That's the first thought that came to my mind as well. For this, I call this rumour bs.
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iPhone 17 'Air' May Not Be Much Thinner Than iPhone 6
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That's the first thought that came to my mind as well. For this, I call this rumour bs.
Apple thinks this will help their stock price, somehow.
The iPad Pro M4 batteries are way too big for the iPhone. They are thin yes, but occupy a much larger area due to the size differences between the devices. If they kept the thinness but shrunk the area, it would be unlikely to meet the capacity requirements to run the iPhone.
I hope not. The lineups are getting more and more complicated.
We're far from Steve Jobs' simplicity.
But you're probably right. It will probably follow the iPad lineups, where we have no real clue if the "iPad Air" is better than the "iPad".
I would like it if it stayed the same size, but was actually usable without a case. Even if I didn't care that it get scuffed, it is made of some substance that lacks friction entirely.
And it's not like the ship is sinking. They're just bored of the cruise. And the cruise directors.
I don't know if it needs to be super exciting every year. It's not like there's a whole lot wrong with it now. Certainly nothing that couldn't be fixed with a year off the constant new feature treadmill.
It’s just an alternative product to drive sales. It’s not a replacement for the Plus, it’s a different target demographic.
Just use the comparison on the website, it clearly shows that the Air is better than the base iPad.
But, but, but.................It'll be marketed as the 'best iPhone ever' - and I'm sure there'll be a price to match that claim!
You know what? I upgraded this year to the 16PM. I'm thinking this might be my last iPhone for a while. Just until they get their innovation back. I don't know. I haven't decided yet. I don't really want to splash out again for the same old same old design - it's tired, I'm tiring of it. The camera bump, imho, is totally disproportionate. It looks bonkers - and I'm sure the annual, inevitable, and sadly predictable buggy IOS 19 will be, well, buggy!
This iphone 'Air' bollocks sounds like barrel scraping from Apple to me.
You know what? I upgraded this year to the 16PM. I'm thinking this might be my last iPhone for a while. Just until they get their innovation back. I don't know. I haven't decided yet. I don't really want to splash out again for the same old same old design - it's tired, I'm tiring of it. The camera bump, imho, is totally disproportionate. It looks bonkers - and I'm sure the annual, inevitable, and sadly predictable buggy IOS 19 will be, well, buggy!
This iphone 'Air' bollocks sounds like barrel scraping from Apple to me.
How funny would it be if they eventually added an iPhone Air Pro Max
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Well they added satellite phone call capability which most folks aren't even aware of, and are building-up AI features, etc.. but it's true, for the average Joe who uses the phone to check his emails and call the kids, it's hard to come up with a game-changer sort of innovation every year, hence the need for the iPhone Air.
The point is the potential customers should never have to do an analysis.
They need to understand right away what's better and what's not.
"Analysis Paralysis"
Agreed on all fronts. 5s was still the greatest iPhone, perfect size and hand feel.
Sorry, but I think that's total nonsense - customers should never have to do analysis? Why on earth should a customer be relieved from doing even 5 minutes of research?
If we follow that train of thought to its logical conclusion, then we should have only one iPad right? And only one phone? And only on laptop? And only one desktop? Base configurations only, that way customers don't need to think about such complexities as storage and RAM too. And remove all colour options.
Let's relieve customers from making any decisions at all before they throw their hundreds or even of thousands of dollars at Apple.
What about cars? Get rid of all options there too right?
Stop faffing around with form factors. It really makes so very little difference to the user experience an I honestly think that it is not a compelling sale-clincher or deal-breaker for most. It just creates e-waste with the proliferation of all the different sized cases.
Not a great example
Just about nobody actually enjoys buying cars or any part of the process of figuring out the options, pricing, comps, specs, etc