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Re: iPhone Air

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Post by icar »

metasaval wrote: post #340
Nition wrote: post #249

It's more the other two dimensions that I want shrunk. Did anyone think their phone was too thick to fit in their pocket?

Every time a new iPhone comes up people on hacker news pine for a new mini, which I understand. But everytime someone has to bring back up that the 12 and 13 minis were the worst selling sku two gens in a row, with at one point the 13 mini only attributing to 3% of 13 sales [1]. I'm sorry, but the market has spoken. And there's Android phones in that form factor if you really want it. [1] https://www.macrumors.com/20…

> there's Android phones in that form factor if you really want it.

I'm genuinely interested. Which ones?

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by ShakataGaNai »

ManBeardPc wrote: post #328

I want an extra thick model instead, let’s call it iPhone Travel (or Ultra?). Just thick enough so the cameras are no longer sticking out. Give me an all-week battery instead of an all-day one. Slim down the power usage and give a power saver mode that actually does make a difference. Let me go on a weekend trip in nature or festival without having to carry extra hardware or having to look for public charging station…

Yes. Give me the iPhone 17 Pro Ultra. It's the Pro Max, but even more battery. Heavier duty case. Like I'm put the thing in a case that makes it big and bulky already, if you give me a heavy duty enough setup that I feel safe letting it go naked, people might actually see the status symbol... instead of the dbrand sticker.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by bitcoinmoney »

ManBeardPc wrote: post #328

I want an extra thick model instead, let’s call it iPhone Travel (or Ultra?). Just thick enough so the cameras are no longer sticking out. Give me an all-week battery instead of an all-day one. Slim down the power usage and give a power saver mode that actually does make a difference. Let me go on a weekend trip in nature or festival without having to carry extra hardware or having to look for public charging station…

iPhone Thicc- body positivity!

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by gsibble »

dmix wrote: post #400
minimaxir wrote: post #397

So there's one feature the Air is missing according to a deep dive of the Compare sheet ( https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/ ): The Air does not support mmWave cellular connectivity, while the other models (and previous models going back awhile) do support it. That is...weird? Why would the Air's design prevent that?

What does that mean in practice?

I talked to ChatGPT about it for a while. It says mmWave means you can get 1-3gbps speeds if you're in a covered area. However, most are stadiums, airports, etc.. Verizon has by far the largest coverage, then AT&T.

At least in my daily use, it means nothing. I've also never seen speeds like that when I've tested the phone.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by valine »

hx8 wrote: post #188
StephenSmith wrote: post #45

Who actually wants a thinner iPhone?

I specifically want an iPhone with less mass. I view my phone primarily as something I'm obligated to carry on myself at all times to function in modern society. The easier it is to carry the better. When I need to upgrade my phone, I'll always choose the smallest iPhone by weight.

Same. There are really only two features I care about in a phone: a high refresh rates and weight. At 165 grams the iPhone air is by far the lightest 120hz phone apple has ever made. Second place is the iPhone 15 Pro at 187 grams. Getting ready to ditch my 15 pro.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by mcny »

booleanbetrayal wrote: post #84

AAPL is down 1.3% on the news, while GOOGL is up 2%. Their phone offerings have diverged so dramatically with this last refresh cycle.

Maybe the Google stock was affected by this?

https://www.reuters.com/business/google-cloud-anticipates-le...

> Google Cloud revealed Tuesday it has lined up about $58 billion in new revenue over the next two years as it vies to become a more central component of the tech giant's future.

> The company said during its July earnings that the cloud division had surpassed a $50 billion annual revenue run rate. Google Cloud's backlog of non-recognized sales contracts is growing even faster than its revenue, unit chief Thomas Kurian told investors at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by barbazoo »

Workaccount2 wrote: post #261
jdprgm wrote: post #187

Can someone that is actually interested in this explain the appeal? Thin on its own I get but thin with a giant bump 100% defeats the whole point for me. Seems clear at this point there is little hope of them engineering their way into thin cameras.

iPhone status symbol without having to haul around a huge bulky phone. Most users probably use/need 10% of what a max pro iPhone offers, but they want 100% of the max pro status. Now they can keep the status without needing to carry a chonker.

> haul around a huge bulky phone

> chonker

Can't see the specs for the iPhone Air but it looks much larger than my SE 2022. I wish they would bring that form factor back. Obviously not as powerful as bigger iPhones so not useful for posing purposes.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by maerF0x0 »

> iPhone Air is easy to use outside with 3000 nits peak outdoor brightness

This will be a nice upgrade for bi / motor - cyclists who like to mount their phone / google maps on their handlebars!

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by hbn »

cpuguy83 wrote: post #219
jdprgm wrote: post #187

Can someone that is actually interested in this explain the appeal? Thin on its own I get but thin with a giant bump 100% defeats the whole point for me. Seems clear at this point there is little hope of them engineering their way into thin cameras.

Bearing in mind I haven't looked at specs yet... I be been struggling with the 14 pro's weight. So that would mainly be my interest here. Also almost certainly less likely to get obsoleted by some AI feature given the higher end GPU cores.

I bought a 14 Pro when it came out and returned it for a 13 mini because it was too heavy.

They switched the frame from stainless steel to titanium the next year which made the Pro phones noticeably lighter. And now this year the Pros are aluminum like the non-Pros have been for years, which is also pretty light.

The 3 big camera sensors certainly don't help with the weight either, but the good news is they did seem to recognize they were getting to heavy with the 14 Pro.

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