I have been so disappointed in the iPhone 17 Air. The camera is poor quality, the battery life is not as promised, it’s gets hot when charging and I have weird touchy things happen with volume. I started a return but had to wait for the find my delay to clear, when I follow d up through messaging, no one responded and I ran out of the return window.
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Kew_19 wrote:
I have been so disappointed in the iPhone 17 Air. The camera is poor quality, the battery life is not as promised, it’s gets hot when charging and I have weird touchy things happen with volume. I started a return but had to wait for the find my delay to clear, when I follow d up through messaging, no one responded and I ran out of the return window.
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Kew_19 wrote:
it’s gets hot when charging
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My experience says this is purely caused by some third-party app that you may have installed.
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Store the device where the temperature is between -20º and 45º C (-4º to 113º F). Don’t leave the device in your car, because temperatures in parked cars can exceed this range.
Use iOS devices where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F). Low- or high-temperature conditions might cause the device to change its behavior to regulate its temperature. Using an iOS device in very cold conditions outside of its operating range might temporarily shorten battery life and could cause the device to turn off. Battery life will return to normal when you bring the device back to higher ambient temperatures. Using an iOS device in very hot conditions can permanently shorten battery life.
Kew_19 wrote:
I have been so disappointed in the iPhone 17 Air. The camera is poor quality, the battery life is not as promised
If photos were your priority, you probably should have chosen one of the iPhone 17 models. I'm not saying that the iPhone Air's camera is bad – but it only has one camera: a Main camera that can act as a 48 MP 1x camera or as a 12 MP 2x camera. It lacks a 0.5x Ultra-Wide camera (which I find of great use even on a much older iPhone).
As for battery life, Apple advertises "Up to" figures for video playback – which is probably a "best case" scenario. That doesn't mean you're going to get "Up to" 22 hours or 27 hours if you do something that causes the phone to work harder (e.g., playing games). Also note that if you want battery charge life similar to that of 17-series phones, you can get and use an optional iPhone Air MagSafe Battery pack. If you have a fully charged iPhone Air and a fully charged battery pack, you might get 50% more charge life (guess) than with a fully charged iPhone Air alone.
Your post is either a poll or a rant, take your pick. Both are prohibited by the Apple Support Community Terms of Use.
If you have a technical question for the community, ask it. Otherwise, please move on.
Kew_19 wrote:
I have been so disappointed in the iPhone 17 Air. The camera is poor quality, the battery life is not as promised, it’s gets hot when charging and I have weird touchy things happen with volume. I started a return but had to wait for the find my delay to clear, when I follow d up through messaging, no one responded and I ran out of the return window.
Poll Taking is against the terms of use for this forum. If you hate the phone so much, sell it and go buy something else.
Kew_19 wrote:
the battery life is not as promised, i
The measure of battery health deterioration/drainage is subjective and can vary depending on individual usage patterns. There is no universal standard to determine whether the battery health deterioration/drainage is normal or abnormal because it heavily relies on how the battery is used and maintained.
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Kew_19 wrote:
I have weird touchy things happen with volume.
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Luckily for you, the moderators did not delete your question. They usually do with things like this.
So far, it doesn't look like you have had much of a response,
Frankly, you bought the wrong phone if photos are a priority for you.
Kew_19 wrote:
this is the second post mentioning a poll?
It should be pretty easy to see why it was a poll, when the title of your post asks......."Anyone else hate the iPhone 17 Air?" That is a polling question. Had you simply said, something like Issues with iPhone 17 Air and then posted the concerns you posted, it wouldn't be a poll. There's an old saying........"you attract more bees with honey." When you post you hate something or how incredibly disappointed you are, you don't get much help that way.
What I find confusing is why you chose the Air, if photos and battery life were really important things to you? Not every iPhone model meets the needs of every person. For someone who wants the best battery life and cameras, buying the phone with the smallest battery and only one camera, honestly doesn't seem the best iPhone for them. I get that you tried to return it, but you listed only excuses as to why you didn't. None of them Apple's fault.
I am sure they recognized the title was rhetorical.
the camera wasn’t a priority, I had just always seen apple as leading the industry on these things. My children have SEs because they like the button and even the quality of their cameras are much better.
my issue is that I’d have to take a $300 bath because the second hand selling prices of this phone isn’t great, even in used mint condition. I always buy out of pocket which is a non-trivial investment.
No I was hoping to find other people who were disappointed in the quality and learn what supportive resources they found if they were also stuck with it. It doesn’t appear that’s your approach to the community.
I agree that this community is pretty toxic for a “support community” as earlier I asked it I could keep a lost phone that I found and mostly got it’s not your phone replies and return it to the police but thing is the police in my area are corrupt so would just keep a phone that hasn’t been set up and when I said that I was told i was trying to keep it even though it wasn’t mine so what should I do?
i just ended up returning it to the original place i found it so f this
IdkOrdoi wrote:
I agree that this community is pretty toxic for a “support community” as earlier I asked it I could keep a lost phone that I found and mostly got it’s not your phone replies and return it to the police but thing is the police in my area are corrupt so would just keep a phone that hasn’t been set up and when I said that I was told i was trying to keep it even though it wasn’t mine so what should I do?
i just ended up returning it to the original place i found it so f this
If you consider suggesting you do the right thing is toxic, then so be it. We're "toxic" for the right reasons. But this has nothing to do with the topic the Author of thread posted about.
IdkOrdoi wrote:
I agree that this community is pretty toxic for a “support community” as earlier I asked it I could keep a lost phone that I found and mostly got it’s not your phone replies and return it to the police
You mean this thread? Found iPhone that want set up yet can I k… - Apple Community
The people who replied to you are correct. That iPhone 15 isn't your phone. It belongs to someone else. Saying so is not being "toxic" - it is being honest, even if you personally do not like the message.
If I remember correctly, you said that the iPhone 15 was not set up yet. So the true owner of that iPhone 15 might have just gotten it, and not had time to set it up yet. How would you feel if you got a new (to you) phone, and that phone "disappeared" forever before you could even use it?
I know that I would not be happy if I left my iPhone somewhere, and someone decided to keep my phone. And it's several years older than that iPhone 15.
Servant of Cats wrote:
IdkOrdoi wrote:
I agree that this community is pretty toxic for a “support community” as earlier I asked it I could keep a lost phone that I found and mostly got it’s not your phone replies and return it to the police
You mean this thread? Found iPhone that want set up yet can I k… - Apple Community
The people who replied to you are correct. That iPhone 15 isn't your phone. It belongs to someone else. Saying so is not being "toxic" - it is being honest, even if you personally do not like the message.
If I remember correctly, you said that the iPhone 15 was not set up yet. So the true owner of that iPhone 15 might have just gotten it, and not had time to set it up yet. How would you feel if you got a new (to you) phone, and that phone "disappeared" forever before you could even use it?
I know that I would not be happy if I left my iPhone somewhere, and someone decided to keep my phone. And it's several years older than that iPhone 15.
We clearly come from a generation where our parents did a better job teaching us "right from wrong."
Anyone else hate the iPhone 17 Air?
