Is the iPhone Air a Klutz’s Worst Nightmare?

Maybe I’m just folded out of shape, but the new iPhone Air seems to be my worst nightmare. The Slim and Trim version of the brand new iPhone 17 was the star of the September “Awe Droping” event, with Apple boasting that they have created a only 5.6 mm thick model, the size of three stacked credit cards. But I have to ask: Did anyone really ask for a super thin iPhone?

I don’t know if I trust

Apple has loaded iPhone air with a better battery life and a faster treatment power supply via the A19 Pro chip. He also has a 48 megapixel fusion camera and a 2x telephoto lens of 12 megapixels. Apple said it was the most energy -efficient phone he ever made. It is probably an iPhone filled with value – or at least it should be, because prices start at $ 999 for 256 GB. But none of this matters if the phone breaks, folds or breaks.

I am not a total Klutz, but I drop my phone from time to time. I throw it in my bag while flowing through the door, I put it in my pockets during a race and I throw it on the counter during cooking. I need a phone that can take a little jostling. I am not convinced that the thinnest model of Apple can be able to resist all of this, despite the company which calls it its “most sustainable design to date”.

The iPhone Air and Bendgate

I have a precedent to save my concerns. When Apple published the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in 2014, previously the thinnest product produced than Apple produced, the first users reported that the device would fold when they kept it in their pockets – it became known as Bendgate. Apple said it only happened for some iPhone owners at the time, but history tends to repeat itself.

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“The iPhone 17 Air is an impressive engineering feat, and Apple has come into detail on the design of the device. Given the challenges confronted with the iPhone 6 Plus, which led to the controversy ‘Bendgate’, Apple clearly wants to put spirits at rest,” said Ben Wood, analyst at CCS Insight.

Show me an iPhone air drop test, folding test or any other sustainability metric

Perhaps Apple’s presentation would have attenuated my concerns about the sustainability of the iPhone air if it had mentioned something practical on its tests and its development beyond fluffy marketing. If the company wants us to spend a thousand dollars on a new iPhone in this economy, we deserve to know that it will not bend or will not break after a few uses. (Fortunately for us, Cnet plans to test it soon.)

I appreciate what Apple tries to do, and I am sure that the iPhone air will be attractive for some people who want a lighter device. But the thin is not always better.

To find out more, see everything that Apple announced during the iPhone 17 event.