{"id":431296,"date":"2025-09-17T13:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431296\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:55:12","slug":"apple-iphone-air-review-better-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431296\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone Air Review: Better Than Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPhone 17 Pro felt like a brick. I had just gotten used to the featherweight feel of Apple’s new iPhone Air<\/a> after several days of use, but it was time to switch to the iPhone 17 Pro<\/a>. Suddenly, I didn’t want to let the Air go.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how a couple of grams and a slimmer profile can drastically change the feel of a phone. There isn\u2019t much to grab on the edges, but the Air’s design is whimsical and somewhat paradoxical. It feels like a twig that can snap in a heartbeat, but the sturdy titanium frame dispels any notion of fragility.<\/p>\n

I was prepared to hate the iPhone Air<\/a>. Why make a thin phone with lackluster battery life? A single-camera system for $999? After spending some time with it, I’m pleasantly surprised. I still don’t think most people should buy it<\/a>\u2014it’s for early adopters who want to experience Apple’s thinnest iPhone to date\u2014but it’s a promising blueprint of what’s to come.<\/p>\n

Thin Air<\/p>\n

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu<\/p>\n

The iPhone Air is just 5.6 millimeters thick and 165 grams; contrast that with the iPhone 17 Pro, which has a smaller screen yet weighs 206 grams and is 8.75 mm thick. It’s a palpable difference. Initially, you might feel like the lighter weight makes the Air seem \u201ccheap,\u201d but that notion quickly disappears. This phone feels strong, durable, and rigid.<\/p>\n

I watched Apple perform a bend test on the iPhone Air, and it was able to withstand more than 130 pounds of force with no damage. I gave it a good bend test myself, but it didn’t flex. We’ll need to see how this phone performs in the hands of a wider audience, but I think you can put your pitchforks away\u2014no #bendgate<\/a> here. This durability stems from the use of titanium for the frame, along with Apple’s new Ceramic Shield 2<\/a> protecting the display, and Ceramic Shield 1 layered over the back. Apple says this mixture makes the Air more durable than any prior iPhone.<\/p>\n

I can’t imagine buying this ultrathin phone and putting a case on it, but I didn’t mind Apple’s bumper case<\/a>. The phone still feels light and thin, but the slightly thicker edges of the bumper make it easier to grasp. Annoyingly, despite using a horizontal camera bar like Google’s Pixel phones<\/a>, the camera still sticks out enough that the Air rocks on a table when you tap a corner\u2014a small nitpick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The iPhone 17 Pro felt like a brick. I had just gotten used to the featherweight feel of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[1662,1666,547,5471,6080,6082,246,3649,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-431296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-iphone","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-phones","12":"tag-review","13":"tag-reviews","14":"tag-shopping","15":"tag-smartphones","16":"tag-technology","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115219983436477999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}