Apple may add an iPhone Air to its lineup

Apple’s next big iPhone upgrade will include a new model called the iPhone 17 Air, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

Given Apple’s success with thin MacBooks and iPads (I’m currently typing these words on my MacBook Air), the Air moniker seems like an obvious way to expand the lineup, and it could be more attractive than the iPhone Plus or Mini.

Gurman writes that the iPhone 17 Air will include Apple’s first in-house modem, which is said to debut in the new iPhone SE in the spring. The phone is said to be Apple’s thinnest smartphone yet – two millimeters thinner than the current iPhone. So this would represent a step Foldable iPhone and iPad The company is said to be developing in 2026 or later.

Gurman also discontinued other Apple products expected to launch in 2025, including A smart home hub. Not on the list: A new version of the company’s mixed reality headset, the Vision Pro.