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So if you buy an iPhone 17 Air and you put a case on it… then you don’t really enjoy the fact that it’s thin, light and whatever….

Then you put no case on it? Well what if you drop your phone? You lost 1k?
 
So if you buy an iPhone 17 Air and you put a case on it… then you don’t really enjoy the fact that it’s thin, light and whatever….

Then you put no case on it? Well what if you drop your phone? You lost 1k?

A thin phone with a thin case is still going to be thin. And for those who don’t want a case, they’ll likely get AppleCare. Problem solved.
 
Yeah sure but it doesn’t seams like a huge deal, the camera is not even inside the phone like the iPhone 5s or SE 1
It might not seem like a big deal to you, but it's a massive deal to some people!

Personally, I'm intrigued by the 17 Air, and can see the appeal to it. Unfortunately, the expected lack of an ultra-wide lens makes it harder to justify for me. Not that it matters at all. I'm not planning on upgrading for another couple of years.
 
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Unfortunately, the expected lack of an ultra-wide lens makes it harder to justify for me.
What if Apple skimps on the tele end instead? Apple's styled themselves as the computational photography pioneer, and you can always crop in on and "CSI-enhance" a wide shot, but you can't recover a moment the lens didn't capture.
 
What if Apple skimps on the tele end instead? Apple's styled themselves as the computational photography pioneer, and you can always crop in on and "CSI-enhance" a wide shot, but you can't recover a moment the lens didn't capture.
Tele is less useful to me than a wide lens is. Whatever Apple does next with their cameras has to be better than what Google did with the Pixel's zoom!
 
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A thin phone with a thin case is still going to be thin. And for those who don’t want a case, they’ll likely get AppleCare. Problem solved.
i'm getting the Air. and, as someone who's neither used cases for my iPhones nor AppleCare, i'm considering adding AppleCare this year [due to the thinness of the Air].
 
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The Air is designed to be used caseless IMO. The titanium frame with Ceramic Shield front and back, we’ve seen it been thrown about, dropped face down on the promo video etc. Glass is glass though lol

I’ll be rocking mine naked but with AppleCare+ incase the worst ever happens.
 
The Air is designed to be used caseless IMO. The titanium frame with Ceramic Shield front and back, we’ve seen it been thrown about, dropped face down on the promo video etc. Glass is glass though lol

I’ll be rocking mine naked but with AppleCare+ incase the worst ever happens.
The iPhone air should not be existing. It was a waste of time and resources. Hope they get rid of it next cycle
 
The iPhone air should not be existing. It was a waste of time and resources. Hope they get rid of it next cycle
They're going to easily sell 30,000,000 iPhone Airs in the next 12 months, my guess is over 50 million. I hope that doesn't upset you too much. Next time, I'm sure Tim Cook will check in with you before wasting time and resources.
 
The iPhone air should not be existing. It was a waste of time and resources. Hope they get rid of it next cycle
This is an interesting take here. I find the Pro and Pro Max phones to be heavy and uncomfortable for me to use but I’m not going to ever suggest they shouldn’t exist. The Air should exist for people who don’t want/need a big, bulky device but want a more premium phone over the standard model.

As far as cases, I would use the Air without a case unless I was traveling then I’d probably throw on the Apple clear case which would add very minimal bulk but still offer decent protection and hopefully more grip.
 
Bumper!

I'm looking forward to snapping on a bumper for the first time since ... could it be the iPhone 4? Indeed Apple seems to want me to use this bumper since they have thoughtfully designed one for every Air color, along with a matching crossbody strap. I am happy to let Apple boss me around this way, this year, after several rounds of Pros and PMs that I'm finding ever less exciting.
 
The point of the iPhone air to to have the thinnest and lightest iPhone possible. Adding a case defeats the whole point.

In for a penny, in for a pound, I say.
 
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Given the new Ceramic Shield 2 is supposedly 3x more resistant to scratches, is it worth using a screen protector? I’m struggling to find one that offers anti glare.

Looking at the Apple accessories I think the only protection that’s worth it is the bumper, as it looks to add minimal bulk and ruining the thinness.

I plan to use it fully naked, I’m very careful with my devices.

This is the bumper.

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I see one advantage on the Air when dropped. It is so lite that the sudden stop will be “kinder” than a heavier phone!
 
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I’d absolutely be using the bumper that Apple is offering. I actually wish they would offer a bumper style case for the pro max. I’ve had to order one from AliExpress as I love that form factor for a case.
 
The Air is for those who dont need the best camera, best battery and they dont use a case and they are tired of bricks
If the battery is good enough, its for me
I dropped my phone three times in the last 6 years
 
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I have to carry 2 phones so I am getting a belt clip case.

Past 3 iPhone models I have been using Encased but now I see a new one called Pelican - sort of chunky ??

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