KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 8 -- I wasn't sure what to make of the iPhone Air when I read the press materials and saw initial chatter about it online.

Having reviewed phones for nearly 20 years I've seen (and used) all manner of them - from flips to so-called "feature" phones, there's a phone for everyone.

Yet some phones just aren't for everyone and that includes the iPhone Air.

Supermodel of iPhones

What I like doing is just handing the iPhone Air to people and seeing how they react.

"Here, hold it," I say to whichever person, from the girl in the boutique I was shopping at, to the first few people in line for the iPhone 17 Pro, and friends unfortunate to be stuck with me on my iPhone jaunts.

"Oh, it's thin," is the nearly invariable comme...