If the Air overheats, I'm pretty sure it's going to slow down immediately, not in two months. In two months it will be too late.
Gonna disagree hard with this. Tons of people buying a new $1,000 (minimum) phone and you assume they don't use it much? Have you seen how people use phones in 2025? They are glued to them. Not saying I agree or disagree with the original post, but I'm guessing people will use their iPhone Airs a lot.
My definition of “a lot” isn’t strictly about people gluing to their iPhone all day all night. I also include users using their iPhone extensively, across many available features. iPhone Air already don’t have 3 camera lenses so it is not for people asking for peak mobile camera performance. Its thermal ain’t going to be as great as iPhone 17 Pro Max so long time gaming is mostly off the table unless it’s for casual games. Battery is so small the onscreen time won’t match iPhone 17 Pro Max by any means.
I've been using my Air since launch day and I can confirm that I have first degree burns all over my hands, yet I still love it. Beauty hurts I suppose. Thanks for your knowledgeable insight once again.
Come and think about Nazareth’s
The thermals matter for sustained workloads. In cases where prior phones show “serious” Or “critical” thermal conditions the 17 Pro does stay at “fair”, which mind you is still a throttled state. Just less so.
Incorrect.
How do you know the chamber won’t eventually run out of liquid to vaporize?
So edgy! and isn't you calling it a "brick" doing the same thing (justifying your purchase)? lol
Posts like this seem to support the idea that the usual customers who purchase Pro model phones for their “looks” instead of function are angry that Apple took that away this year and applied it to the iPhone Air. These sort of negative posts do nothing to contribute to device discussion other than to come off like a child comparing whose toy is better.
Well said and so true!
The 15 pro and 16 pro family notoriously overheated, but didn't "slow down in 2 months time". Why do you think the Air will suddenly do so? Also, vapor chambers aren't magical: once the chamber has absorbed enough heat, it's not really making much of a difference anymore, just look at most of the reviews that take a deep dive into sustained performance. At first they make a big difference, then... not so much.
the heat is concentrated in the island where there is no battery though...
No, me calling it a brick is the fact that I had one, happiest day ever in my phone life is getting rid of it.
Just sent my brick heavy 16 Pro to Apple for the $580 trade in.
