I also care about phone weight too. It's why I got a 16 as opposed to a 16 Pro. I don't want an e series phone in the future. So my next question is: which phone will be lighter, the 17 or the 17 Air?
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iPhone 17 Air's Ultra-Thin Design Will Result in These 3 Missing Features
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I also care about phone weight too. It's why I got a 16 as opposed to a 16 Pro. I don't want an e series phone in the future. So my next question is: which phone will be lighter, the 17 or the 17 Air?
The matter of eSIM-only can be an issue in countries where one’s address is fluid or imaginative. My actual address is “no number, no street” but it doesn’t make any difference because there’s no mail service at that location or at the address on my electric bill.
Yet, this from ATT Mexico:
One doesn’t have to read Spanish to follow the instructions. A QR code is mailed to the customer.
The 17 Pros will have 12 GB RAM according to rumours. Also Apple might start treating the Pro iPhones like the Apple Watch Ultra, by giving them significantly more battery life, but would not hold my breath on that happening.
On top of all that, let’s also don’t forget China, Apple’s next biggest market, will almost certainly never adopt eSIM due to “reasons” that I’m not going into. The omission of physical SIM card makes no sense, unless Apple for some reason don’t want it to be sold outside of US.
There are other countries in the world.
Btw, I find it fascinating that to obtain a phone number in Japan, one needs to either hold a long term visa (student visa maybe?) or become a permanent resident. Understandable, just find it interesting. In Australia, nearly anyone can get a phone number afaik, including tourists, and many institutions and government bodies also use SMS as 2FA. So here is that.
It certainly should not bend, but will they make it from titanium again?
And from a reddit poster, the camera bump is already about 13mm. Why would it matter if the rest of the back was flush with the cameras (or tapered at the edges to make 90% of the back flush with it)?
I hope a mini version of it comes out in an iPhone 6 size. I am currently using the iPhone Mini 13 and I am very satisfied with it.
I don't need the latest model every year and it's enough for me to buy a new model every five years.
A loudspeaker and a camera are completely sufficient.
I don't need the latest model every year and it's enough for me to buy a new model every five years.
A loudspeaker and a camera are completely sufficient.
Apple would be stupid to make an incredibly thin device out of aluminum again. Unless they like being ridiculed for bendgate again.
If they did make it thicker to make it flush, what would you use that space for? Aside from being an incredibly ugly, dated looking phone, it would be even heavier. A tapered back would be even worse than rounded. Please no.
Or imagine if Apple just decide to release a flip iPhone instead of this thing.
I would welcome a super thin iPhone, even if battery life wasn’t the best, because I’m not a heavy daily phone user so I could always bring a slim Magsafe battery on days I plan to use it a lot (eg. taking lots of photos). I would also sacrifice physical SIM (don’t remember if I’ve ever changed one out), and stereo speakers IF they can somehow make the single earpiece speaker nearly as loud/clear as the stereo.
But I wouldn’t want to downgrade the camera just to make it thin. I would only do that if it’s a small one-handed phone—then the trade off would be worth it to me. If it’s going to be a big screen phone (thick or thin), then I want it to have the best camera possible. Other features I wouldn’t sacrifice for thinness: storage capacity, Magsafe, RAM.
But I wouldn’t want to downgrade the camera just to make it thin. I would only do that if it’s a small one-handed phone—then the trade off would be worth it to me. If it’s going to be a big screen phone (thick or thin), then I want it to have the best camera possible. Other features I wouldn’t sacrifice for thinness: storage capacity, Magsafe, RAM.
I don't remember seeing any rumors that the 17 Air won't contain Magsafe, so presumably it'll contain it. If so, it'll be interesting that Apple could cram the Magsafe hardware into the Air (it's more than just the charger alignment magnets), but not into the 16e, though I know the 16e is the replacement for the SE series, which never had Magsafe.
17 Pro and Max rumors are what we want. Seriously, other than Apple investors, who really wants to know about overpriced and underspecced phones like the 16e (and rumored ‘air’)…
Apple will not be able to sell this air iPhone in China if there is no physical sim slot. Period. Dual physical sim I might add.
I imagine that Apple is only willing to take a risk here, presumably because the plus models must be relatively unsuccessful.
So perhaps Apple feels they might as well put a lot of r&d into how future iPhone models will be and sell the earliest version of this vision to those who want to hold a glimpse of the future right now.
Or imagine if this thing is actually a flip phone mwahaha!
So let’s get this correct if you purchase a mobile for like 900 or more
Then to improve the experience so then need to buy AirPods for an issue that Apple created by designing a mobile like that
It’s been 20 years since flip phones were successful back in 2004. This was before Apple 🍎 came out with there revolutionary earth shattering game changer product called: iPhone 📱
Back in 2004, Nokia, Motorola, LG and Samsung had there successful flip phones.
Yes but there is now in that people are used to the candy bar shape for a smartphone & only see incremental changes