Apple Publicizes Tremendous-Skinny iPhone Air, and It Could Have a Main Draw back

The cat, er, iPhone Air, is out of the bag. After months of anticipation, fueled by copious rumors and leaks, Apple introduced the ultra-thin and super-light iPhone at its fall Apple Event. At a mere 5.5mm thick—thinner than even the 5.8mm Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge—the iPhone Air is Apple’s thinnest smartphone but and one of many thinnest telephones ever made. The draw back to such a slim body is that there’s solely room for one rear digital camera, but in addition that the battery may not be enough to last all day.

Whereas we’ll have to attend to check the iPhone Air for ourselves to see how good battery life is in comparison with different iPhones, the actual fact that Apple is promoting a brand new MagSafe Battery Pack means that it might want it probably the most. For most individuals, the attraction of a skinny and light-weight iPhone with diminished battery life is a compromise too far. To not fear, although, Apple will fortunately promote them an everyday iPhone 17 or both the iPhone 17 Professional or 17 Professional Max, that are thicker, but in addition have longer-lasting batteries.

For what’s it’s value, Apple says the iPhone Air can last as long as 40 hours… for video playback.

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The iPhone Air replaces the iPhone Plus mannequin that Apple has bought over the previous three years. Apple has been attempting to determine tips on how to promote a “third” iPhone mannequin alongside the common and professional iPhones. We’ll see if the Air measurement sticks this time or goes the best way of the iPhone mini and iPhone Plus.

Tech-wise, the iPhone Air is, effectively, an iPhone. It runs iOS 26 with the new Liquid Glass person interface and has common iPhone options. It’s bought a 6.5-inch 120Hz “ProMotion” show, an A19 Professional chip, and two cameras (a 48-megapixel picture sensor on the again and a Heart Stage selfie lens on the entrance). Apple can also be utilizing its personal customized second-gen C2 wi-fi 5G modem that expands on the C1 launched within the iPhone 16e. The Apple-designed modem is extra environment friendly than Qualcomm’s, so it may be serving to save on energy drainage.

Like all iPhones Apple has been promoting within the U.S. in recent times, the iPhone Air is eSIM solely. This time, there’s no bodily SIM card tray, even for the worldwide variations.