#iphone-air

#iphone-air

I'm not being rude, I'm saying this because I've found myself doing this too. I was genuinely excited when Apple unveiled the Touch Bar, the Dynamic Island, and Camera Control. It felt ground-breaking for precisely 4 minutes before I then reminded myself... the Touch Bar was first put on a Lenovo laptop 2 years before apple, the Dynamic Island is still larger than most hole-punch cameras, and the Camera Control, while great, doesn't beat the innovation that Sony's had in their 'camera phone' era.

Is the iPhone Air's slim profile calling to you? If you're thinking of upgrading, keep in mind that going thinner likely means a slightly smaller - or larger - screen. The iPhone Air, the standout model of the four smartphones Apple announced at its "Awe-inspiring" event earlier this week, is the thinnest iPhone ever made, clocking in at 5.6 millimeters. The iPhone Air also has a 6.5-inch display screen.

Since the release of the first iPhone, smartphones have gotten thicker, then broader, then thinner again, before a long, stable era of gradual screen inflation. The iPhone 4, released in 2010, is 0.37 inches thick with a 3.5-inch screen. The iPhone 16, released last year, is 0.31 inches thick with up to a 6.7-inch screen and a substantially similar design. We've been in the sorta bulky, sorta thin smartphone era for a while now; at the same time, iPhone sales have stopped growing consistently.

The newest and arguably most innovative iPhone features the company's slimmest design yet, measuring at around 5.6mm thin. How did the folks at Cupertino achieve such a record? By opting for a smaller battery, fewer cameras, and some design elements that disrupt the norm, especially by iPhone standards. In other words, this is a totally different beast.

Apple announced a new iPhone Air, coming in at just 145 grams and a 5.5mm thickness as the company tries to pack a punch in a slim design. Does that also mean we might see a foldable iPhone in the near future? Apple remains behind on that form factor, but the Air brings it one step closer to competing with the likes of Samsung and Google's foldable lineups.

We're a long way from the days when a new iPhone launch just meant one new phone. It shifted to "basically the same phone in two sizes" a decade or so ago, and then to a version of "one lineup of regular phones and one lineup of Pro phones" in 2017 when the iPhone 8 was introduced next to the iPhone X.

In 2017, Apple's then-newest iPhone foreshadowed the most significant design shift in the device's history. With the iPhone X's debut, Apple's smartphone ditched its iconic home button so it could transition to an all-screen form factor-a design that was ultimately destined for every iPhone model. That transition was finally completed in 2025 when Apple scuttled the last iPhone with a home button, the iPhone SE, and replaced it with the all-screen iPhone 16e, finally bringing all-screen uniformity across the entire iPhone lineup

Determined to give us something new to talk about, Apple has introduced its ultra-thin iPhone Air. It's just 5.6mm thick with a 6.5-inch ProMotion display, a 48-megapixel dual camera, a selfie camera that supports Center Stage, and an add-on MagSafe battery. Among other things. We asked the staff of The Verge for their first impressions of the iPhone Air. We'll run a full review of the phone, of course, but here are some feelings about the phone from our staff.

For instance, the Air's battery lasts up to 27 hours, while the iPhone 17 lasts up to 30. It lacks the iPhone 17's Ultra Wide camera. It also doesn't support macro photography. Meanwhile, the Air's price point of $999 is 22% more expensive than the 17 base model, which starts at $799. And for just $100 more, you could upgrade to the iPhone 17 Pro ($1,099).

Announced today, the iPhone Air will debut on September 19 for $999. Its selling point? The iPhone Air is 5.6mm thick. Except for the camera-that part still sticks out. "Truly amazing" and "unlike anything you experienced before," according to CEO Tim Cook, the iPhone Air is Apple's attempt to reignite excitement in the iPhone business, which hit a 6-year low in new activations last year as people decide to stick with their perfectly adequate phones for longer.

At its 'Awe-Dropping' keynote today, September 9th, 2025, Apple unveiled the iPhone Air as the thinnest iPhone it has ever made. Just 5.6 millimeters thin (less than a quarter-inch), the phone is crafted with 'spacecraft titanium,' a material that feels feather-light and durable. Despite shedding thickness, the phone is said to hold its ground against wear and daily handling with Ceramic Shield, its glass-ceramic material first introduced on the iPhone 12 lineup in 2020. Now, this material protects both the front and back surfaces.

The "Air" branding is meant to bring to mind other lightweight - and sometimes less expensive - Apple products like the MacBook Air and iPad Air. But it also recalls a time when smartphone makers were chasing an ever-thinner phone. In the AI era, however, it's not necessarily the device's size that matters; it's what the software it runs can do.

Apple's new iPhone Air contains more recycled titanium than any of its predecessors, the company announced at the Tuesday Keynote. It's using 80 percent recycled titanium. The phone as a whole is made with 35 percent recycled material by weight, compared to 30 percent recycled material for the iPhone 17. The company's latest lineup of watches also boast higher proportions of recycled content.

Apple just announced the iPhone Air, which, as you might guess by the name, is something Apple is marketing as extremely thin and light. It's 5.6mm thin and has a ProMotion display, one camera, Apple's Ceramic Shield 2 glass on both sides, and an A19 Pro chip. But what does it actually feel like to hold? I (Allison) got to actually pick up the phone at Apple's launch event today, and it sure is light.

Next month, Apple is rumored to debut a slimmed-down iPhone Air, breaking from the small design tweaks and spec bumps that have become routine at its launch events. The three-year plan will see its hardware change to mesh with the new Liquid Glass design in its next iOS update, as Bloomberg's Mark Gurman highlighted in his latest newsletter over the weekend.