Well, I traded in my two year old iPhone 15 Pro for a new super-thin iPhone 17 Air! I justified the expense to myself by remembering that I didn’t give in to the recent temptation to buy an expensive new camera that I’ve had my eye on.

The iPhone shopping happened late on Sunday afternoon at the Kahala Apple Store.

It’s only 2/3 the thickness of my old phone, and much thinner than my Apple Watch (see photo to the right). It’s really a pleasure to handle, although after using it for a while and wearing the new off, it will just feel like another phone.

This Air model has been criticized for having less battery capacity than the other iPhone 17 series, but that misses the point. It’s will run considerably longer on a charge than the phone it is replacing! That’s plenty! And its camera lacks all the bells and whistles of the latest 17 Pro models. But I’ve got a drawer full of cameras and don’t need the latest/greatest iPhone camera. The one in the Air is, again, more than good enough!

Migrating to a new phone is usually straightforward. I’ve made most of these transitions at home without any major problems. This time I decided to go to the Apple Store to see the phone before buying it, and that led to a few glitches in the process. I won’t describe them here, but it meant that we were trapped waiting at the store for too long, and even then I finished the process later at home.

There have been a couple of other hiccups while reinstalling a few things in my phone’s Apple Wallet. No major issues, at least not yet.

Meda is still using her iPhone 12 Mini, although I’m tempting her to upgrade as well. So if you would like to buy a used iPhone Mini, let me know (email ian@ilind.net).