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iPhone Air review roundup: Slim but not perfect

The initial reviews of the iPhone Air are in, and the slimline smartphone is being praised for its design but criticized for feature compromises.

White smartphone with a single rear camera and flash centered in front of a blurred crowd with raised hands.
The rear of the iPhone Air

The first reviews of the new iPhone variant, the iPhone Air, are starting to roll in. The initial impressions cover the considerable thinness of the model and its striking design versus other versions, as well as the compromises Apple had to make.

Those compromises also mean it has the dubious honor of being an iPhone release with a made-for-model accessory. The revival of the MagSafe battery is made specifically with the iPhone Air in mind, and it won’t fit some other models.

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