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I have an iPhone Air now and have no complaints about the heating. The thinness is worth the occasional heat and throttle down. Every time I pick up this phone,

I have an iPhone Air now and have no complaints about the heating. The thinness is worth the occasional heat and throttle down. Every time I pick up this phone, it just feels fantastic!

fooqux 1y ago
Serious question: how is the thinness providing value? Is it simply the feel?
- lysace 1y ago
  Back when I had the iPhone 5S (7.6 mm vs the 5.6 mm of the iPhone 17 Air): It provided value in terms of feel. It felt like a piece of art meeting cutting edge technology. It wasn't about showing off. It was also so light that it felt safe to use it without a protective case. And not that expensive.
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    Nothing feels better than the original iPhone. Solid, tactile, and just the right size. Mine finally got stuck in a boot loop earlier this year, but I keep it in my desk drawer, and pick it up occasionally. The mute switch (an actual switch, not a button) is still the best.
    - lysace 1y ago
      My original iPhone (bought in June 2007 for competetive research) has started swelling and won't boot up. Still keeping it. Maybe I should store it in a bucket of sand though.
      - popol12 1y ago
        Open it, remove the battery and put it in a dedicated recycling bin.
        lysace 1y ago
        Yep.
- deadbabe 1y ago
  Easier to slide into the back pocket of my jeans and it doesn’t bulge as much. It also just feels really good in your hands, great ergonomics.
reaperducer 1y ago
Every time I pick up this phone, it just feels fantastic! I find that I treat it very gingerly. Something in my mind expects it to be fragile; presumably because it's thin and looks like glass.
busymom0 1y ago
I am considering buying the Air over the base model 17. Only concern I have is whether the battery will degrade faster over charging cycles than base model? Someone with more experience in battery tech could explain if that could be the case possibly?
- vbezhenar 1y ago
  Of course it will. Less capacity, it means that you'll have more cycles per year (for example you might need to charge base model once in a two days, while air once in a day); or you'll keep air at more extreme battery values (for example you might charge base model every day, but you'll charge it from 25% to 80%, while you'll charge air model every day from 5% to 80%). That doesn't matter, though. Battery replacement on iPhones is very common procedure and you'll need to replace both batteries eventually.
  - deadbabe 1y ago
    It doesn’t matter because people who buy iPhone Air likely enjoy owning cutting edge experimental products. So when the folding iPhone comes out in a year or two they will probably switch to that. The battery only needs to survive long enough for that.

I have an iPhone Air now and have no complaints about the heating. The thinness is worth the occasional heat and throttle down. Every time I pick up this phone, it just feels fantastic!

fooqux 1y ago

Serious question: how is the thinness providing value? Is it simply the feel?

lysace 1y ago
Back when I had the iPhone 5S (7.6 mm vs the 5.6 mm of the iPhone 17 Air): It provided value in terms of feel. It felt like a piece of art meeting cutting edge technology. It wasn't about showing off. It was also so light that it felt safe to use it without a protective case. And not that expensive.
- reaperducer 1y ago
  Nothing feels better than the original iPhone. Solid, tactile, and just the right size. Mine finally got stuck in a boot loop earlier this year, but I keep it in my desk drawer, and pick it up occasionally. The mute switch (an actual switch, not a button) is still the best.
  - lysace 1y ago
    My original iPhone (bought in June 2007 for competetive research) has started swelling and won't boot up. Still keeping it. Maybe I should store it in a bucket of sand though.
    - popol12 1y ago
      Open it, remove the battery and put it in a dedicated recycling bin.
      - lysace 1y ago
        Yep.
deadbabe 1y ago
Easier to slide into the back pocket of my jeans and it doesn’t bulge as much. It also just feels really good in your hands, great ergonomics.

reaperducer 1y ago

Every time I pick up this phone, it just feels fantastic! I find that I treat it very gingerly. Something in my mind expects it to be fragile; presumably because it's thin and looks like glass.

busymom0 1y ago

I am considering buying the Air over the base model 17. Only concern I have is whether the battery will degrade faster over charging cycles than base model? Someone with more experience in battery tech could explain if that could be the case possibly?

vbezhenar 1y ago
Of course it will. Less capacity, it means that you'll have more cycles per year (for example you might need to charge base model once in a two days, while air once in a day); or you'll keep air at more extreme battery values (for example you might charge base model every day, but you'll charge it from 25% to 80%, while you'll charge air model every day from 5% to 80%). That doesn't matter, though. Battery replacement on iPhones is very common procedure and you'll need to replace both batteries eventually.
- deadbabe 1y ago
  It doesn’t matter because people who buy iPhone Air likely enjoy owning cutting edge experimental products. So when the folding iPhone comes out in a year or two they will probably switch to that. The battery only needs to survive long enough for that.