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Re: iPhone Air

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Post by rkomorn »

reliableturing wrote: post #769

Here’s an actual hot take compared to the sentiment in this discussion: this will be the best selling iPhone ever. Specs wise sure, I’d also love a bigger battery than it being thin*. But the iPhone has been an unbelievable fashion statement, and this insanely sexy iPhone will be the strongest yet. I’m pretty sure when it comes out, people will actually hold it in their hands and the sentiment will turn. Not talking…

I would be surprised, but not very surprised.

I think the price point above the 17 and close to the 17 Pro gives it less appeal, but I guess it does make it more "premium" too.

I definitely don't think you're out of left field.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by aprilnya »

powersnail wrote: post #722

I sincerely hope that apple will consider making a phone with a worse camera that is flatter. As someone who rarely takes photos, and never photos of importance, the bump is just a dead weight to me. My dream phone has a body like iPhone 12 mini (which I currently use) without the protruding camera. As long as it runs all the common communication apps reliably, I'm happy. I'll pay $100 more than the standard body ver…

it looks like the bump doesn’t have just the camera but also some other stuff like the processor ?

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Post by bigyabai »

reliableturing wrote: post #769

Here’s an actual hot take compared to the sentiment in this discussion: this will be the best selling iPhone ever. Specs wise sure, I’d also love a bigger battery than it being thin*. But the iPhone has been an unbelievable fashion statement, and this insanely sexy iPhone will be the strongest yet. I’m pretty sure when it comes out, people will actually hold it in their hands and the sentiment will turn. Not talking…

I remember this take when the iPhone X came out, which incidentally also felt like the first year (here in the US) where Apple was truly detested, publicly. Instagram and Twitter were chock-full of memes like "999x Kinder Chocolate or 1x iPhone X?" and the notch/design overhaul met a pretty lukewarm reception. The agony of yearly upgrades really set in, then.

It's not impossible for this to take off, but I won't hold my breath. It's a small gamble that could go either way.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by aprilnya »

phplovesong wrote: post #740

When a phone costs north of 1000USD something is terribly wrong. 99% of "modern" phone use is basically (doom) scrolling, browsing the web, using core apps (like maps) for directions, taking pictures and finally communicating with whatsapp and making the odd/rare old school phone call. This should not require spending 1000-1500USD on a phone. Im doing all of the above with a iPhone SE for what i paid like 300-350USD…

Okay, if your use case doesn’t require it, then don’t buy it…? You aren’t the only person in the world and some people might actually make use of this phone’s features(?)

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Post by rob74 »

5.6 mm? Pah! The Moto Z beat them by .4 mm almost 10 years ago: https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/05/the-moto-z-was-so-a... And, more importantly, the Moto Z had a reason for being so thin: the ability to add "mods" that attached to the back of the phone magnetically.

What I don't like about iPhones in terms of practicality is that the corner camera makes it impossible to lay them on a table without wobbling. Google does a better job with its Pixel phones.

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by formerly_proven »

vasco wrote: post #711
aurareturn wrote: post #58

It has A19 Pro. A19 Pro has matmul acceleration in its GPU, the equivalent of Nvidia's Tensor cores. This would make future Macs extremely viable for local LLMs. Currently, Macs have high memory bandwidth and high VRAM capacity but low prompt processing speeds. Give it a large context and it'll take forever before the first token is generated. If the M5 generation gets this GPU upgrade, which I don't see why not, the…

> bold sexy orange color Luckily they added the blood pressure check for when you get too excited about the color orange.

It is almost strange, since iPhones were only available in ugly drab colors for several generations. And the Pro models in particular were previously never available in a decent color.

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Post by darren0 »

powersnail wrote: post #722

I sincerely hope that apple will consider making a phone with a worse camera that is flatter. As someone who rarely takes photos, and never photos of importance, the bump is just a dead weight to me. My dream phone has a body like iPhone 12 mini (which I currently use) without the protruding camera. As long as it runs all the common communication apps reliably, I'm happy. I'll pay $100 more than the standard body ver…

Pixel 9a is the closest to a no bump phone out of the major brands.

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Post by aziaziazi »

conductr wrote: post #750
powersnail wrote: post #722

I sincerely hope that apple will consider making a phone with a worse camera that is flatter. As someone who rarely takes photos, and never photos of importance, the bump is just a dead weight to me. My dream phone has a body like iPhone 12 mini (which I currently use) without the protruding camera. As long as it runs all the common communication apps reliably, I'm happy. I'll pay $100 more than the standard body ver…

> My dream phone has a body like iPhone 12 mini (which I currently use) without the protruding camera. Sounds similar to the iPhone 4, still my favorite of all the form factors in terms of "hand feel". It was the right thickness for me, just a bit heavy for it's size. If they refreshed it to reduce weight and extended the screen to the borders I think it would be amazing

Have you tried the iPhone SE 1st gen ? Lighter, better processor and screen but almost same design. It’s only 9.5yo and still works perfectly, you can find plenty second hand for 100€.

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Post by interpol_p »

beoberha wrote: post #6

Just do not understand the market for this one. The current size of phones is a solved problem. Nobody is asking for these things to be thinner. Most people use cases and are happy to add some thickness for battery life. Besides, the camera "plateau" makes it all futile.

I'm in the market for this

I've been hoping for Apple to return to "thin" and it's nice that they're trying. I don't know whether I would buy this, but my current iPhone 14 Pro feels like a brick — thick stainless steel

When I go for a run, it's uncomfortable to have in a pocket depending on what running clothes I am wearing. The heaviness makes it feel far more likely to break all the times I have dropped it (and I have dropped it many times, without a case)

Re: iPhone Air

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Post by AndrewSwift »

It's wild to see the HN crowd, bleeding-edge technologists, regularly bring up "lying flat on a table" as a critical feature for a supercomputer inside a camera that fits in your pocket.

Somebody (many somebodies?) is rolling over in his grave.

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