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Re: iPhone Air

#81

Post by ortusdux » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:25 PM UTC

duxup wrote: post #8

Maybe this will take off like hotcakes but I'm in the "I don't think this does anything for me / anyone" camp. Granted I loved the 13 mini and that didn't sell so who knows.

The group this does something for is the shareholders. Apple is still a product company, but their number one offering is AAPL.

Re: iPhone Air

#82

Post by randomname4325 » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

Long time apple fanboy. I've watched most of these unveilings for the past 20 years. The new phones are impressive. But it was all speeds and feeds. The examples felt so wrong. The women dancing while on the phone. The guy running with while recording. The person needing translation to buy roses? None of those feel grounded in reality. It's like they are building tech for made up in corporate conference room use cases.

Re: iPhone Air

#83

Post by fibers » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

What exactly is their strategy with preventing cannibalizing sales between the Air and the Pro Max? This release makes no sense.

Re: iPhone Air

#84

Post by booleanbetrayal » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

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.

Re: iPhone Air

#85

Post by sevenseacat » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

Who on earth is this for???

Re: iPhone Air

#86

Post by piskov » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

At least air is titanium.

Pro returning back to aluminum is very-very bad for durability.

Aluminium is very soft: it just deforms to a splash on every drop.

I really hope they go back to steel.

Re: iPhone Air

#87

Post by ThrowawayTestr » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

That camera bump is ugly as sin

Re: iPhone Air

#88

Post by dghlsakjg » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

ortusdux wrote: post #81

duxup wrote: post #8

Maybe this will take off like hotcakes but I'm in the "I don't think this does anything for me / anyone" camp. Granted I loved the 13 mini and that didn't sell so who knows.

The group this does something for is the shareholders. Apple is still a product company, but their number one offering is AAPL.

… shareholders who expect Apple to sell phones that people want.

Re: iPhone Air

#89

Post by yiyayo110 » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

can we just get an iPhone Fat with 20000 mAh battery and a LCD screen (5% of population is sensitive to OLED PWM)

Re: iPhone Air

#90

Post by deanebarker » Tue, Sep 09, 2025, 6:27 PM UTC

tejinderss wrote: post #48

I dont know whats apple obsessions with thinness, instead they should focus on usability and battery life.

I've been a PC guy my whole live, and was forced onto a MacBook Pro this year for work.

The battery life is insane. The idea of charging my laptop has become this weird ritual now, only known of in lore and legend, that I partake of only when there is a blood moon.