The IBM PC came out when I was in college and I've been an active participant and user of personal technology since then. A few products come to mind when I hold and use the iPhone Air I purchased yesterday. These are my analogies, yours may vary.
Palm Pilot Vx - a very different form from...
I got an Air 512GB model yesterday. First impressions were similar to everyone else - it's amazing and an engineering marvel. The longer I've used the device, the more I'm not certain I made the right choice given the Pro Max (256GB) model can be had for the same price. This is a tough decision...
The air definitely has a premium feel to it thanks to the titanium and glass sandwich formula. It’s slimmer than the rest of the lineup, but the descriptions people are using are a bit hyperbolic. Is everyone coming from a max sized phone? Maybe I’m less impressed since I’ve used some pretty...
apple has reported that the iPhone Air gets about 20 hours of video playback time. which is impressive for such a thin phone.
is there any lab or person that has estimated the number of hours of "talk time" (on cellular calls) ?
thanks very much.
Iphone air delivered, first thought it was my first gen AW Ultra gen 1 but then the stupid phone wouldn’t connect to my AirPods either. What is going on? Anyone else experience this? Is this a hardware issue with Bluetooth? I’ve upgraded every year since the 3G and never experienced QA like this...
Went to the Apple Store to look at all the new cool phones, watches, and just generally to see how the new design is. Kind of felt it was cool but not enough to buy - today.
AND... I picked up this black phone - today - first time on display and it is scratched bad. No other phones were...
Not sure if anyone here has done this in the past.
Assuming a large Apple Store (in my case, SF flagship store) has a walk-in stock of a new iPhone 17/Air model, do you think they'll let you purchase it while you are at the store for a pre-order pickup tomorrow?
I've pre-ordered a 17 Pro, but...
Im finally ditching my 15 Pro Max for the Black Air. I was an avid buyer of Apple phones every year but decided to skip the 16 because it didn't give me that awe factor. I know im losing features with the Air but with my daily use i dont use most of them anymore especially my camera. I take a...
I see there are EU, UK and USA threads.
Creating this one for all of us in general who may fall out of those regions.
Which model did you get?
I’m in South Africa.
Got 17 Pro Max 512GB in Silver.
The unit is already out of stock so may only arrive 2-3weeks after launch.
What is everyone 's thoughts on the colours for iPhone Air?
I initially have pre-booked the light blue one but looking at some of the hands-on videos, the 'plateau' seems to look so much better in the black, so thinking of changing up to that.
I've been a Pro-model iPhone user since the iPhone 11 Pro Max, plus their predecessors - the iPhone X and Xs. Even before that, I've been using my iPhone as my primary video camera. As the iPhone camera gets better, I tend not to use a separate camcorder.
The 17 Pro and Pro Max are Pro as...
Here are the things the Air does not have compared to the pro.
Single Speaker only
No Lidar
No MMWave Antenna
Smaller Battery
No Extra Camera Lenses
No Vapor cooling, meaning it will throttle the CPU faster
Smaller camera sensor
Microphone is better on the pro
However, the Air makes up for it...
So I’ve always purchased the pro model by default as it was the one to get. I know I’m not the only one that’s lost a bit of excitement over the years with the iphones - I just upgrade for the sake of it.
But yesterday’s presentation reminded me of the Steve Jobs days where thin sleek designs...
I was 90% sold on the Air before it was even announced just because I don't need Pro-level power or cameras and wanted the thinnest and lightest phone possible. However, rumors about the battery life were giving me pause. That pause vanished once I checked out the battery comparisons on Apple's...
So if you buy an iPhone 17 Air and you put a case on it… then you don’t really enjoy the fact that it’s thin, light and whatever….
Then you put no case on it? Well what if you drop your phone? You lost 1k?