Report: 'Virtually No Demand' for iPhone Air

[nepalisherpa]

On the other hand, there are lots of YouTubers with clickbait saying that it's a bad product. Absolutely not. I upgraded from the 13 Pro, and it's a perfect replacement. The battery is perfectly adequate, and I charge it every two days. Of course, I don't walk down the street trying to drain the battery. The funniest criticism for me is probably the mono speaker. I've never played a movie, music, or anything else on my iPhone without headphones, and I'm sure these guys have the same thing on their "Pro" phones, but now they've remembered that they have stereo .

Many people here love to regurgitate what they hear/see just because they want to hate the product. They don't consider use cases and how it will be different for different people. Here I am sitting at 46% battery (I started with 80% today) and, so far, I have 4h 36m of active screen time and 14m idle time. That's more than good enough for me.

 

[fonzy91]

Long-time iPhone Pro user here, and the Air is so damn beautiful that if it had a telephoto lens, I would have gotten that instead of the 17 Pro.

 

[turbineseaplane]

From my perspective, the weight and footprint (L x W) of a device is much more important than the thickness of it.

 

[nepalisherpa]

From my perspective, the weight and footprint (L x W) of a device is much more important than the thickness of it.

To me, thickness equally matters. I have a pair of jeans that has a permanent outline outside the pocket from my 15 Pro Max. I couldn't even imagine 17 Pro Max.

 

[Etc_]

Not even the lead electrical engineer for the Main Logic Board of the iPhone Air uses one as his personal device (he just posted a story using a Pro, source: his Instagram).

 

[Sanlitun]

I have one and love it.

Myself as well. Big fast display. Light and easy to carry. Same battery as my 15 PM.

 

[257Loner]

This report can't be right! I almost bought one, myself!

 

[Danie_Morrow]

Many people here love to regurgitate what they hear/see just because they want to hate the product. They don't consider use cases and how it will be different for different people. Here I am sitting at 46% battery (I started with 80% today) and, so far, I have 4h 36m of active screen time and 14m idle time. That's more than good enough for me.

Exactly, like a beehive. People without opinions or personal experience. The product is wonderful, but I have to hate it because it doesn't suit my preferences, or my favorite YouTuber confirms my assumptions. They are victims of confirmation bias, and they don't even realize it. I realize that I would sometimes use 0.5 ultrawide like on the 13 Pro, but it's not a deciding factor for me. The iPhone Air reminds me of the era of old iPhones, when it was all about feel and functionality, not numbers.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Just like the Air, it didn't sell well. It only had a very very very loud and vocal minority

And don't you forget it!

 

[nepalisherpa]

Not even the lead electrical engineer for the Main Logic Board of the iPhone Air uses one as his personal device (he just posted a story using a Pro, source: his Instagram).

That's it! I am returning my Air and going for 17 Pro again. The God, himself, has spoken.

 

[kingalexthe1st]

There is only *one* thing that stops something from selling.

The price.

You can talk all you want about battery life, cameras or anything else, if the price does not match the value the customer places on it then it won’t sell.

Therefore £999 is too much for what value people perceive the Air to be.

 

[0423MAC]

'Virtually No One' asked for a thinner phone.

It's really that simple.

 

[Etc_]

That's it! I am returning my Air and going for 17 Pro again. The God, himself, has spoken.

All your posts in this topic are quite defensive. I don’t care which iPhone you’re using, you don’t need to mask your insecurity with sarcasm.

 

[nepalisherpa]

'Virtually No One' asked for a thinner phone.

It's really that simple.

"Virtually no one" asked for two cameras or three cameras. iPhone started with one camera.

"Virtually no one" asked for bigger phones. iPhones were smaller to begin with.

"Virtually no one" asked for LiDAR scanner. iPhones had no LiDAR scanner.

If you always follow "virtually no one" then we would still be using a similar phone to the original one.

 

[nepalisherpa]

All your posts in this topic are quite defensive. I don’t care which iPhone you’re using, you don’t need to mask your insecurity with sarcasm.

When there is offense, you provide defense. Basic rules of the games. I mean who cares if the lead engineer does not use the phone he designed. He probably needs three cameras and better battery life. Just because he does not use it does not mean others shouldn't. If a chef at a restaurant does not eat the food he cooks, do you stop going there?

 

[iLLUMI]

Good. Now bring back the Plus series !!

100% !!! I was hoping to get a 17 Plus this year. I was looking forward to getting a larger phone this year. Apple picked the wrong year to get rid of it. With such high demand for the 17, they would have sold a lot of them.

 

[Etc_]

...If a chef at a restaurant does not eat the food he cooks, do you stop going there?

I mean, yes. I hope you do too.

 

[x5tuu]

Absolutely love my blue Air - perfect replacement for my 15Pro

Don’t miss anything, but especially not the weight or bulk.

 

[nepalisherpa]

I mean, yes. I hope you do too.

Well, that depends. If the chef is not eating because he prefers other types of food then I will continue going. If one cooks the same type of food every day, it is understandable how he/she might not want to eat the same thing again and again.

 

[svanstrom]

I returned mine because of Apple's shameful capitulation re: ICEblock

Unfortunately there are no morally clear choices to make nowadays, and there are other ways to implement something like ICEblock to not be quite as publicly a problem for an app store platform. So as much as it makes me angry and disappointed, it's not enough that I'd quit everything Apple.

 

[Etc_]

Well, that depends. If the chef is not eating because he prefers other types of food then I will continue going. If one cooks the same type of food every day, it is understandable how he/she might not want to eat the same thing again and again.

I know what you meant, I was just taking the piss. That being said, I really like the Air and its design and could live with most of the compromises (battery, camera, USB 2 speed), just not all of them. The mono speaker is basically a dealbreaker for me. I just wish Apple hadn’t priced it so close to the Pros, since the small gap pushes more people toward the Pro models and ultimately cannibalizes Air sales. At least, that was my reasoning for going with the Pro.

 

[spazzcat]

People want big phones, not small phones ...

 

[minik]

Guess I should purchase one just because. It is a nice design to begin with.

 

[nepalisherpa]

People want big phones, not small phones ...

Air is a big phone but it is also lighter and slimmer.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I have no idea why anybody thinks people are against the iPhone air.

Everyone is simply reacting to supply chain reports.

Folks here on the forum aren’t writing these reports or providing this information.

I’m on record multiple times of being very interested in an air if they had made a smaller variant of it. I like the concept quite a bit actually.