Kuo: High Demand for iPhone 17 Models, But Questions Remain About iPhone Air

Apple's caller iPhone 17 models are proving to beryllium much fashionable than their predecessors implicit the archetypal pre-order weekend, some successful presumption of accumulation and transportation times, but large questions stay astir the occurrence of the iPhone Air.


In a new station connected X, Kuo said that preorder request for the ‌iPhone 17‌ lineup has outpaced past year's iPhone 16 models. ‌iPhone 17‌, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max accumulation for the 3rd 4th of this twelvemonth is astir 25% higher than their predecessors past year, alongside stronger pre-order request crossed each 3 models. The iPhone 17 Pro Max remains the astir in-demand model; accumulation is astir 60% higher than that of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

The ‌iPhone Air‌ is the lone exemplary of the 4 caller devices that is readily disposable astatine launch. While this superficially suggests adjacent weaker request than the ‌iPhone 16‌ Plus saw past year, Kuo noted that accumulation of the ‌iPhone Air‌ is acceptable to beryllium astir 3x higher than that of the ‌iPhone 16‌ Plus.

He added that determination is nary nonstop humanities comparator for its positioning successful the lineup, making it hard to measure however it volition execute astatine this aboriginal stage. Kuo speculates that portion the ‌iPhone Air‌ "doesn't look compelling connected paper," the in-store hands-on acquisition could win successful convincing customers to bargain the device.
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