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Sure some people are defending themselves for having an Air, but I think most people are just sharing their positive opinions about it, and that in turn upsets trolls and haters who don’t want anyone to enjoy a phone that has a new form factor simply because it has less cameras and battery life. They don’t even want you to be happy about it and they jump down the throats of anyone who praises the Air.

Exactly. But those trolls and haters are the minority... noisy minority, but minority nonetheless.
 
The Air is in stock everywhere while the rest of the 17 series are on back order.

Now if Apple's estimates had been correct, all of the models including the Air would have been on backorder around the same time.

On Amazon UK it tells you how many has sold in the last month, and if you add up the colours it gives you a tough idea of how popular the various models are. The base seems the most popular overall followed by the Pro, and lagging well behind that is the Air.

One thing I’ve been surprised at, is there’s been lots of promotion of the Pro, some by certain carriers for the base model. But I’ve seen nothing at all for the Air.
 
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