{"id":248,"date":"2025-09-11T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farhan.marketingcie.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2025-09-11T05:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:28:07","slug":"i-want-to-love-apples-new-iphone-air-but-the-iphone-17-is-a-better-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farhan.marketingcie.com\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"I want to love Apple\u2019s new iPhone Air, but the iPhone 17 is a better deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My husband is a gadget enthusiast. He\u2019s already on his second<\/em> folding smartphone \u2014 a Galaxy Z Flip7<\/a> \u2014 after having a Motorola Razr when it first came out. I\u2019m more of a \u201cconvince me\u201d kind of gadget lover. If I see a reason to get excited, I\u2019m in. Otherwise, I\u2019ll stick with what I\u2019ve got until I have a reason to upgrade. I still remember when Apple came out with Touch ID to end password fatigue. I bought one immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been in the Apple ecosystem for more than a decade because my work computer is a Mac and having my phone and watch all work together is both practical and helpful. Yes, that\u2019s the definition of the Apple moat. But I wouldn\u2019t consider myself a fangirl. For the record, my personal computer \u2014 meaning the one I bought myself for non-job-related uses \u2014 is an HP Spectre on Windows. And I love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I\u2019m still using an iPhone 13. As much as I like how hubby\u2019s phone fits so nicely in a pocket, I prefer practicality over novelty. But my phone\u2019s battery and touchscreen are aging, and it doesn\u2019t have a chip powerful enough to run the promised Apple Intelligence AI future<\/a>. So it\u2019s time for an upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I was within a heartbeat of preparing to preorder the new iPhone Air<\/a>. It looked like the best of all worlds to me: bigger screen yet small enough to fit in my small hand, best chip, and only $200 more than a 17, but still cheaper than a Pro<\/a>. I\u2019ve never been a Pro user. I don\u2019t film Hollywood-esque movies and have no social media-creator hobbies, so I\u2019ve always opted for the better price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air is using a new and interesting computational photography camera, meaning camera features powered by software. This allows a single lens to act like multiple lenses \u2014 including a delightful new feature that allows simultaneous front and rear camera shots. That\u2019s good for filming reactions to the world and would be fun to own! But the Air lacks the 48-megapixel Fusion Ultra Wide lens the 17 has. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Air\u2019s storage options are far better<\/a> \u2014 up to 1TB \u2014 but for a price. The 1T option costs $1,400, which makes it only $100 less than a 1T storage on a Pro, at $1,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, as much as I want to love the larger-screen, lighter Air, if I were to treat myself and get a higher-end phone, I\u2019d just go ahead and buy a Pro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Air becomes Apple\u2019s folding phone, as some suspect<\/a>, I may ditch my 17 for a stunning folding iPhone at that point. Until then, for regular Joe users like me, the 17 still seems like a better deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as I dive into the specs, the iPhone 17 looks like a better deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Air\u2019s favor, it has a 6.5-inch screen, compared to the 17\u2019s 6.3-inch, yet is lighter to hold. It also has the A19 Pro chip, rather than the A19 chip. But oddly, this isn\u2019t the same Pro chip that\u2019s in the Pro phone. It has a 6-core CPU with a 5-core GPU. That\u2019s similar to the A19 in the 17. (The Pro model has a 6-core CPU and 6-core GPU.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 17 beats the Air on battery life, too, promising 30 hours of video playtime versus the Air\u2019s 27 hours, according to Apple. And while another $99 will buy a battery pack for the Air, bringing battery life up to 40 hours, that pack defeats the purpose of a lighter, thinner phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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