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Re: iPhone Air

#91

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

> dont know whats apple obsessions with thinness

It forces them to the forefront of miniaturisation and efficiency. It's also something they're unusually good at, which creates differentiation.

Re: iPhone Air

#92
I feel like Apple goes back to the crutch of industrial design when they start running out of new use cases.

Or maybe I have it backwards and they always lead with industrial design and fall into use cases.

All I know is that I want new use cases from my devices.

Re: iPhone Air

#93
post #52

I guess Apple finally listened to all the people saying they want a smaller phone, and totally misunderstood what that meant

Yeah I was really hoping for the phone to be smaller in different dimensions. Thinness is the least important of them.

Re: iPhone Air

#95
> iPhone Air features an eSIM-only design that saves space internally, helping enable the unbelievably light and thin form factor.

I've only ever had phones with at least one (regular/physical) eSIM, and a 'slot' for an eSIM for travel.

What are the pros/cons of only eSIMs?

Edit: I'm not questioning eSIMs, which I know can be handy: my iPhone SE3 is physical+eSIM. I'm curious about no physical SIM. If you can support 1-eSIM+physical is it a big deal to go to >1-eSIM+physical?

Re: iPhone Air

#96

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 case…

Live translation u/i feels like a significant upgrade for that specific product, especially if you are in a dense area with different types of speakers. It feels like a way better MVP than Meta Glasses that are only meant to do troll videos on tiktok or youtube. The examples they trotted out feel ridiculous but that's because they have been approved by their internal systems.

Re: iPhone Air

#97

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 case…

Look at the age of the people running Apple (management up to the board) vs other tech companies.

Re: iPhone Air

#99
That is the dumbest side profile I have ever seen. The camera bump and camera together are thicker than the rest of this thing. By its design it now demands a massive case or just won't ever sit even reasonably flat on a table. Ridiculous.
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