I've read multiple comments who have said the same thing. The Air is a very big iPhone. A smaller version would be very appealing to many others. If you don't care for one, that means nothing with respect to consumers in general.
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iPhone Air Returned my Air
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This is what I say is a good personal review you had with the air. It’s not for everyone but for those who like what it comes with as in single camera etc then enjoy your product 🙂
Great to read your experience, thanks for sharing! I'm also between the Air and 17 pro (have both in my possession) and so far in the last 2 days, the battery seems really good which was my major anxiety initially. I would say perhaps a bit better than my 16p that I'm coming from. Camera and speaker i'm fine with, for me its just the larger width of the Air that makes it a bit more uncomfortable at this time compared to the thicker, rounded, but more narrow 17p phone body. I upgraded this year mainly to experience something different, something that is apparently a transition to the fold phone I ultimately want, so will give the Air a good shot this week and weekend. Still rooting for this thing given how good the performance, the weight and the reasonable battery life I've seen so far!
It's the missing wide angle for a lot of people I talked to why they didn't buy or returned the air. Not the speaker, not the battery.
I'm genuinely intrigued at how many folks have bought 2 phones and are returning one to Apple and what's going to happen to those phones - they can be resold as open box I guess, but not sure they would get refurbished this early, or just cleaned and repackaged as there is always a high demand this early on. Must be costing Apple a bit - and they probably don't release that kind of product data, but I wonder if the percentage of returns this year will be higher.
I got a feeling Apple factors in the cost of expected returns in the price they charge for the iPhone.
AppleCare and AppleCare+ whole unit replacements and parts. There's plenty of internal demand from Apple itself.
Performance wise, it's not as smooth as the previous Pros I had.
My Air was struggling on FaceTime and trying to switch wallpapers at the same time. I set up this phone as new, it was having lag, freezes on Day 1/2 but I think today the performance is fine.
According to an Apple Insider article from 2024, the return rate of the Pro iPhones is around 1.2%, and for non-Pro iPhones around 1.4%. This will include iPhones with actual defects. In all likelihood, Apple repackages those that are still pristine, and redirects most of the rest to used-iPhone resellers later on.
I can imagine the return rate this year to be slightly higher, but it's unlikely to be a lot.
Because I want to and can afford to pay with cash.
It’s a phone. It’s neither heavy or a brick. I don’t understand how people can think a phone is heavy.
That is true. There is no other way possible to make the iPhone "thinner" without "thinning" the battery, which in turn makes the battery not only thinner, but wider and taller in order to have the Apple's advertised battery capacity.
Very much so. Their "no questions asked" policy on returns is obviously factored into their costs.
You sure it’s taller. I checked today with my iPhone 16 pro against the 17 pro they look exact same to me in measurements.
Do you think if the return rate dropped, Apple would cut the price?
He is talking about the regular 17 and 16 not the pro models.
The 16 had a 6.1 screen now in the 17 it's 6.3 hence the very slight size increase in dimensions.