I saw a lot of weird phones at Mobile World Congress last month: robot phones, cameras disguised as phones, phones for dogs. But the one that caught me most off guard was the one my friend (and Verge alum) Sam Byford brought to dinner: an iPhone Air.
"Ha!" I said. "You actually use that thing?"
"Yeah," he said. "It's great." That's when he pulled out a second phone - the Xiaomi Leica Leitzphone, which he was using alongside it.
Got it, I said. The trick to enjoying the iPhone Air is to simply have another, much better phone on your person at all times. I found this very funny and recounted the anecdote to anyone who would listen. But fr …
