"Instead, the glitz and glamor came with the introduced with a theatrical flair, balanced on a single finger at the Steve Jobs Theater to a chorus of "oohs and ahhs." Notably, Apple is branding the iPhone Air as a first-generation product; it's not the iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17S. Even then, the device offers the "power of Pro," a phrase that we're not talking about enough."
"There's a bit of weight that's lifted when an iPhone doesn't have the Pro moniker; you expect it to have shortcomings, fewer features, and just a serviceable experience. That sets the iPhone Air up for room to impress, with it being powered by the same A19 Pro chip that revs up the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max models, as well as the same 18MP Center Stage front camera that can adaptively capture subjects as they appear on screen."
"It also makes the lack of a dedicated ultrawide and telephoto lens more forgiving. When you're building against physics, a singular sensor with an optical zoom may be the best, and only, option right now. Fortunately for Apple, its image tuning and computational tweaks have mostly been well accepted by its users. I didn't have much of an issue testing that on the iPhone 16 last year."
Expectations centered on iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max features like a vapor chamber cooling system and redesigned camera plateau, but the keynote felt underwhelming. The iPhone Air debuted as a first-generation device presented with theatrical flair and branded as offering the "power of Pro." The iPhone Air uses the same A19 Pro chip and 18MP Center Stage front camera as Pro models, enabling adaptive subject capture. The lack of dedicated ultrawide and telephoto lenses is mitigated by a singular sensor with optical zoom and strong computational image tuning, which testing on previous models showed to be effective.
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