Apple iPhone Air
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- Anonymous
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For several years, Apple was primarily concerned with making their smartphones fashionable at the expense of all else, including battery capacity and robustness. This was especially true in the early-to-mid-2010s, while Android smartphones were "function over form", which I always preferred.
I never cared for a second that early 2010s Samsung phones were made of "cheap" plastic, especially not given that I put a case over it anyway, so it wouldn't make a difference in feeling anyway.
Apple started made "premium designs" popular in 2010. The iPhone 4 and 4s had a rear side made of glass, which made the device fragile if not used with a case. There was also the "antennagate" scandal, where holding the phone a certain way would block the cellular signal.
The iPhone 5 and 5s had roughly half the battery capacity as their Samsung counterparts released at a similar time, the Galaxy Note 2 and 3.
The iPhone 6+ was structurally so weak that it could bend by sitting on it - the bendgate scandal. Thickness strengthens the physical structure of a smartphone.
The iPhone 6s had a battery capacity of 1715 mAh, less than the 1810 mAh of the iPhone 6, which were already poor.
In contrast to this, battery sizes over 3000 mAh are not uncommon on 2020s iPhones! And iPhones have also become thicker than before, accordingly.
This year (2025), Apple created the iPhone Air, for the folks who care about thinness. And sales figures for it were low.
Looks like even Apple realized at last that its users care more about battery capacity than about "fashionable" thinness! They realized a few millimetres of thinness isn't worth it if you need to carry a powerbank brick that is needed for compensating for the iPhone's lack of battery capacity.
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- Anonymous
- 3hg
- 29 Oct 2025
Yamamoto, 24 Oct 2025Hexacore?? 3K mah battery?? 😂😂knowledge about phones stuck in 2013? 😂😂
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- Anonymous
- 35Z
- 29 Oct 2025
This phone never gets past 5000 score on geekbench, but with iPhone Boost Pro, you will get past 5000 score and pretend you can actually hit that score outside of benchmarks.
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- 0044
- BiP
- 27 Oct 2025
The bad feature. The back camera stands out from the phone. It should have been like the one on iPhone 5S built in the phone. At the back at the the top of the phone that thing that stretches across the phone looks very ugly. It should have been just a line. And the phones display is smaller than iPhone 16 pro max yet it newer. For that reasons Im returning the phone back to the shop for a full refund. Im starting to hate apple they only improved quality only once that's from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5S. The rest of the designs has been bogus. All iPads have been bogus except iPad pro 10.5 2017. Apple has been building a bad reputation throughout 18 years of designing a pocket computer.
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- CardboardHuman
- 5@k
- 26 Oct 2025
Jerry, 25 Oct 2025Nahh no bending Jerryrigeverything tested thatkeyword: "expected" the 6s (plus) didn't bend nearly as much as the 6 did, but it was expected to after the bendgate incident, nor did the 17 air despite many expecting it to. I didn't mean either actually catastrophically bent, sorry word that poorly, sorry y'all :(
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- 25 Oct 2025
CardboardHuman, 25 Oct 2025- Single camera - Mono speaker(s) - USB 2.0 - ~11Wh batt... moreNahh no bending Jerryrigeverything tested that
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- CardboardHuman
- 5@k
- 25 Oct 2025
- Single camera
- Mono speaker(s)
- USB 2.0
- ~11Wh battery
- Expected to bend
Welcome back iPhone 6s Plus!
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- Yamamoto
- whB
- 24 Oct 2025
Hexacore?? 3K mah battery?? 😂😂
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- Anonymous
- pd%
- 22 Oct 2025
jsoprano75, 18 Oct 2025Get the regular 17, its cheaper and its an all around bette... moreIt’s still way too expensive for what it is those ´flagships’
Don’t get why those 1k+ phone
A 300 phone you’ll do same things except being very finicky.
If you really rich , maybe , not even sure of that.
