Apple is reportedly delaying the launch of the iPhone Air 2. The Information reports that Apple recently “notified engineers and suppliers that they were taking the next iPhone Air off the schedule without providing a new release date.” The report cites “three people involved in the project.”
iPhone Air 2 release delayed
The second-generation iPhone Air was initially set to launch next fall alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Fold. According to The Information, the device was planned to be even lighter than the current iPhone Air and have a larger battery capacity.
Apple was also working on bringing the vapor chamber cooling system that first debuted on the iPhone 17 Pro to the iPhone Air 2. A separate supply chain rumor last week said the iPhone Air 2 may have also had two cameras.
Unfortunately, all of this is now up in the air. The report says that Apple has “stopped short of canceling the next iPhone Air.” In fact, some Apple engineers and manufacturers are “still working on it.”
That said, however, there’s no release date on the books and this decision to remove the iPhone Air 2 from the schedule is “rare if not unprecedented.”
The Information attributes this decision to lower-than-expected sales of the iPhone Air so far. The report says Foxconn has “dismantled all but one and a half of its production lines for the first version and expects to halt all production by the end of the month.”
Luxshare, Apple’s other iPhone Air production partner, ended its production of the device at the end of October.
With this news, we now expect Apple to launch three new iPhones next fall: the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Fold.
The base model iPhone 18 and the iPhone 18e are expected to launch the following year, in spring of 2027.
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