The MacRumors Show: iPhone Air 2 - What Changes After a Difficult First Year
The MacRumors Show: iPhone Air 2 - What Changes After a Difficult First YearFriday August 7, 2026 9:23 am PDT by Hartley CharltonThe iPhone Air reaches one year on sale next month, and Apple is now closer to launching its successor than it is to the original's debut. On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss what's next for the device. Apple discounted it heavily in March, and SellCell data put its ten-week depreciation at 44.3% on average, against 34.6% for the iPhone 17 series.
- ▪The MacRumors Show: iPhone Air 2 - What Changes After a Difficult First YearFriday August 7, 2026 9:23 am PDT by Hartley CharltonThe iPhone Air reaches one year on sale next month, and Apple is now closer to launching its successor than it
- ▪On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss what's next for the device.
- ▪Apple discounted it heavily in March, and SellCell data put its ten-week depreciation at 44.3% on average, against 34.6% for the iPhone 17 series.
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The MacRumors Show: iPhone Air 2 - What Changes After a Difficult First YearFriday August 7, 2026 9:23 am PDT by Hartley CharltonThe iPhone Air reaches one year on sale next month, and Apple is now closer to launching its successor than it is to the original's debut. On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss what's next for the device. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videosThe first-generation model has had a difficult run. A KeyBanc Capital Markets survey found virtually no demand for the device within weeks of its September 2025 launch, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that suppliers were asked to cut capacity by more than 80% between launch and early 2026, and Luxshare and Foxconn both wound down production, leaving the phone believed…
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