Maybe I’m just out of touch, but I don’t understand who this is for, and I think it’s going to flop.
First of all…who is asking for thinner phones?
Secondly, the price. This is not an Air SE. This thing is only $100 less than a full-fat iPhone Pro, and $200 more than iPhone base (which is a particularly good value this year).
And what do you get for that price?
- 2 fewer lenses than the pro, and 1 fewer than the base
- Titanium frame, I guess?
- Less powerful processor than the base
- Inherently more fragile frame
- Less battery life than even the base model (this was often cited as the shortcoming of the iphone Mini)
- Slower charging speed than both models
- no cinematic video mode
Are people really clamoring for thinner phones so badly that they’ll spend more money for less features?
https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone-17-pro%2Ciphone-air%2Ciphone-17
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but me. I think my current phone still has a gen or two in it, but I’ll probably go this route for my next upgrade. I don’t need all the features even my current phone has, and I’m a sucker for a sleek device.
Battery life is real concern tho. I suggest you wait for reviews
~16 hours is all most people need 99% of the time.
the other 1% of the time you can connect a battery pack. you can’t do the opposite with a thick phone, you’re just carrying a bigger battery all the time for no reason.
Waiting for reviews obviously makes sense for a lot of reasons, but leaked battery specs suggest battery capacity larger than the 13 Pro. Add efficiency improvements to that and it should be more than fine for most people.
I mean, that’s fair. You’re entitled to that preference. I’d just be shocked to learn that it’s shared by a large number of people. But it wouldn’t be the first time people shocked me either. I still can’t believe so many people want to carry around what are essentially tablets that barely fit in their pockets, or will spend $2k+ for fragile-ass folding phones with plastic displays that won’t last more than a couple of years.
once you get a big screen, you don’t go back, bean
Only because that’s all you can buy now.
I felt the same preference for large TVs, for which smaller options are def still available. you first think it’s big and then think it should be bigger. and the normal iphone fits in my pocket with lots room to spare
You don’t hold TVs in your hand though…
point is people who prefer small screens are unfortunately a vocal minority. the iphone minis were discontinued for low sales
See Samsung Flip 7 sales. Apple is inventing this next year.
people say this every year and absolutely nothing happens. chrissakes the z flip series has been around since 2020 when their very concept was being endlessly hyped up in the press. well why would anything change now? but then again people said the same thing about Russia invading Ukraine beyond Crimea
Only because they don’t sell phones with smaller screens. If there was a good smaller phone available, I’d go for it right away.
I actually did go back to a regular iPhone Pro after using the Pro Max for a while, and feel like I could go even smaller. I have a tablet for when the situation calls for it, and I like my phone to be more compact/easy to hold.
I went from a motorola moto g3 (5” screen, 72.4mm phone width) to a samsung galaxy s9+ (6.2” screen, 73.8mm phone width) to an iphone 13 mini (5.4” screen, 64.2mm phone width).
I once held in my hand an iphone 4s, and I think that is the perfect physical size for my hands (58.6mm phone width).
Yes the (relatively) small screen on the iphone mini can sometimes be a bit of an hindrance, and yet I would buy an iphone 4s-sized phone in a heartbeat.
I got a big screen and I went back. I’d go back further if I could.