Apple’s reportedly pulling back on iPhone Air production

Just a week aft rumors astir Samsung canceling the Galaxy S26 Edge owed to debased income of the ultra-slim S25 Edge, Apple is reportedly notifying its proviso concatenation partners of plans to standard backmost iPhone Air production. According to radical acquainted with the matter, Apple is maintaining its wide accumulation estimation for the iPhone 17 lineup, astir 85 to 90 cardinal units total, reports Nikkei Asia; however, those sources said iPhone Air accumulation has been slashed to borderline “end of production” levels. 

While the Air’s artillery beingness and the azygous camera are drawbacks compared to the iPhone 17 Pro, The Verge’s Allison Johnson praised the caller plan successful our review, saying that “My wide content utilizing the Air is the aforesaid arsenic with the S25 Edge: the slim illustration mightiness beryllium the header attraction, but the lighter value is the existent benefit.” The iPhone Air is Apple’s archetypal dip into ultra-thin phones, and whitethorn beryllium a precursor to the rumored foldable iPhone.

The Air reportedly accounted for astir 10 to 15 percent of each accumulation orders projected for the iPhone 17 lineup, but the existent measurement volition beryllium importantly reduced successful November onward, according to proviso concatenation managers. Nikkei Asia’s report besides says Apple has bumped up basal iPhone 17 accumulation by 5 cardinal units and accrued accumulation for the Pro models, arsenic well. 

On Monday, the analysts astatine Counterpoint said their information is showing the iPhone 17 bid outsold the iPhone 16 bid by 14 percent during the archetypal 10 days of availability successful the US and China.

Base iPhone 17 income saw a peculiarly crisp 31 percent increase, and we person a fewer ideas astir why—the summation of an always-on, high-refresh-rate show stood retired successful our review. The iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max got a 12 percent bump arsenic bearer deals connected upgrades offered heavy discounts,  according to the survey. Meanwhile, the iPhone Air is reportedly selling likewise to the iPhone 16 Plus, which it replaced successful the iPhone lineup. Both phones made up the smallest information of income for their respective generations.