How To Pre-order The Iphone Air, Iphone 17 And Iphone 17 Pro Ahead Of Their September 19 Release Date

The prima of Apple’s lineup — and nan astir important creation update for nan iPhone since 2017’s iPhone X — is nan iPhone Air. Like nan original MacBook Air and iPad Air, nan caller phone’s large trading constituent is thinness, arsenic it measures conscionable 5.6 millimeters astatine its slimmest point. That’s much than 2.3mm thinner than nan modular iPhone 17. This creation is besides lighter than nan remainder of nan lineup astatine 165 grams; by contrast, nan iPhone 17 weighs 177g, while nan overmuch smaller iPhone 13 mini weighed 141 grams.

The Air sports a 6.5-inch, always-on OLED show pinch a 120Hz adaptable refresh rate. It's protected by a caller Ceramic Shield 2 furniture connected nan beforehand that Apple claims is 3 times much scratch-resistant than erstwhile models. It runs connected a caller spot called nan A19 Pro, which should beryllium a spot faster and much power-efficient than nan also-new A19 spot successful nan guidelines model. The creation has a Ceramic Shield solid backmost and titanium frame, pinch a pronounced pill-shaped bump connected nan backmost that houses nan rear camera. There’s still a USB-C port, and nan telephone uses nan C1 modem that Apple debuted pinch nan iPhone 16e earlier this year.

Being truthful bladed could unit nan iPhone Air to discuss successful definite areas, however. The main interest is artillery life: Apple says nan phone's "high-density" battery, improved processor and C1 modem — on pinch ratio improvements successful iOS 26 — should let it to past "all day," but we’ll request to trial nan instrumentality for ourselves earlier we tin opportunity conscionable really agelong that is successful nan existent world. On its shop page, Apple says nan Air tin nutrient up to 27 hours of video playback. Perhaps tellingly, nan institution has released a $99 MagSafe artillery pack to spell pinch nan phone, which tin widen that standing to 40 hours.

Beyond that, nan Air’s constricted abstraction intends it only has room to fresh a azygous 48-megapixel "Fusion" camera connected nan back, not nan dual- aliases triple-lens camera setup of nan iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro. (There's a sharper 18MP front-facing camera pinch Apple's Center Stage tech, however, and Apple says you tin now grounds videos utilizing nan beforehand and rear cameras simultaneously.) The bladed framework intends there’s nary room for beingness SIM cards either, truthful you’ll person to get onboard pinch eSIM instead.

The iPhone Air starts astatine $999 for 256GB of storage, pinch 512GB and 1TB versions priced astatine $1,199 and $1,399, respectively. It’s disposable successful entity blue, ray gold, unreality achromatic and abstraction black. Like nan different iPhones announced today, it’ll beryllium disposable to pre-order connected September 12 astatine Apple’s online store. Shipping will statesman connected September 19.

Even much than usual, we’d urge astir group hold for reviews earlier picking this 1 up. This is simply a first-generation instrumentality (sort of), and nan presumed sacrifices pinch nan camera and artillery could beryllium significant. That said, it’s besides nan first genuinely different iPhone successful immoderate time, and much than a fewer group person complained astir Apple’s handsets increasing stagnant complete nan years. If nan trade-offs aren’t excessively great, nan Air could bring a small excitement backmost to jaded iPhone users (especially if they won't conscionable usage a case).