After many years of using ‘Pro’ iPhones, this year I bought an iPhone Air instead. My first impressions were very positive, but I knew there might come a time I missed the Pro’s battery life and cameras. But a recent trip to Disney World with the iPhone Air brought surprising results.
Putting iPhone Air to the test at Disney World
The iPhone Air is a beauty to see and hold. But it comes with some definite shortcomings compared to Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro:
there’s only one rear camera, no Telephoto or Ultra Wide
battery life isn’t as good as the much thicker Pro models
and it has just a single speaker
I almost never use my iPhone’s speaker, but I expected cameras and battery life might be the biggest challenges to using iPhone Air as my daily carry.
As beautiful as the ultra-thin iPhone is, obviously it needs to be practical too.
In my first week using iPhone Air, I was consistently impressed by areas that were expected to be weaknesses. And it became clear pretty fast that in “normal life,” the Air is the right model for me.
But where I thought it would come up short is during vacations.
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