Yesss, it is in!
I just preordered the iPhone Air. I was no longer the guy who needed the newest iPhone every year. Last year I simply got an iPhone 15 Pro, because I did not think the 16 was particularly special.
But this year?
This year I was seduced by the dark side again.
The very thin dark side, to be precise: I had to have the iPhone Air.
An Open Secret
Last Tuesday, the new iPhones were announced during the annual keynote. I watch that every year. And those shows used to be exciting. Sure, you read rumours everywhere, but you still had to wait and see whether they were actually true.
These days, everything is out in the open months in advance.
So it was an open secret that, alongside the regular iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro, there would be a mega-thin iPhone this year: the iPhone Air.
And man, I was enjoying myself when I saw the first real images of that little phone.
The thinnest iPhone ever, according to Apple’s superlatives. And only one camera. Or well, two cameras in one. But I actually like that. Phone designs are incredibly ugly these days because everything needs a thousand cameras.
Not the iPhone Air.
No, my darling looks fantastic.
Forever Team Mini
I am forever team iPhone Mini - rest in peace, little friend - and I prefer my phone to be as small as possible.
But ever since I got the 2024 iPad Pro, I have also fallen for thin, man. And when Apple showed the Air, I knew she had to come home. Right into my little hand, into my little pocket. That is where she belongs.
That thin body. That clean design.
Lovely, man. What a phone.
Waiting Takes Forever
I had been able to renew my subscription for a while, so today at 14:00 I was ready to grab that preorder.
And it worked!
I went for the iPhone Air in Space Black. Because black is extra slimming.
Now I have a long week of waiting ahead of me, but I am sure it will be worth it. I have not been this hyped about a new iPhone in years.