Verge staffers react to the iPhone Air: what we love and don’t love

Determined to give us something new to talk, Apple has introduced its ultra-thin iPhone air. It is only 5.6 mm thick with a 6.5 inch promotion screen, a double camera of 48 megapixels, a selfie camera that supports the front of the stage and an additional Magsafe battery. Among other things.

We asked the staff of The penis For their first impressions of iPhone air. We are going to perform a full examination of the phone, of course, but here are some initial feelings about this personnel.

IPhone air pre -orders start on Friday September 12 and is sent on September 19.

Do you want an ultra-ally iPhone?

The air of the iPhone 17 is slim and charming. My iPhone 15 pro is not as thin, but it is also titanium – only I would never know because it is always inside a thick plastic prophylactic. Unless your air lives dangerously without case, you are probably better with an iPhone 17 or 17 pro. Otherwise, you will have trouble remembering why you have opted for the worst air battery when you end up doubled its thickness with this Magsafe air battery at $ 99 which has just announced today. –Thomas Ricker, assistant publisher

And it weighs only 5.8 ounces …

My personal phone is always a pixel 6 (yes, I know, I tend to repel these upgrades), which weighs about 7.3 ounces in itself and almost 9 ounces with the rather robust case that I have on it (I am not only a procrastinator, but I am nervous to break it). Which means that every time I drop it into my pocket, it slightly drops my pants. Having a phone, this light weight would be charming – although it is not as light once you have added the additional battery (see Thomas’ comment above). —Barbara Krasnoff, editor -in -chief

We have already crossed this routine, Apple.

I just don’t understand why Apple is like worshiping the altar of thinness. Between the iPhone Air and the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, I don’t like this potential trend for phones. It really makes sense to me when most people want phones with lasting batteries. It is even more asinin when you consider that, not long ago, Apple compromised its MacBook so severely in the pursuit of thinness that heavy keyboards have failed. (Remember the collective appeal which cost Apple $ 50 million to Apple?) Apple made things by making its macbook thicker and has been announced for this, and now each MacBook of the range has a good keyboard and a battery that easily lasts a whole or more day. Why are we doing this song again and dance again? – Antonio G. di Benedetto, criticism

I like these iPhones because they give me a long service life of the battery. This is why I buy the iPhone Pro Max for the past … Well, since their launch. Apple says that the iPhone Air will offer a “one -day battery life”, but my current iPhone 16 Pro Max will not allow me anymore. There is no way whatsoever. Probably won’t even cross brunch. But I know what’s going to happen. I’m going to see one. So I will want it. And then I will buy the battery. And I will no longer care about the battery life. Probably. –Todd Haselton, deputy publisher, opinion and commerce

Apple claims 40 hours of video reading – with His battery.

I was going to say that the video reading time is a metric so silly for the life of the phone battery, and that this is not the main thing that people do with their phones. But maybe it’s now! The old man shouts on the cloud: it should not be. But beyond that, it’s so funny to make a thin phone, to make a $ 99 battery that is only compatible with this phone, then to base your battery over the duration of the duration with the attached battery. It’s like breakfast cereals by putting the column “with a cup of 2% milk” in the nutrition label. –Nathan Edwards, editor -in -chief of senior criticisms

It has a 6.5 inch screen.

I prefer to wrap my hands with fleshy ogre around larger phones, so I was quite disappointed to hear that Apple abandoned the more of its basic iPhone 17 version. I suppose that the largest iPhone air screen fills this Spot Spiritually, but if I had to choose, I am more attracted by the additional features (and the breathtaking orange color) available on the 17 pro Max. I’m sure the skinny and light air model will influence people who are tired of losing a brick, however. —Jess Weatherbed, news editor

A pixel -style camera bump

As a person who has not switched to a brand new phone for several years, I just don’t know if I could get used to the look – or the sensation – a pill -shaped camera bar at the back of my phone. Unlike the camera bumps on Google Pixel 10, Apple puts a single “double fusion” camera in the bar, leaving only one black lens that stands out against the rest of the phone. It is difficult for me to look at him without thinking about the Cyclops visor. —Emma Roth, news editor

This sky blue color is excellent.

I loved the blue sky on Apple’s m4 tunes, and I think it looks Really Good in iPhone air. Is the color sufficient for me to take the air on another model? The pros have more of what I am looking for in terms of features, but after seeing the blue sky for me, we will see if I am tempted. —Jay Peters, principal journalist

Apple called him a piece of the future … right?

My locking in galaxy in the air is that it actually contains a lot of secrets for the future of Apple. The leaders have spent so long talking about the design of materials, the work required to make the phone sustainable and robust, regardless of the “ceramic shield 2”, and much more. It’s a bit on iPhone air. It is also all The things you need to do to make phones that turn around, bend, or do other inventive things that other companies are already doing with phones. Its heritage could end up as the original MacBook Pro, which was an imperfect computer but was grouped the first generation versions of many really important technologies.

I don’t think “the iPhone slightly thinner with a single camera and a large camera bump” is the future. But some of the things inside the air? Is probably. –David Pierce, editor -in -chief

Proof of Apple’s foldable future could be in the set

Apple has shown an X -ray image of the new “tray” of the iPhone Air, which seems to be just a camera bump but is really more than that. Apple has tightened in its camera, a speaker, as well as its silicon – effectively all the air guts iPhone, except its battery. I think it’s easy to point a finger on it and say: “Hey, I could see how this innovation would be really useful with a foldable phone.”

If rumors on Apple’s foldable iPhone are materialized, being able to compartmentalize the components, emphasizing a thin design while leaving as much space for a battery as possible, seems incredibly vital for its success. I agree with David – I know that we are supposed to talk about the iPhone air here, but it is difficult not to think about the future of the iPhone when I look at it. —Cameron Faulkner, commercial publisher