the other half to it.
 
We want shorter, not thinner… ugh. I want a phone that can easily be used with one hand.

Let’s hope this is a flop so that Tim learns a lesson.
 
We want shorter, not thinner… ugh. I want a phone that can easily be used with one hand.

Let’s hope this is a flop so that Tim learns a lesson.
Who's WE? I know some do want shorter. I know others just want thinner. Everyone wants something a bit different. Some will get most of what they want and not others and in the end we just vote with our wallets.
 
This really feels like one half of a foldable phone, they just need to tack on the other half to it.
I again tried some folding phones in a store the other day... Wake me up when the crease is gone (don't tell me it's getting "better" when better is still very visible), the screen is not plastic that is easily damaged by your fingernails and when the hinge opens one-handed like the olden days. Hope Apple sticks to "simple is best" or comes up with something spectacular I haven't considered or seen yet.
 
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It looks like it’ll be a modern iPhone inside a iPhone 6S Plus body - except for the partial glass back.

Sounds nice to me except it’s going to have a dreadful OLED screen.
So I won’t be purchasing it because of that (OLED flicker).
 
This really feels like one half of a foldable phone, they just need to tack on the other half to it.

You might be on to something there. We know Apple will have prototypes of foldable phones and maybe some of the work that has gone into slimming components to fit into a slimmer chassis is, for now at least, being released as single phone.
 
I wouldn’t be surprised if they eliminated hard drive storage and kept all the users info in iCloud.
 
This sounds like it’s going to be form over function with massive steps backwards all with a higher price tag.
 
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This sounds like it’s going to be form over function with massive steps backwards all with a higher price tag.
More or less. But the good news is those like you and me that don't want such a phone will have other options. So no problem
 
Who is this phone for?
I think it's for me. I currently have an iPhone 14 Pro Max as my main phone, and an iPhone 13 mini that I only use professionally (so phone, messages, mail, LinkedIn, light browsing, and links to notes and documents from my work iPad, etc.) The iPhone 13 mini is that phone because I want it to be capable when I need it, but light, I don't need a lot of battery but I also need the ecosystem support (Handoff, iCloud, etc.). When that iPhone Mini dies, I'll probably replace it with the Air.
 
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I think it's for me. I currently have an iPhone 14 Pro Max as my main phone, and an iPhone 13 mini that I only use professionally (so phone, messages, mail, LinkedIn, light browsing, and links to notes and documents from my work iPad, etc.) The iPhone 13 mini is that phone because I want it to be capable when I need it, but light, I don't need a lot of battery but I also need the ecosystem support (Handoff, iCloud, etc.). When that iPhone Mini dies, I'll probably replace it with the Air.
Why would you prefer an air over a 17 mini? Am I the only one who can’t reach my thumb easily to the top of these giant screens if holding with one hand?
 
Release an iPhone without cameras. I’m sure that millions of people out there who would love that.
 
Why would you prefer an air over a 17 mini? Am I the only one who can’t reach my thumb easily to the top of these giant screens if holding with one hand?
I don't have problems with a regular phone, reachability is enough for me to easily reach the whole screen on my Max. That being said, I would prefer a 17 Mini, but that's not in the cards, so the Air it must be
 
I wonder how many of these "compromises" will matter to typical users.

For example, the camera. A small percentage of Pro phone users know which lens is selected under which conditions, but plenty of others just want to zoom in sometimes and get a decent photo, without worrying about the lens being used or its specs. They care about the EXPERIENCE, not the PROCESS of getting these.

Right now 1 lens vs. 2 lenses vs. 3 lenses is a way to differentiate between iPhone levels, but a single-lens iPhone Air could lead to a situation where the marketing shifts and each phone has a "camera system" with users not expected to care how it works, just that it does. This is sort of what happened with the latest iPad Pro, which looks like it has two lenses, but actually has one (a "compromise" from last year that few are discussing).
 
As someone who’s iPhone is almost 1.5cm with a case and doesn't feel big, I don’t understand who is this thin phones for?
 
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So anything can be removed in the quest for thinness, but making the other dimensions smaller is unthinkable?
 
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