I Have Thoughts on the iPhone Air

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Post by janandonly » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC

I Have Thoughts on the iPhone Air
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Post by da_grift_shift » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:18 AM UTC

    >thinnest iphone ever
    >slaps 0.2" thick xteink ereader on back

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Post by formerly_proven » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC

Not having a second camera is insanity on a smartphone with a four-digit price.

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Post by hk__2 » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:22 AM UTC

For anyone wondering, it’s 5.64 mm thick vs. 8.75 mm for the Pro version.

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Post by artisinal » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC

I’d buy it if it had a SIM-card slot and video-out. Shame those had to be sacrificed for thin-ness. I travel plenty and those features are really nice to have. The regular 17 is better suited for me now.

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Post by kotaKat » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:27 AM UTC

The iPhone Air is a weird phone but that's mainly because it's a test device in production.

Everything on the Air is something Apple wanted to test ahead of the foldable iPhone. The weird big battery, the single speaker, the mainboard under the bump, and all of the custom silicon they threw at it (from the modem to the WiFi chipsets).

Same reason the 16e existed, not to sell a cheap iPhone, but to test the C1 modem in production as a "finally ready to ship in beta" product they didn't slap the beta label on.

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Post by NetOpWibby » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC

The iPhone Air is super compelling to me but my Pro iPhone doubles as my camera. The single camera on the Air is too much of a compromise for me.

Hopefully Apple can improve the Air.

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Post by shelled » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC

I will never stop yearning for iPhone Mini phone/screen sizes. But I've stopped asking for it because that would be pointless at this point.

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Post by throwaway270925 » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC

artisinal wrote: post #5

I’d buy it if it had a SIM-card slot and video-out. Shame those had to be sacrificed for thin-ness. I travel plenty and those features are really nice to have. The regular 17 is better suited for me now.

Try the S25 Edge, it has both! Also DEX and a better camera setup too!

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Post by vichoiglesias » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC

Got the iPhone Pro Max in beautiful orange... and could't get use to it. It feels heavier that the previous titanium versions, so sold it and got the Air. The lack of telephoto is indeed one of the things i miss the most, but the single speaker is surprisingly good IMO. Really enjoying the design of it, feels like what i remember felt holding one of this really cool iPod nano back in the day, like old Apple magic.