I would add to your spectrum of people, the ones that value weight and pocket-ability without sacrificing things that important to them like screen size, good battery life, Promotion, etc. The Air is such a pleasure to use carry around having used the 16 Pro and the 15 Pro prior to that. That weight, combined with the thinness, makes it much more hand holdable for extended periods of time. So while I find this phone to be beautiful, it's not the main reason I love it so much.
If you go back and read threads when 12 Mini was introduced, people complained about the ultra-wide lens. They said a telephoto lens would have been better because ultra-wide is useless. Now, it is important all of a sudden. People will never be satisfied. To most, it's FOMO.
100% agree. I think if you took a survey of Air owners a much higher percentage would be in the same camp. I think most people purchase the air more for the lighter weight and usability improvements as opposed to it being the better looking device. That's why I laugh when I see people saying the Air is form over function. The primary function of a mobile device is mobility. Improving the usability improves its core functionality. If anything, the air is function over features.
Is this on a Pro phone? Because the Air camera focuses much closer than the main camera of the Pro.
Light Gold. It’s too subtle to be garish. Instead it looks very special. The polished titanium edges are amazing in this colour.
Cloud white only choice imo , timeless classic colour , personally I’m not into the muted of blue and gold and black I like a lot but overtime will not age well.
Jokes aside, if foldable ever becomes fruitful and it is a reasonable device, then I could see myself replacing my phone and my iPad with a single device.
You clearly don't need the best features on an iPhone and thats absolutely fine, a lot of people don't. The Air isn't the best iPhone since the X in terms of features, its simply a slimmed down iPhone (literally) and it feels nice to hold. It is a feature stripped iPhone though and people are questioning its pricepoint and place in the line up, legitimately I'd say.
People don’t complain about high end sports cars not having adequate storage space. But most people also buy traditional vehicles instead. Doesn’t mean there isn’t a market for the high end ones however…
Having handled the Air to see what the fuss was about, I fail to understand what the ‘experience’ is tbh. It’s a thin iPhone and that’s about all I got from it. The pro chip throttles due to poor heat dissipation on the tests I have seen, so the advantage is largely lost. It’s a thin SE and if the thin aspect is the experience you are referring to, that’s subjective as to whether that’s a bonus or not. Once the phone is put in a case, it thickens and hides much of the thinness anyway. You think that’s worth £200 more? Not sure what the ‘high end sports car’ reference is about? The Pro is the high end option, followed by the standard 17.
I personally do not want my main device to be made from aluminum, due to how soft and dent/scratch prone it is, particularly as a caseless phone user. So that automatically writes off the rest of this year's lineup for me. The Air is for those who are tired of phones getting bigger and heavier, but also want the premium build quality and materials Apple is known for, that are not found in the base model or Pro.
An SE has traditionally had outdated hardware. Air has the same processor and ram as the Pro. Weird comparison.
There's genuinely NO reasoning with the anti-Air crowd, so save your breath. They made their decision about it before the device was even a reality...
I would not say the camera is fantastic, since it is missing the Macro Mode and Ultra Wide. I think the normal pictures are slightly better on my wife’s 17 Pro max and the Pro also focuses faster. The camera is definitely very good though, but not fantastic compared to the Pro’s. Definitely acceptable in most situations. 🙂
