{"id":25446,"date":"2025-11-28T09:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/iphone-air-failure-forcing-other-brands-to-stop-making-slim-phones-heres-what-we-know-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:29:15","slug":"iphone-air-failure-forcing-other-brands-to-stop-making-slim-phones-heres-what-we-know-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/iphone-air-failure-forcing-other-brands-to-stop-making-slim-phones-heres-what-we-know-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Air Failure Forcing Other Brands To Stop Making Slim Phones? Here\u2019s What We Know | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9737187\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">November 28, 2025, 14:50 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9737187\" class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3513788628 asubttl-schema\">iPhone Air sales have been low which has forced Apple to rejig the production and focus on the higher selling iPhone 17 and 17 Pro models.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bgorg\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3513788628\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3513788628 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The iPhone Air demand has been low and other brands don't want to make the same mistake\" title=\"The iPhone Air demand has been low and other brands don't want to make the same mistake\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3513788628\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The iPhone Air demand has been low and other brands don&#8217;t want to make the same mistake<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Apple\u2019s iPhone Air experiment seems to have failed and this is likely to have forced other brands to reconsider their own plans for slim phones. This has been mentioned in a <em>DigiTimes<\/em> report this week, which quotes brands like Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo and says they have cancelled plans to launch sleek phones that would have rivaled the iPhone Air in the market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The market hype around the sleek devices was quite high thanks to Samsung launching the Galaxy S25 Edge model earlier this year and Apple then joining the ranks with the iPhone Air model in September. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">But the novelty of a sleek phone combined with its limited features and a premium price tag has played against all the focus on the size of the phone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>iPhone Air Effect: End Of Sleek Phones Already?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Besides Apple and Samsung, Motorola launched its own Air model recently but the usual suspects from China have been missing and this report tells you the reason. It also claims that Apple has already asked its suppliers to shift their iPhone Air production to making more iPhone 17 and 17 Pro models. The company also saw its iPhone Air designer leave which is another hint about the future prospects of the iPhone Air lineup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The fact that Apple is quickly moving away its focus from the Air version is not shocking. These thin phones have built the hype but functionally these devices are not matching up to the standards of the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The launch of the iPhone 17 with more premium features and a better camera also doesn\u2019t help the cause for the iPhone Air, which caters to a different buyer, but the premium on its design clearly didn\u2019t find the right end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Apple played the smart game by keeping the Air version out of the 17 series lineup, something that Samsung could have also done to avoid this dramatic U-turn. The iPhone Fold is the main target but Apple wanted to test the waters with a sleek and premium device to see how the market responds and the feedback has been mixed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"S Aadeetya\" title=\"S Aadeetya\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aadeetya-3-2023-11-9de48efa65a9ed8ed13a8932cadb6d5a.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/s-aadeetya-21044.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">S Aadeetya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3513788628 atbtlink Location\"><span>Location :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>California, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3513788628 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>November 28, 2025, 14:50 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-3513788628 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/\">tech<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> iPhone Air Failure Forcing Other Brands To Stop Making Slim Phones? 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