I would prefer my phone to be operable by one hand.
But you can't fit as many ads and/or cookie banners on a smaller screen. The tech treadmill requires those things, so here we are.
iPhone Air
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Re: iPhone Air
#492Technologically impressive, how thin they got it. Since it costs $1000-$1400, I'm going to need a nice big thick ruggedized case around it.
AppleCare+ is really good IMO if you're interested in caseless. I can get my screen or back replaced same day for as little as $29. On my iPhone 17 I've broken the screen twice and gotten repairs done same day.
I broke the back glass on my 15 Pro a few months ago, still covered by AppleCare+. I made an appointment at the biggest store in town, and they didn't have the part in stock when I got there. The Genius ordered the part and told me they'd have it in a few days. Nine days later, they finally got it. I made a new appointment, showed up, and they told me they had the part but didn't have a replacement phone in stock in case something went wrong during the repair. They offered to have me go to another store nearby, which had both the part and the replacement device, but I opted to just take the gamble (since back glass replacement seems like a low-risk repair).
The whole experience left me very disappointed with AppleCare+ and the Genius Bar in general.
Why the heck didn't they have the part in stock given that I made an appointment several days in advance? (You go through a little menu saying exactly which part is broken, rather than a free-form text field, so their systems _should_ have known that they'd need a replacement back glass in my color.) Why didn't they tell me before I hauled myself in for my appointment that they wouldn't have the part in stock? Why does it take 9 days to get replacements? Why didn't the first Genius tell me that other stores in town had the part in stock? Why didn't they have the backup device in stock or warn me in advance of my second appointment?
I worry that Apple has gotten complacent with service because they can get away with it.
Re: iPhone Air
#493Can 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.
I agree with you, you're still going to put it in a fat case to protect the camera. Personally, I think thin is just "omg look at my engineering". blah blah. I found the (expensive!) bullstrap case to be helpful - thin and slippery enough to slide out of a pocket easily, well engineered to protect the camera. But really, I think the iphone 13 mini was the most useful/practical application of apple's engineering. I th…
Yeah, super thin phones that require bulky cases have never made sense to me. Why not make tough phones that don't require a case?
Re: iPhone Air
#494Can 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.
Same question here. Why would I buy this instead of folding phones that provide a tablet-like screen on demand?
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Re: iPhone Air
#495> iPhone Air features N1, a new Apple-designed wireless networking chip that enables Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread. Congrats to Apple for finally designing out Broadcom and vertically integrating the wireless chip
Very interesting that it has Thread too. I wonder if that will be a somewhat viable system in a decade. (Show me where I can buy a cheap Thread border gateway that isn't an Apple or Google voice assistant or whatever.)
We're now on the third generation of iPhones that include Thread radios. Mines been sitting dormant for two years waiting for software that utilizes it.
The Aqara Hub M100 is a nice cheap Thread border router.
Re: iPhone Air
#496Wow, a phone with a battery that's so bad, they're selling an extra one to strap to the back of it, on launch day... The most innovative thing that Apple has done recently is figuring out how to have their CEO deliver a gift wrapped gold bar to the president. [1]
Re: iPhone Air
#497Customers: we need better battery, no camera bump, better displays, more storage, ... Apple: here's the thinnest phone ever
Somehow the Apple customer base loves to be told what they should want.
Re: iPhone Air
#498Technologically impressive, how thin they got it. Since it costs $1000-$1400, I'm going to need a nice big thick ruggedized case around it.
AppleCare+ is really good IMO if you're interested in caseless. I can get my screen or back replaced same day for as little as $29. On my iPhone 17 I've broken the screen twice and gotten repairs done same day.
Interesting. I think I want to avoid the downtime of my phone (and preserve resale value), but that insurance price point isn't bad if you want to go caseless and also cover less-predictable oopses.
Re: iPhone Air
#499Can 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.
It still takes up less room in your pocket.
It's interesting how this isn't the obvious conclusion and allure. Is there some fanny pack trend I'm missing out on!?
Re: iPhone Air
#500Can 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.
I agree with you, you're still going to put it in a fat case to protect the camera. Personally, I think thin is just "omg look at my engineering". blah blah. I found the (expensive!) bullstrap case to be helpful - thin and slippery enough to slide out of a pocket easily, well engineered to protect the camera. But really, I think the iphone 13 mini was the most useful/practical application of apple's engineering. I th…
iPhone 13 mini pro was the best phone they ever made.