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Who is the iPhone Air for? (feddit.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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Maybe I'm just out of touch, but I don't understand who this is for, and I think it's going to flop.

First of all...who is asking for thinner phones?

Secondly, the price. This is not an Air SE. This thing is only $100 less than a full-fat iPhone Pro, and $200 more than iPhone base (which is a particularly good value this year).

And what do you get for that price?

  • 2 fewer lenses than the pro, and 1 fewer than the base
  • Titanium frame, I guess?
  • Less powerful processor than the base
  • Inherently more fragile frame
  • Less battery life than even the base model (this was often cited as the shortcoming of the iphone Mini)
  • Slower charging speed than both models
  • no cinematic video mode

Are people really clamoring for thinner phones so badly that they'll spend more money for less features?

https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone-17-pro%2Ciphone-air%2Ciphone-17

Edit: 1 week later and the Air underperforms the base model as well (as expected)

Also someone pointed out below that the 16e is only 2 grams heavier and is $400 cheaper.

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[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

I see many people buying that for how it looks, and I know many people who hate multi lens

I know many who don’t even take a lot photos

And I know many people who don’t want to go back to aluminium

I know many people who have the pro because non-pro feels cheap for them

I know many people who think pro is too heavy

And I even know people who want thinners phones, especially women, because it still fits better in the pocket and is less visible from outside

🤗those people are just not in communities like these, they buy and it shall work, no see no need to talk about it in forums