It was a great line up to be fair. But the pro / pro max are trending in the wrong direction (thick heavy etc). The regular 17 is fine but possibly lacking RAM to last a few years once (if!) these local AI models arrive. Hope the 18 has a telephoto solution better than cropping the image. Even the regular Samsung S26 has a telephoto. Couldnt care for the wide lens.
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iPhone 17 Is Apple's Most Popular Lineup Ever
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Anecdotally I have seen lots of them. Three people off the top of my head with the exact same model and color as mine, so that's four Pro Max right there.
No Airs though, and when I went to a T-Mobile store to look at a display model, it was broken. No one seemed to care.
I asked the associate if they had sold many, and for what it's worth she said no, everyone gets the orange Pro or Pro Max. They didn't even have one of those for display.
tcatsninfan
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It's always amazing when the media talks about how bad the economy is, yet the Pro models are still selling like crazy. It makes me wonder, are not so many families being impacted economically, OR is this a status thing where people don't want to be seen using anything less than a Pro model?
ClaraStahlbaum
macrumors 6502a
Sallah
macrumors newbie
The iPhone Air was the most “Apple” device in the lineup. Love the Air. The others are the same ‘ol same ‘ol.
I have yet to see an iPhone Air outside of store display units 😮
code-m
macrumors 601
Some MR forum members will say anything to convince themselves and attempt to convince others that just because it may not matter to them then “nobody cares”. It’s some cognitive dissonance with some RFD.
code-m
macrumors 601
code-m
macrumors 601
Exact and Same are the same meaning. It’s like saying Up Above.
Exact model or Same model conveys the meaning equally no need to double state.
Is there an Exact Different model or Same Another model.
What next Up Below or Above Down there?
/rant 😅
code-m
macrumors 601
code-m
macrumors 601
Air is same ‘ol with less or a neutered iPhone. iPhone 16 Pro had Ti and the 17 Pro for a material downgrade but it’s all the same candy bar shape iPhone.
You clearly haven’t held one. The Air is a delight to hold unlike the other iPhones. IMO, it’s the only iPhone out of the entire lineup which Jobs would have loved
Shifts
macrumors regular
As people seem to doubt the Air exists: I have one, just bought it. ****ing love it. Of all the ”downsides” people mention, it is only the sound quality that gets me, but it is a downside I can live with as there are AirPod Pros close by.
Battery life? It lasts me all day.
One-lens camera? It is an Air. Something has to give, and this one I see as a small upside even.
Battery life? It lasts me all day.
One-lens camera? It is an Air. Something has to give, and this one I see as a small upside even.
So, seems like there is only one way to make series 18 even more popular: just add a 5.6" 18 mini.
robertosh
macrumors 65816
It will be nice to see the numbers per device. I bet it is thanks to the base 17.
I would like to like the Air, but is so bulky that its design looses its purpose. Liquid Glass is also a no go for me. I hope to see in the future a 17 style Air with a 6.3 or 6.1 inch screen, that would make more sense in my opinion. That would make me buy another iPhone (and getting rid of Liquid Glass)
I would like to like the Air, but is so bulky that its design looses its purpose. Liquid Glass is also a no go for me. I hope to see in the future a 17 style Air with a 6.3 or 6.1 inch screen, that would make more sense in my opinion. That would make me buy another iPhone (and getting rid of Liquid Glass)
Honestly it’s one of the greatest YoY upgrades. Biggest for standard series since 12 and biggest for pro since 13 Pro.
My only complaints :
1/ iPhone Air was priced too high and really would benefit from stereo speakers and at least dual camera setup on the back
2/ Standard has 8GB ram while it’s great now I hope it will not degrade the experience too fast after 3-4 year mark
Personally I would insta buy an Air 2 with telephoto (I don’t like ultra wide but that subjective) and stereo speakers. It’s really a comfortable device to use daily
My only complaints :
1/ iPhone Air was priced too high and really would benefit from stereo speakers and at least dual camera setup on the back
2/ Standard has 8GB ram while it’s great now I hope it will not degrade the experience too fast after 3-4 year mark
Personally I would insta buy an Air 2 with telephoto (I don’t like ultra wide but that subjective) and stereo speakers. It’s really a comfortable device to use daily
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I've seen pros all over the place. For reference, I'm 20 miles outside of Manhattan
antonrg
macrumors 6502a
We have them all over Paris and the region around it. You see all, 17, Pro and Air, the latter the least though.
RE: the Air, yesterday my 11 year old son was telling me that the iPhone Air is a "bad" phone. I asked him why he thought that and he said some other kid had said it in the playground at school. For context, almost no one in his age group even has a smartphone yet (though most will be getting a used one for high school so it's a hot topic for discussion). If kids are bad mouthing the Air in primary school playgrounds it really has a reputation problem, whether deserved or not.