iPhone Air Review

Leave exactly how many millimeters thin this smartphone is. The point is that the feeling when you first pick it up in your hand is like something completely different from anything you’ve ever seen before. Yes, the iPhone Air is a super innovative product for me, but does that mean that its success is guaranteed? It’s time for the detailed review.

My issue for temporary use for the purposes of this iPhone Air review is from Yettel, for which I thank you. The telecom offers all Apple models, including devices such as Apple Watch smartwatches and AirPods. See in here.

The iPhone Air is first and foremost a design and a look into the future.

The device is only 5.64 mm thick and weighs 165 grams. Holding it in your hand, you have the feeling that you are holding a thin piece of glass. It’s like you’ve separated the display from some device, but you actually have the entire device in the palm of your hand. For me, this is super impressive. It’s impressive how Apple’s engineers and designers seem to have met somewhere in the middle to create a similar product.

Despite its slim profile for the iPhone Air, Apple says it’s their strongest smartphone yet. The new Ceramic Shiled 2 glass was used for the display, and the back is also with Ceramic Shield, albeit from the previous generation. Interestingly, this year the frame only in this model is made of titanium. Only it’s already polished and looks great, just like when the company used steel for the Pro versions.

In addition to purely aesthetics, you will also feel the benefits of this ultra-thin and light case when you decide to store the phone in your pocket. It slips into even the tightest jeans without any problems, it flies even into the pocket of a jacket or shirt. Coming from some of the largest and heaviest models on the market, the iPhone Air seemed like a business card that you can store anywhere.

Okay – this wonderful, futuristic design can’t come without compromise, can it?

Of course, hold on. The iPhone Air comes with only one main camera. The iPhone Air has only one speaker and does not offer stereo sound. The iPhone Air does not have a physical SIM card slot. And perhaps most worryingly, the iPhone Air has a super small battery.

The compromises

Good. Now. What do we do with so many compromises? I go back to what I said a moment ago – the iPhone Air is first and foremost a design. If this is a topic that at this stage does not concern you and you are not willing to compromise on its behalf – just do not look at this smartphone. For everyone else – here’s what I think about it.

First – a SIM slot. I asked Yettel, who gave me the phone for temporary use, to activate my eSIM, it happened in 20 seconds. It’s done. Don’t worry, eSIM is available from all carriers.

Sound. It turns out that even with one speaker, the iPhone Air doesn’t sound that bad. Yes, this is just one speaker, but of high quality. I compared it to the iPhone 16 Pro Max – the sound is quieter and nowhere near as rich, but I’m OK with it, especially considering that I have a good arsenal of wireless headphones that I use when listening to music or watching series on the plane.

The small battery. Okay, this can be a serious drama, especially if you come from a smartphone with a long battery life that has no problem making a day and a half for you. The iPhone Air won’t impress you with a capacity of only 3149 mAh, but I might surprise you by telling you that it’s absolutely realistic to spend a whole day with, say, moderate use. No many TikTok sessions, no YouTube podcasts, and certainly no gaming. The situation is close to that with Samsung’s early Galaxy Z Flip models.

When introducing the smartphone, Apple actually boasted that this is their most energy-efficient model so far. This has been achieved, in addition to the brand new 3nm A19 Pro chipset, also with the introduction of the new 5G C1X modem and the brand new N1 chip, which is responsible for the rest of the connectivity technologies – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Thread. However, battery life for me is the key issue with this phone, and that’s where I feel what the bargaining chip is for this impressive design. With the addition of a magnetic power bank, which Apple introduced specifically for the iPhone Air, you can skillfully avoid any headaches. Yes, it is not a perfect solution and requires an additional investment, but I would say that it is a fairly simple way to get around the problem.

One camera

That’s how I get to the camera. A single camera in a high-end smartphone in 2025 Scandal. This camera uses a 48 MP sensor with a size of 1/1.56″ and a wide f/1.6 aperture, and is supported by Sensor Shift stabilization of the sensor itself, rather than the lens in front of it. That is, the iPhone Air uses the same basiccamera that also has the standard iPhone 17, and this sounds pretty good to me. With it, you can spray into the sensor and get a double zoom of very good quality. The digital zoom is a maximum of 10 times, but I haven’t shot more than 2 times.

The video recording is gorgeous – with great details, natural colors and impeccable stabilization, and the popular Action Mode, which picks up any shakes, albeit at the expense of a reduced resolution from 4K to 2.8K, is not missed.

Below the line – you only get one main camera, which, however, shoots great and will offer you a small but decent zoom for portraits and closer shots. For sure, amateur photographers would lack a serious optical zoom, and probably an ultra-wide camera, which I never use, but let’s be clear – if you’re looking for a wow camera with a lot of focal lengths – don’t look that way.

However, the selfie camera deserves special attention because it uses the new square sensor with 18 MP resolution. The interesting thing here is that even if you hold the phone vertically, you can also take horizontal self-portraits. The quality of the selfies is great and noticeably improved over the previous 12 MP sensor, and the video recording with the front camera is still 4K and also at a very high level.

Thin but powerful

What the iPhone Air doesn’t compromise on is the configuration. The smartphone uses the just-announced super-powerful A19 Pro chipset, which we have in the iPhone 17 Pro Max. It comes with 12 GB of RAM + 256 GB of internal memory as a minimum or maximum of 1 TV. With this, you will have no problem clicking any app or game from the App Store, and your only concern will remain the battery.

However, this slim phone comes without the new cooling system of the Pro models, which is felt with a pretty serious warm-up in the area around the camera. And the heat is right there, because all the main components of the iPhone Air are gathered in this tile on top, while almost all the space down is reserved for the battery. Impressive engineering, by the way. However, this certainly suggests that Apple did not foresee this phone to be used for prolonged serious workload, despite the super-capable chipset.

Below the line

So, this was my iPhone Air review. The first ultra-thin Apple phone that impresses with its design, and it is the design that should be the leading one for you if you decide to go for it. Because otherwise, all the compromises that the thin vision imposes would not be worth it, and you may soon regret that you initially agreed to accept them. In any case, for me this phone is impressive, although I personally would not devote myself of the battery and camera for a larger zoom, albeit at the expense of a 3 mm thicker body.