He iPhone Air It has something. Before I imagined it, but now that I have been able to have it in my hands and play a little while with him, I have it clear. It is the thinner iPhone that the firm has made in its history, less than the iPhone 6 of which It is impossible not to remember When you hold it in your hand and think “because it is fine.” We will have to wait for the analysis to issue a more resounding verdict on the terminal, but while it arrives, and after having had the opportunity to try it in Apple’s central offices in London, here are first impressions.
A surprise. Holding the iPhone Air for the first time is strange. Accustomed to mobiles of 180-200 grams, such as iPhone 16 Pro With which I have taken the photos that accompany this text, it is surprisingly pleasant to grab a mobile and discover that it weighs only 156 grams. It is light, very light, so I expected it to transmit a certain sense of fragility, but no. It is one of those difficult things to explain with words, but despite its small thickness the iPhone Air does not seem “to break.” On the contrary.
Yes, it is very finite and yes, the plateau stands out enough | Image: Xataka
Obviously, I had no occasion to try to leave it because it is something that no user in their healthy judgment would. If I could take it in my pocket of jeans and do things like sitting or moving my legs fast, and the feeling is positive. Honestly, although the initial reflection is to treat it carefully, the truth is that I lost fear quite fast.
Is it comfortable? Another important issue when we talk about fine devices is that they may not be ergonomic. Because? Because they are nailed in the palm of the hand, through the area under the thumb, when holding them. This does not happen with the iPhone Air. It is true that it shows different from a normal iPhone, but at no time has it seemed uncomfortable to use it for a long time. Anyway, we will see it calmly in the analysis.
Under this relief there are practically all the components of the iPhone Air | Image: Xataka
The Plateau. You have to recognize that the name is much more Fancy that “cameras module”, but this time makes sense. This generous protuberance located at the top of the device not only hides the (unique) rear camera, but inside everything is, or almost everything, what gives life to the mobile. It is the most compact and dense motherboard that Apple has made to date on an iPhone. Everything else, everything we normally call “back”, is for the battery.
The firm has done an impressive miniaturization and compaction exercise, but has also made sacrifices. Apple is aware that the autonomy of the iPhone Air will not be, by far, that of a iPhone 17 or a iPhone 17 Prohence the Battery pack It seems like a necessary accessory. The camera, of course, is also limited in quantity, while it has neither telephoto nor wide angle. Is it a problem? It will depend on the user, but I don’t think anyone who expects an incombustible battery and the best market camera even think about the iPhone Air. That, and the imperative need to use a esimof course.
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Eye to the touch. I could get used to Ceramic Shield, the material from which the rear is made. It is very pleasant to the touch, very soft, and the footprints are not marked. Another story is the upper plateau crystal that, especially in dark models, full of footprints just looking at it.
And dances? A bit. As in the Google Pixel 10that the camera module covers the entire width of the mobile helps the terminal not dance so much, but the lens excels slightly from the plateau, so when they leave it face down on a table it is possible that a tad moves. If we are going to put a cover, which most users will do, this will not be a bigger problem. However, buying the finest iPhone in history to put a cover is, as little, paradoxical (although not less necessary).
The colors available | Image: Xataka
The camera. Carets outside: The new square sensor of the iPhone 17 is absolutely insane And I have no evidence (no doubt) that it will end up becoming a standard in the industry. It makes sense, all the meaning of the world. Such a sensor allows us to record video or take out horizontal selfies holding the mobile vertical, but also gives us advantage in terms of stabilization. We will try it in depth later, but what we have seen points out.
The rear camera, meanwhile, has 48 megapixels of resolution. We have neither great angle nor telephoto. Apple ensures that the camera offers optical quality in Zoom X2 and, although it is true that we are not making cropping to use, the truth is that this camera loses versatility.
In black is beautiful | Image: Xataka
The beginning of something else. The iPhone Air is a statement of intentions. When you see it from the front and side, it is impossible not to think about how well another iPhone Air would sit next to a hinge. We do not know if we will see a folding iPhone somedaybut if we see it surely this is your seed. Time will tell if the iPhone Air Cuaja and gets break the curse of the fourth iPhone.
At the moment, Apple has a very well -finished and interesting device in hands that, however, we will have to look with a magnifying glass to see how we give it a little more of the account. The thickness and weight are fine, but there are obvious sacrifices in autonomy and photography that, surely, play against them. Be that as it may, that Apple has managed to make a device that impresses and surprises is undeniable.
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