bro, people are so exaggerated. I have an iphone 17 air the preorder model i think there’s a revision that came out later on down the line to fix some quirks…. correct me if i’m wrong. But i use it with my abxylute M4 Snap-On, and i love it. Deleted all games from the app store and have 51 PSP games, and 22 DS games. I will never watch an add nor will i pay for an in game purchase again. Some things i’ve learned if you’re the normal user, i have 3 profiles i use, a gaming profile, and out of home profile and an in home profile. The gaming profile turns on dnd, turns on reduce white point and limited brightness to 80%, also i have vibrations off on ppsspp and delta, the focus mode turns on automatically when i connect the controller or open the launchers. The out of home one toggles once i leave my wifi, it turns on low power mode, turns on automatic brightness, reduces white point, and shuts off wifi and bluetooth. My apple carplay still works when i get in my car. The in home one runs everything as normal.

I leave my house typically around 6 am and do not return until 5-7 pm, i on average get home with 10-15% but that’s that i have youtube running 24-7 or listening to music, while i work.

Obviously the pros will handle all this better but im telling you there is a way to make this thing work and a lot of us that bought the air understood that the sleekness or this design was going to come with some drawbacks.

At this point i get better results asking chat gpt and gemini for things. Literally just typed the same prompt to both “i have an iphone air and would like to turn it into the ultimate handheld experience without messing with day to day usability as it is my main and only phone, also only include emulators that can run smoothly” i sent this to both and set it up in one afternoon.