Apple was expected to launch the iPhone Air 2 next September alongside the iPhone Fold, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, while the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e would arrive together in spring 2027.
However, a new report from The Information today claims that Apple has delayed the next iPhone Air. This is most likely due to the original iPhone Air’s lackluster sales, which have recently made Apple scale back orders for the device from its suppliers.
Furthermore, all Foxconn production for the Air is expected to stop at the end of this month, following Luxshare stopping it in October. Apple still has some work to do to figure out a fourth phone that a lot of people would actually want to buy alongside the ‘vanilla’ iPhone, the Pro, and the Pro Max.
Perhaps the iPhone Fold will be that model next year, but the iPhone Air definitely doesn’t seem to be that much more successful than the previous failed attempts at filling that fourth seat at the table – both the mini models and the Plus ones failed as well.
If the iPhone Air 2 doesn’t get cancelled altogether, then it will most likely be unveiled alongside the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e in spring 2027. It was recently rumored to add a second camera on the rear, which obviously should have been there in the original Air.