iPhone Air to Launch in China This Week

[teh_hunterer]

It is always specs per dollar, whether you care about specs or not. This is unavoidable. And if you bought the Air, you were taken for a ride in this respect. This is not subjective. Do a little research and you'll understand what I am saying here.

You failed to address a single point I made. Weak.

If it were always specs per dollar, Apple wouldn't be a $3 trillion company, nor would we all be discussing it on this forum.

Raw specs are not and never were the sole consideration for phones, especially not now that performance and battery life are generally so good anyway that it's perfectly reasonable to take a hit to those to get a thinner and lighter device.

What it boils down to is you just need to do a little research and you'll understand what I'm saying here.

 

[Baritone_Guy]

Move on...good one. If you think buying the Air was money well spent, you've done zero research into the competition. Even the iPhone 17 is a far better value with dimensions that are all but unnoticeable in day to day life. 2.31mm in thickness and 12g in weight between the Air and the iPhone 17 is nothing...this difference is unnoticeable in day to day operation, to anyone not just to me. Now, if it were a 5mm+ and 24g+ difference in thickness and weight, then you would definitely notice a difference in day to day use. This is coming from someone who buys at least 6-8 different flagship smartphones every year (to find the best primary and backup for my use case), so I know that a small difference in size and weight is meaningless in day to day usage.

Like I said, move on. It’s not for you. The value for me is as I said. I really don’t care what you think. I ABSOLUTELY feel the differences.

Someone who buys that many phones would seem to have commitment issues. What about the money and time you lose on every purchase?

 

[teh_hunterer]

Someone who buys that many phones would seem to have commitment issues. What about the money and time you lose on every purchase?

These phone companies are really taking him for a ride if he's buying all these phones and not even using them.

Meanwhile I traded in my old phone for a decent amount, bought the Air which cost less than my last 3 Pro Maxes, and I'm happier than ever. And I didn't have to pay tax on it either.

I think I'm getting more for my dollar than he is to be quite honest.

 

[goshya]

You could simply buy your phone in Hong Kong, they have one physical sim slot (which you could use Chinese SIM) as well as eSIM support for foreign eSIMs.

The iPhone Air in HK doesn’t have a SIM card slot. Starting from next year no iPhone may have a SIM card slot.