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iPhone Air Are you embarrassed to use the Air in public?
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Wow like, I'll admit I personally and mostly privately "don't want" the Air to be too popular as it validates Apple's sacrifices of battery life and cameras in favour of thinness and want the Pro to be popular to validate the opposite / "function over form" ... because often what's less successful gets the chop.... (But I love the current setup and hope they keep it. You have the normal one, the sports car and the truck)
However I wouldn't judge anyone else's "vote"! Pick what you love and don't worry about it.
Life is too short to worry about what other people think. Yes you will get people who play the game of phone brand tribalism or even phone model tribalism, ignore them, it's not a school playground and you're no longer 12
However I wouldn't judge anyone else's "vote"! Pick what you love and don't worry about it.
Life is too short to worry about what other people think. Yes you will get people who play the game of phone brand tribalism or even phone model tribalism, ignore them, it's not a school playground and you're no longer 12
My first answer to the question why would anyone be embarrassed to use the Air in public? I for one love the device and would recommend it to anyone who was looking for a lightweight, fast, durable and great looking device that has a great forum factor. I upgraded from a 15 Pro and not looking back.
Ummm.. this post is embarrassing. I mean, really. What. A. Ridiculous. Question.
My goodness, this thread just goes on and on.
Some of us have a lot of spare time so coming here to these type of threads is a sense of entertainment.
So embarrassed I’m typing this on my air in my wardrobe, can’t let my wife see me, she’d disown me!
I can’t even use it in my own home, the shame.
I can’t even use it in my own home, the shame.
I locked myself at home. Frontdoor is boarded up. I allready said farewell to my family and friends.
It's now just me and my iPhone Air.
Please send help!!
98% of people don't even know or care about the specs of an air compared to a pro..... the other 2% are nerds who obsess over specs in these forums so they're not outside anyway 🤣
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Did a child write this post? Who is embarrassed of using a brand new phone?
Oh, I read this thread a few days ago. And just now noticed it in the sidebar.
I thought/hoped this one would wither.
This is going to be one of those threads, isn't it? 😕 You know, the ones that are absurdly long even though the premise of the initial post is faintly ridiculous…
I thought/hoped this one would wither.
This is going to be one of those threads, isn't it? 😕 You know, the ones that are absurdly long even though the premise of the initial post is faintly ridiculous…
It’s like what people say versus what they actually do. People claim to hate Apple’s solutions and prices, yet they keep buying the products. It’s the same with this post. People say they don’t like it, but they still come here and respond. Maybe it’s not so ridiculous then. Especially when 33 people have replied Yes to the poll.
With all due respect, this is pure insecurity and disconnect from reality.
I guarantee you that everybody has way more important things going on in their lives to care or even notice your phone. What's more, most people aren't tech geeks like us forum members who think about a phone like the Air in terms of "compromise". If they're thinking anything about it at all it's probably just, "oh, I think that's the new thin iPhone. Neat." And not giving it a second thought.
Quite the opposite, I couldn't be happier with my Air and go out of my way to show it off to friends and family, have sold 3 people on getting an Air! It is not a compromise at all the ONLY feature I'm lacking is telezoom which is a small price to pay for the massive weight savings!
How’s this question even come up as a thread
How’s it even got 8 pages of responses 😂
How’s it even got 8 pages of responses 😂
Well most of it is negative. Early on it was heavily moderated due to colorful responses.
8 pages and top bill on front page for days for the most Gen-Z of questions lol!
I had a look at the Air in an Apple Store, does feel tremendous in hand. It’s not for me, but if it was, I’d be going back to caseless. Last time I was caseless was the green 11 Pro. Happily went big after that but find a case to be essential for the Max phones.
I had a look at the Air in an Apple Store, does feel tremendous in hand. It’s not for me, but if it was, I’d be going back to caseless. Last time I was caseless was the green 11 Pro. Happily went big after that but find a case to be essential for the Max phones.
I’d go further no one cares or notices you at all. Remember the saying: in your 20s and 30s you constantly worry about what others think of you; in your 40s you don’t care what anyone thinks of you and in your 50s you realise no one has even been thinking of you at all.
Haha brilliant, so true.
Late 40s. I was pretty self conscious in my younger days, started to shake it off mid 30s. So glad there weren’t camera phones during the party years. Never been a wild man lol, but there were stupid drunken moments thankfully lost to time.