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- Anonymous
- 0nq
- 21 Oct 2025
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- Tilahun
- NgQ
- 21 Oct 2025
Anonymous, 19 Oct 2025I dont hate this, but tbh it will be better you buy other s... moreI can't disagree
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- Anonymous
- Ea7
- 19 Oct 2025
I dont hate this, but tbh it will be better you buy other slim smartphone than this
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- Anonymous
- U2B
- 19 Oct 2025
Anonymous, 28 Sep 2025Only 1 camera, only 1 speaker, small baterry, worth about £... moreAgreed
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- Anonymous
- U2B
- 19 Oct 2025
In my opinion, it needs a telephoto camera and another speaker to justify the price point.
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- NI9
- 18 Oct 2025
Anonymous, 09 Oct 2025I can't decide whether to get the iPhone Air or the re... moreGet the regular 17, its cheaper and its an all around better phone. Only get the air if you want it for the sleek, thin look.
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- jsoprano75
- NI9
- 18 Oct 2025
Minu, 16 Oct 2025Imagine going from a $25 phone to a $1000+ phone, lol.I've done that, LOL.
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- jsoprano75
- NI9
- 18 Oct 2025
DarlingYext, 15 Oct 2025I don't game on it, but I doubt that would even make s... moreGood point, not very practical to use it for gaming even though the A19 could easily run the games. One thing I like that they did was keep the titanium frame so that it still has a premium feel. Some users have reported that it feels more premium than the Pro models, which opted to go back to aluminum, and now people are complaining about scratches.
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- maximilian72
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- 17 Oct 2025
For me. Somebody who does not play the games, who likes to fit his phone in the pocket and is not heavy like a brick, who needs screen not to big not too small. This answers your question?
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- 17 Oct 2025
Anonymous, 16 Oct 2025Who is the Air made for realistically? And why choose it ov... morethe same type of people that goes for sport coupes, aka me
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- 16 Oct 2025
Anonymous, 09 Oct 2025I can't decide whether to get the iPhone Air or the re... moreImagine going from a $25 phone to a $1000+ phone, lol.
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- Anonymous
- B%3
- 16 Oct 2025
Who is the Air made for realistically? And why choose it over the base iPhone 17th?
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 15 Oct 2025
jsoprano75, 15 Oct 2025Does the phone heat up with extensive use? I've seen m... moreI don't game on it, but I doubt that would even make sense on such a device, however during any other type of usage, like using the camera, or having multiple apps open and switching between them is a non issue for the Air, so no I'm not experiencing any heating issues with it.
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- NI9
- 15 Oct 2025
DarlingYext, 14 Oct 2025"The fact that Apple created a battery pack accessory ... moreDoes the phone heat up with extensive use? I've seen many reviewers mention that it has a heating issue, since it doesn't have a vapor chamber due to the thinness.
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- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 14 Oct 2025
jsoprano75, 14 Oct 2025Thank you! I guess if people want to waste their money, we ... more"The fact that Apple created a battery pack accessory specifically for this phone, should tell you all you need to know."
That power bank absolutely doesn't tell the whole story, it's not even a necessary accessory, as a user of the Air, I can tell you that this phone can truly easily last a day, even with plenty of usage and using it only on mobile data and it being on max brightness the whole day, 5-7 hours of SoT average. I don't have the power bank for it, and I'm not planning on buying it.
- jsoprano75
- NI9
- 14 Oct 2025
Rob, 11 Oct 2025Nah why waste money. it’s definitely not worth throwing $10... moreThank you! I guess if people want to waste their money, we might as well let them. You gotta hand it to Apple, their marketing department is awesome. Let's see if we can make people pay more for less. The fact that Apple created a battery pack accessory specifically for this phone, should tell you all you need to know. I'm not an Apple hater, I have the iPhone 12 (my favorite iPhone ever) and the 16 Pro Max, so I know what a real phone looks and feels like. I just don't see this gimmicky phone doing too well, but time will tell. I thought the iPhone Mini made more sense (and it didn't sell enough) because there is a small majority who still love small phones, but a thinner phone? Who asked for this?
- jsoprano75
- NI9
- 14 Oct 2025
If Flossy said this phone is trash for the price you pay, then I have to concur. This phone costing over $1000 is highway robbery. You could just get the base model iPhone 17 for much less and it's a much better phone. This is a niche phone with many compromises considering how much it costs. This phone should be less than the base model. Probably around $599 or $699 tops!
