My thoughts:
CAMERA
The majority of happy, giddy, ecstatic iPhone Air owners are not content creators and think the iPhone Air is awesome. YouTube reviewers depend on their mobile phones to produce video and photos and are not the best judge of the iPhone Air that isn't the very best at producing media.
I am not a content creator, but was a professional photographer many years and I am extremely happy with the photos the Air produces. I am retired now and no longer need to shoot in RAW for extensive editing. My previous iPhone 15 Pro took very good photos, but I had to spend time editing in order to back off of the extreme automated processing of the phone's software algorithims.
I shot photos at a birthday party at night, outdoors, only lit by string lighting and found the photos to be very natural, not overly processed, well exposed with an absence of grain, even cropping in 3-5x.
AUDIO
Yes, the Air does not play with stereo speakers. But it is very loud and clear and basically when not using my airpods or using airplay to a bluetooth speaker, it is just fine, no issues. Think about it, how often do you depend on your phone to play loud stereo music? You can always stream to a bluetooth stereo speaker or home stereo or wear your airpods.
BATTERY
I do a lot of streaming music and podcasts during the day 2-4 hrs worth, receive/answer emails, a lot of texts and take photos and send via iMessage and I'm finding my battery still has 30-50% battery left at 6pm. I don't typically put my phone on a charger during the day and by 6pm I'm ready to eat dinner and relax in the evening so sitting my phone on a magsafe charger stand is an easy way to finish out the day.
I did buy Anker's Magsafe power bank that matches the iPhone Air (white) but I've not used it much, more out of convenience because I had it rather than as a necessity. So far I am pleased with the battery performance. It's 3pm right now and the phone has been off of the charger since 7am and there is still 84% battery, without much use though, but that is impressive.
DESIGN, WEIGHT, FUNCTION
I am enjoying the thinness of the Air, easy to hold, slides into my pocket and the screen is brilliant and easy to see, even in sunshine. I am coming from an iPhone 15 Pro, so the screen is much bigger than I'm used to but it's nice. The processor is very fast and 120Hz pro-motion is extremely nice.
WRAP-UP
What are the downsides? Without a case, it is very slippery and for that reason alone I ended up buying an extremely thin Aramid case from Pitaka to increase the grip. I wasn't worried too much about scratches as I am very careful with my phones, but now I admit, I can relax alittle and I believe the case actually improved the look of the AIR rather than detracted.
There wasn't a reason to upload a phone of the phone, you can see those everywhere.



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