All these people defending a massive brick of a phone thats barely any faster than the much lighter air - just because apple makes it.
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iPhone Air The Air reviews have dropped and the speaker's junk
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All these people defending a massive brick of a phone thats barely any faster than the much lighter air - just because apple makes it.
I personally don’t like how the Air looks so to me, the Pros are sexier. It’s all a matter of preference
Whatever else can or can't be said about the Air, all the reviewers/influencers and forums must absolutely love it. It's probably driven more clicks, reactions, view time and engagement/discussions than any Apple product in years.
he also criticised the zoom but petapixel were impressed by it.
Shock horror ! - thin and light phone throttles under heavy load what a disappointment, lets put it in the fridge for a faux dramatic moment
everything’s fine - giant phone with dedicated heat management design throttles almost the same as last year’s model - no fuss at all
I’d have been way more disappointed at the throttling of the pro/pro max than the air becuase its failing at something it is explicitly designed to do
For US buyers, that's just same old, same old.
Been that way since the 14 unless one's willing to pay extra to import iPhones from another country.
From the early battery testing it's competitive with the 17, which has a ~17% larger battery capacity. So it must be the A19 pro?
Why would it wear more than any other battery? From early battery testing it's not much of a compromise compared to the 17. Of course if you want max battery you're going to the Pro models and not even looking at the Air.
I think MKBHD got a similar result but there are also multiple other people that didn't. But I haven't seen any tests that put it much higher than an A19. Ultimately I don't think it really matters in the real world or for people choosing the Air. It looks like the chip is for efficiency/battery rather than performance. My only gripe is Apple touting Pro performance and the price tag. That being said, I'm still looking forward to getting mine.
I'm sure Apple is eating all this up. The Air is getting attention all over, praise from minimalists, hate from maximalist Pro users and value oriented non-pro consumers. Ultimately just helping their bottom line.
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Well, some people think Lizzo is “sexy” - so everything is possible indeed.
Exactly, nothing new. Personally, I'd rather have more battery/components than a SIM card. I even prefer e-sim for traveling now, I can add my plan before I even leave the country.
Because you are using more of a battery's cycle, lets say you end on 20% but a pro would be on 60%, 0.8 of a cycle v 0.4 of a cycle, more cycles = more wear.
In terms of battery cycles, it will be run down and charged more than a larger battery in a pro or pro max for example.
If Samsung only had a single speaker for 1k, you would be dumping on Samsung. the Air wins on looks, the S25 Edge on features and performance.
Unlike many here, I don't care what Samsung or others do. As such, I wouldn't waste my time complaining about them or posting that they have had a feature for x years when I and many others use Apple.
Exactly.
I can't believe people are defending Apple for putting one speaker in a $999/€1199 phone.
A THOUSAND DOLLAR OR MORE PHONE.
I do understand that it can be challenging with cameras since they can be huge and thick but a speaker? I'm not defending Samsung (I only use Samsung's fridge lol) but at least they were able to put 2 cameras, 2 speakers and bigger battery in a phone that's just slightly thicker and bigger than iPhone Air.
Right, you may go over more cycles but that's part of the compromise. We'll see how this pans out in the real world but I don't think someone choosing the air is likely to be putting it through as heavy usage day in and day out to make a huge difference in the life cycle of the device. Batteries are also replaceable.
Definitely a con that Apple couldn't match them with the speaker and ultra wide, although the edge is taller and wider which gives more space. One other interesting tidbit is Samsung managed to put a 3900mah battery in it vs. the Air's 3149. I did see a reviewer mention that the Air was lasting longer than his s25 edge though. It'll be interesting to see more battery tests come out.
EDIT: Looks like Tom's Guide compared it to the S25 Edge quite a bit in multiple aspects. Looks like it competes fairly well.
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To be fair, I don’t use the cameras in my phone except very rarely. I could make the same comment as you did but replace speaker quality with camera quality. This would be an unpopular opinion though because it seems like I’m in the minority when it comes to camera quality.
But I do use the speakers on my phone daily (at home, not in public for that I’d use my AirPods) so for me this is something that I do weigh when deciding on purchasing the Air or not.
People have different use cases.
But you’re also not out here making an entire thread to completely write off an otherwise stellar device based on a rather minute trade-off to most, just to piss people off.
If you had two of these it would be stereo. You could attach them with a folding hinge. Double the screen size. Two plateaus and you could put the Pro camera system in one of them and a much better thermally managed SoC in the other.
It’s obvious to me that this is testing tech for the folding phone.
It’s obvious to me that this is testing tech for the folding phone.
That would ironically make it one of the thickest foldables on the market.
For comparison, the trifold Mate XTs is 3.6mm thin unfolded.
Weird how the trending topics are iPhone air and not the chunk orange phone. 🤨
Probably because you can choose silver?