Assuming a new rumor that the iPhone Air 2 will be even thinner than the current model is true, Apple is focusing on the wrong thing and might push buyers even further away from its ultra-thin and light smartphone.
At 5.6mm thick, the iPhone Air is the thinnest iPhone Apple has ever made. Even a year after launch, it still feels like it could be snapped in half just by picking it up wrong. The upcoming iPhone Duo could take the thinness crown when opened, coming in at just 5.2mm when unfurled, though it measures a chunkier 11.3mm when closed.
Now it has been claimed that the iPhone Air 2 will slim down to the Duo's 5.2mm thickness, essentially an iPhone Duo snapped down the middle. The same rumor says the iPhone Air 2 will get iPhone 18 Pro battery technology for increased capacity, but the writer is concerned. If the iPhone Air already feels impossibly thin, the need to get even thinner seems dubious at best, and it could stop Air 2 buyers in their tracks.
The iPhone Air has not been a big seller for Apple, but it has not been the sales catastrophe that unnamed sources from China described. Buyers have largely ignored it over two main concerns: battery life and the camera situation. Compared with an iPhone 17 Pro, the original Air had worse battery life, two fewer cameras, and a similar price. The question is whether the Air 2 will address those issues, and rumors suggest a larger battery is coming.
Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing