iPhone Air Why Do People Dislike the iPhone Air?

[Nom4d]

If you’re an iPhone Air hater or someone who looks down on iPhone Air users, this thread is for you. Let’s have a constructive discussion about your feelings and thoughts and why you feel this way.

 

[AlexJ092]

I would like to understand this too. I’m enjoying using my Air so far….. only gripe is the battery even with the MagSafe battery but overall I’m happy to have something “different” this year!

 

[Nom4d]

I am a 16 pro owner and yes been tempted with the air but for now still on the fence if I should keep the pro or sell it. Anyways I am waiting the haters to come on this thread 🙂

 

[Andeddu]

I hear the Air overheats quite easily. As someone who wants to make use of the Pro chipset, I can’t pick a device that’ll thermal throttle… looks like it’ll be the Pro for me.

I do like the look of the Air though.

 

[MarkX]

I hear the Air overheats quite easily. As someone who wants to make use of the Pro chipset, I can’t pick a device that’ll thermal throttle… looks like it’ll be the Pro for me.

I do like the look of the Air though.

It doesn’t need to be a pro to play games!

 

[Andeddu]

It doesn’t need to be a pro to play games!

I know. The Air does overheat and throttle under sustained load though.

The base 17 is slightly more powerful than the 16 Pro so I will consider that phone also.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Because Apple didn't build a phone for them. The Air is geared towards light to moderate users that want something nice in the hand.

When power users see it's missing something they want, they see it as a slight against them.

 

[teh_hunterer]

It doesn’t need to be a pro to play games!

Yeah people really lose sight of what the actual performance is. The iPhone Air outperforms my 15PM in sustained performance in 20 minute stress tests. Was the iPhone 15 Pro Max incapable of gaming? No.

A Mac example - the M2 Air had worse throttling than the M1, and people complained - but what they were missing was the M2 fully throttled still performed better than an M1 that wasn't throttling at all.

People see the word "throttle" and they just stop thinking.

People also lost sight of what "overheating" actually means. Overheating doesn't mean "the device feels hot to me", it means "the device shut down to prevent itself from thermal damage".