I remember the closest thing to that tiny phone, Motorola's Vader phone V3688. Man I loved that thing, it actually fit inside that little tiny sub-pocket in a jeans pocket.
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Next Year's Slim iPhone 17 Could Be an 'iPhone Air'
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I remember the closest thing to that tiny phone, Motorola's Vader phone V3688. Man I loved that thing, it actually fit inside that little tiny sub-pocket in a jeans pocket.
Is it the marketing department’s fault when Tim and his cohorts at the top make a bad decision? You work with what you have to work with.Think it’s time to fire their marketing dept.
I like the way you think. Scratch what I said above, this iPhone air could have a profile similar to the later generation iPod touch. So when they transform it into a flip phone in 2-3 years it has soft round outer corners but a sharper edge to the inner screen.
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Apple does not care if it flops like the mini. This, like the mini, will serve its purpose well which is to soften the blow of a price hike.
Mini bumped up the reg iPhone up a hundred and this will bump up the pros a hundred.
iPhone 17 air $999
iPhone 17 pro $1099
iPhone 17 pro max $1299
Mini bumped up the reg iPhone up a hundred and this will bump up the pros a hundred.
iPhone 17 air $999
iPhone 17 pro $1099
iPhone 17 pro max $1299
Firstly MacRumors stories are getting old this was yesterday’s news on 9to5 Mac.
Secondly if the iPhone Air will lead to a thinner pro in the near future, I have doubts Apple will change the design of the pro models next year.
Given there has been very little rumours about a design change for the pro max besides a narrower Dynamic Island.
Finally Apple is creating market segmentation that is likely to cause greater confusion to the average consumer or lead to a decline in sales in certain lines.
Secondly if the iPhone Air will lead to a thinner pro in the near future, I have doubts Apple will change the design of the pro models next year.
Given there has been very little rumours about a design change for the pro max besides a narrower Dynamic Island.
Finally Apple is creating market segmentation that is likely to cause greater confusion to the average consumer or lead to a decline in sales in certain lines.
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16 Pro is going up to $1099 this year with 256 GB as minimum storage option, so maybe $1199 next year.
Clearly I'm not up on all the rumors (which is shocking given how much time I spend on this site!). That would be fantastic if it's true.
I hope they extend that logic to the iPad Air. ProMotion is the main reason pay the extra for a Pro over an Air.
While the information you've posted is probably accurate, the point is that Apple has probably spent multi-millions in market research to try and find out, compared to the average MacRumors member that probably didn't even read the article.
It’s just becoming very boring. Here’s an idea make it so the data is faster and more reliable whatever that takes to accomplish.
Unless you are willing to give up your non-apple phone(s) to buy an Apple product, Apple doesn’t care. If you already have any iPhone, Apple doesn’t care.
What a great way to do a price hike.
- The current iPhone Pro will be the future iPhone Air at the same price
- The future iPhone Pro will be crazy expensive and therefor only for the professionel market (just as it is with the Mac)
Since the consensus seems to be noone wants it, I'll be the outlier: I will likely hold on to my 13 Mini until I can get this. I don't need the "Pro" features, and I very rarely take pictures with the secondary lens, so one lens is fine. But a standard 15 is very large to me. Battery life on my Mini is not great but "good enough". If this has ProMotion as rumoured, and battery life at least matching the 13 mini, it would be the perfect phone for me. Even without ProMotion, I'd probably still get it.
On its own, no way in hell, I've had way more bad readings with that compared to Face ID, now if it was used as an optional secondary form of security on top of Face ID then that would be a great addition.
You realize that this rumored iPhone 17 Air/Slim is taller and wider than a standard iPhone 15?
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