Everything on the Air is something Apple wanted to test ahead of the foldable iPhone. The weird big battery, the single speaker, the mainboard under the bump, and all of the custom silicon they threw at it (from the modem to the WiFi chipsets).
Same reason the 16e existed, not to sell a cheap iPhone, but to test the C1 modem in production as a "finally ready to ship in beta" product they didn't slap the beta label on.
Hopefully Apple can improve the Air.
It's under appreciated because of the "Pro" label of the Pro, and because of battery-hell.
This is just... not a life well-lived.
Huh.
I hate typing on my phone (iPhone 16e). It actually never occurred to me that maybe I'd have a better time with a larger screen. Although I don't remember ever feeling the disdain I have for typing back when I had an iPhone 3GS which had a much smaller screen than the one I have now.
da_grift_shift•38m ago
cromka•10m ago
Seriously, what do you find SO ironic about what they said?
This sarcastic, no-effort criticism on HN these days is seriously annoying.