90% of people shouldn’t buy the iPhone 17 Air, per Apple

An argument could be made that this year’s iPhone line-up will have two top-tier models, depending on your priorities: either the iPhone 17 Pro Max or the iPhone 17 Air. If you value iPhone photography, or all-round performance, you’ll want to stick to the Pro or Pro Max. If you prioritize sleek design, you might instead consider the Air to be the best model. But Apple seems to know that its sleek new model isn’t for most people … It always seemed obvious that making an iPhone as thin as the iPhone 17 Air was going to involve some significant compromises, and that battery life would be one of them. A report over the weekend cited internal testing that revealed the true extent of that battery-life hit. The percentage of users who can go a single day without recharging the thin phone will be between 60% and 70%. In other words, around 30-40% of iPhone users shouldn’t even consider the slinky new model. The same report suggests that Apple has an insane solution for that. To solve th ... Read full article.