iPhone 17 Pro Thermals Are Everything: iPhone 17 Pro vs iPhone Air

[jpet88]

People aren’t talking enough about the vapor chamber. Give it two months and the iPhone Air’s components will start slowing down. The iPhone 17 Pro’s vapor chamber is the real game-changer—it keeps the phone running fast, all the time and indefinitely.

All the iPhone Air buyers will be regretting their decision.

 

[Shirasaki]

Nah. Definitely not.

You know why? Because there are tons of people buying iPhone Air because they don’t use their iPhone much but enjoy the moment when they DO use iPhone. Plus, if they don’t use iPhone much to begin with, how on earth they are going to stress the components to the point of thermal throttling? By wireless charging maybe, but that’s about it.

Not everyone benefits from Vapor chamber and their associated increased thermal performance. There are so many people out there begging Apple to reintroduce iPhone mini (not enough for Apple to care tho), there will be lots of iPhone Air sold for people favouring form over function. Those people enjoy holding their devices when using it, but not care enough to use their iPhone 12 hours a day.

 

[subjonas]

People aren’t talking enough about the vapor chamber. Give it two months and the iPhone Air’s components will start slowing down. The iPhone 17 Pro’s vapor chamber is the real game-changer—it keeps the phone running fast, all the time and indefinitely.

All the iPhone Air buyers will be regretting their decision.

If the Air overheats, I'm pretty sure it's going to slow down immediately, not in two months. In two months it will be too late.

 

[NotApplicable]

lol, trying to fear monger about component degradation which has never been an issue of any significance on any iPhone model, none of which had vapor chambers

this post screams cope

 

[noobinator]

Because there are tons of people buying iPhone Air because they don’t use their iPhone much but enjoy the moment when they DO use iPhone. Plus, if they don’t use iPhone much to begin with, how on earth they are going to stress the components to the point of thermal throttling? By wireless charging maybe, but that’s about it.

Gonna disagree hard with this. Tons of people buying a new $1,000 (minimum) phone and you assume they don't use it much? Have you seen how people use phones in 2025? They are glued to them. Not saying I agree or disagree with the original post, but I'm guessing people will use their iPhone Airs a lot.

 

[shady16]

lol for a heavy user maybe, but for me i don't do anything beyond listen to music or doom scroll. i didn't even get the 16 pro max or any iPhone i have had hot enough to dim. i wish i could use my phone for gaming when im out but alas i get headaches if i play on a screen to small and not even the 6,9 inch screen of the pro max is big enough for me to not get heahaches

 

[NotApplicable]

I’ve never had a phone noticeably throttle or show the temperature overload screen

 

[Starscape]

I love the internet.

 

[Shirasaki]

Gonna disagree hard with this. Tons of people buying a new $1,000 (minimum) phone and you assume they don't use it much? Have you seen how people use phones in 2025? They are glued to them. Not saying I agree or disagree with the original post, but I'm guessing people will use their iPhone Airs a lot.

My definition of “a lot” isn’t strictly about people gluing to their iPhone all day all night. I also include users using their iPhone extensively, across many available features. iPhone Air already don’t have 3 camera lenses so it is not for people asking for peak mobile camera performance. Its thermal ain’t going to be as great as iPhone 17 Pro Max so long time gaming is mostly off the table unless it’s for casual games. Battery is so small the onscreen time won’t match iPhone 17 Pro Max by any means.
Regardless, iPhone Air is for people favoring form over feature.

 

[JPack]

It registers a few degrees hotter than the regular and Pro models, but nothing to be concerned about.

The worst case is probably slightly accelerated battery degradation due to heat. But Air users probably consider that as part of the cost of ownership.