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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? Som

• 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.