The iPhone Air makes sense as a second phone. That is the conclusion a Verge editor reached after watching former colleague Sam Byford pull one out at dinner during Mobile World Congress, followed immediately by a Xiaomi Leica Leitzphone he was carrying alongside it.
The anecdote is a punchline, but it points at a real use case. Thin, light, and battery-compromised, the Air is not a primary device for people who demand a lot from their phone. It is a companion device, a carry-everywhere slab for the person whose main phone is too large, too heavy, or too precious to take everywhere.
The full piece is worth reading because it goes beyond the joke. The author works through what the Air actually is good at, who the real target buyer is, and whether Apple's modular MagSafe wallet and battery case strategy changes the value equation. The hardware specs are not the story. The use case is.
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