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- 14 Oct 2025
DarlingYext, 07 Oct 2025Well, my last iPhone was the iPhone SE 2020, that I used ba... moreI have the air as well battery life is great and the one speaker does not bother me because i mainly use airpods. Using the phone has been fantastic and i don't miss th 3 camera set up that i literally didn't use anyway. So yes I am a happy I-Sheep. :)
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- Anonymous
- Esx
- 13 Oct 2025
Rob, 11 Oct 2025Nah why waste money. it’s definitely not worth throwing $10... morewhat exactly makes you think that? it’s actually cheaper than the pro model and also thinner and stronger
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- potato4k
- raP
- 13 Oct 2025
My quick take:
- great solid build quality. The glossy titanium paint makes it quite luxurious feel/look.
- but it’s still too big for my taste. It’s thin, but it’s still too wide for one handed use. And when it’s not comfortable to be held one handed, the thinness and weight becomes irrelevant. In fact, I felt that it’s still somewhat “heavy.”
- and it’s a perfect decoy product. Interestingly, I find that even lay consumers really like cinematic video capture. The Air doesn’t have it. Add on the Pro sporting “Hermes” orange color, guess what, consumers are opting for the more expensive orange 17 Pros. Higher ASP for Apple.
Apple executed their strategy well.
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- 11 Oct 2025
BLight, 20 Sep 2025You can hate on it all you want, this phone is not made for... moreNah why waste money. it’s definitely not worth throwing $1000 for. This is just a toned down version of iphone and people are paying more for less.
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- 11 Oct 2025
Anonymous, 09 Oct 2025I can't decide whether to get the iPhone Air or the re... moreGet the 17 it’s better value for money
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- Anton
- Q%i
- 09 Oct 2025
This phone is 180 gramm !!
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 09 Oct 2025
justasmile, 09 Oct 2025no way you haven’t used a proper iphone in 5 years I was... moreI haven't, none of them were interesting to me, and I wasn't planning on switching this year either, but simply holding the Air convinced me.
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- 09 Oct 2025
DarlingYext, 07 Oct 2025Well, my last iPhone was the iPhone SE 2020, that I used ba... moreno way you haven’t used a proper iphone in 5 years
I was curious.
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- Anonymous
- q5r
- 09 Oct 2025
I can't decide whether to get the iPhone Air or the regular iPhone 17. The phone that I'm currently using is an android ZTE Blade A3 Joy phone 5.5 screen, 8mp camera, 32GB, with 2650mAh battery (That's less then the iPhone 12) I usually just watch videos and listen to music on and sometime light gaming. The one speaker on the iPhone doesn't seem that bad since the phone I currently use only has one speaker but the sound quality is awful. I would like to get a bigger screen size.
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- Anonymous
- q5r
- 08 Oct 2025
I can't decide whether to get the iPhone Air or the regular iPhone 17. The phone that I'm currently using is an android ZTE Blade A3 Joy phone 5.5 screen, 8mp camera, 32GB, with 2650mAh battery (That's less then the iPhone 12) I usually just watch videos and listen to music on and sometime light gaming. The one speaker on the iPhone doesn't seem that bad since the phone I currently use only has one speaker but the sound quality is awful. I would like to get a bigger screen size.
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- Anonymous
- GXs
- 08 Oct 2025
I can't believe that the single speaker on my Moto G200 is better than the one on a phone that costs 1000 bucks
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 07 Oct 2025
justasmile, 07 Oct 2025Is this your first ‘modern’ iPhone by any chance?Well, my last iPhone was the iPhone SE 2020, that I used back in 2020 for about half a year, but I didn't like the software back in those days, and the battery life was absolutely awful as well, so I switched away, but yeah I guess that means this is my first modern iPhone in a while. Why are you asking?
So far, I'm really enjoying the Air, battery life is amazing and so is the OS and the camera, so basically everything is great.
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- 07 Oct 2025
DarlingYext, 29 Sep 2025Got an 838,9 MB bug fix update called iOS 26.0.1, containin... moreIs this your first ‘modern’ iPhone by any chance?