That’s it, the new, long -awaited Apple smartphone is there. After months of waiting and rumors, the Californian firm comes, during its traditional back-to-school Keynote, to lift the veil on its standard holder product. In this article, find everything you need to know about it.
iPhone Air: its flagship characteristics
For an overview of what the beast in the belly, here is its technical sheet summarized in a few points:
- Thickness of the case: only 5.6 mm (in comparison, the iPhone 16 has a 7.8 mm thick box)
- Screen size: 6.5 inches (Super Retina XDR)
- Screen technology: Always on Display, 120 Hz promotion, 3000 nits
- Processor: A19 pro chip with 6 heartsGPU 5 cores with Dynamic Caching 2, Unified image compression, neural accelerators integrated
- Rear photo module:
- 48 MP fusion system with 1x and 2x optical zoom (26 mm and 52 mm focal lengths)
- Additional focal lengths: 28 mm and 35 mm
- Quad-pixel sensor 2.0 µm with optical stabilization
- Front camera: 18 MP, Center Stage, square sensor, ultra-stabilization, 4K HDR recording, landscape/portrait mode without rotation, double capture (front/rear)
- Biometric safety: Face ID
- Main connection: USB-C (3D printed titanium port)
- Proposed finishes: Space Black, Cloud White, Light Gold and Sky Blue
- Other specificities:
- Ceramic Shield 2 At the front, 3 times more resistant to scratches, anti-reflective treatment
- Ceramic Shield on the back Including the tray, resistance 4 times higher than the shocks
- Titanium frame Grade 5 Poli Mirror
- Apple C1X modem : 2 times faster than C1, 30 % more economical
- N1 chip : Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread
- ESIM onlyworldwide
- Autonomy of a full day (“All-Day Battery Life”, “Most Power-Efficient iPhone Ever Made” according to Apple)
- Button action and shortcut smart camera
Price and availability of iPhone Air
- € 1,229 in 256 GB
- € 1,479 in 512 GB
- € 1,729 in 1 to
You can pre -order the iPhone Air from Friday September 12 at 2 p.m.French time, with a planned outing September 19. It is also on this date that deliveries will start for those who placed first.
Official accessories
- New ultra-fine Magsafe batteryup to 40 hours of video playback with the iPhone Air (“A New, Low-Profile Magsafe Battery”)
- New translucent shell less than 1 mm thick, available in Frost and Shadow
- New crossbody strapavailable in 10 colors, recycle fabric
- Light bumper shellavailable in 4 assorted colors:
iPhone Air: our opinion
This year, Apple has chosen to return the model more to the oblivion to replace it with this new Air model. So, like the iPhone Plus, the iPhone Air is a somewhat modified iPhone 17.
Finer, lighter, larger, but also possibly less autonomous (to see according to the first feedback and first tests) than the iPhone 17, the Smartphone air will not fail to divide. For our part, it seems difficult to identify the public targeted by Apple with this new format. Above all, when the competitors are increasingly relying on folding smartphones, whose solidity is affirmed today and suitable uses.
In fact, you just have to see the iPhone Air as a iPhone 17 betteras the MacBook Air was an evolution of the classic MacBook, or the iPad Air, an evolution of the iPad. Halfway between the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Pro, the air comes to fill a hole left gaping by stopping more models (which certainly have not encountered the expected success) and the price increase in pro models.
The iPhone Air is probably The model that best embodies Apple’s desire to redefine its smartphone approach. Its ultra-fine titanium chassis in fact, let us remember, the lightest iPhone ever designed. Despite its finesse, it retains a beautiful OLED screen equipped with 120 Hz promotion technology, so far absent from non -pro models. Under the hood, we find the A19 Pro chip, engraved in 3 Nm, which promises a good power to support Apple Intelligence, even offline.
In short, if you want a little more than the iPhone 17, without having to ruin yourself to buy the iPhone 17 Pro, this air model can be The perfect compromise. You can review the full summary of the Keynote here.
