Phones

iPhone Air

A 5.64 mm iPhone that weighs 165 g, with a 6.5-inch display, one rear lens and the A19 Pro chip.

At a glance

Best forPeople for whom a 5.64 mm, 165 g phone is worth one rear lens and 27 hours of quoted video playback
PricingFrom $1,099 (256GB); $1,299 at 512GB and $1,699 at 1TB
PlatformiOS 27
Key differentiatorA 5.64 mm body at 165 g, with a 6.5-inch Super Retina XDR display and a single 48MP rear lens

Quick take

Consider it if the size and weight of the phone matter more to you than the number of lenses on the back. It is 5.64 mm deep and weighs 165 g, with a 6.5-inch Super Retina XDR display and the A19 Pro chip. The trade is the camera and the quoted battery: one rear lens at 26mm, with a 2x crop to 52mm taken from the same sensor, and 27 hours of video playback on Apple’s own figure. It starts at $1,099.

Good fit if

You want a phone 5.64 mm thick that weighs 165 g
You want a 6.5-inch display at 2736 x 1260
One rear lens is enough for how you shoot
You want MagSafe and Qi2 wireless charging up to 20W
You want a 1TB tier in a phone this thin

Consider another option if

You want more than one rear lens — an ultra wide, or a dedicated telephoto
You want a longer quoted battery figure than 27 hours of video playback
$1,099 before any storage upgrade is more than you want to spend
You want a published minimum number of years of updates, which Apple does not state
You want Android rather than iOS

Key facts

PriceFrom $1,099 (256GB); $1,299 at 512GB and $1,699 at 1TB
Display6.5-inch all-screen OLED Super Retina XDR, 2736 x 1260 (tall x wide) at 460 ppi; Dynamic Island, Always-On, ProMotion up to 120Hz; 3000 nits peak outdoor
Battery lifeVideo playback up to 27 hours; streamed video up to 22 hours
ChipA19 Pro chip, 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU with Neural Accelerators
Camera systemOne rear lens: 48MP Fusion Main (26mm, f/1.6) with sensor-shift optical image stabilisation, which also enables a 12MP optical-quality 2x Telephoto (52mm, f/1.6); digital zoom up to 10x; 18MP Center Stage front camera
Operating systemiOS 27
ChargingUp to 50% in 30 minutes with a 20W adapter or higher; MagSafe and Qi2 wireless up to 20W
Size and weight156.2 mm tall x 74.7 wide x 5.64 deep; 165 g
Storage256GB, 512GB, 1TB
Water resistanceIP68, to a maximum depth of 6 metres for up to 30 minutes, under IEC standard 60529

Gallery

iPhone Air in all four finishes, one from the front and three from the back, each with a single rear lens — Apple

Close-up of the iPhone Air camera plateau, with one rear lens and the flash beside it — Apple

iPhone Air from the back and from the side, showing the camera plateau and the depth of the body — Apple

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