The iPhone Air barely surpassed 700,000 unit activations and is convincing Apple’s rivals to ditch plans for ultra-thing smartphones, according to to the leaker known as “Digital Chat Station” as noted by MacRumors.
The Sellers Research Group (that’s me) thinks Apple has sold more units of the iPhone Air than that. There’s no denying it’s been a sales disappointment (although it reportedly sold well in China), but the tech giant has apparently not given up on the design yet.
Another leaker, “Fixed Digital Focus,”recently posted that more iterations of the iPhone Air are coming despite disappointing sales for the first generation
“The Air 2 will proceed with its standard product iteration cycle; no matter how abysmal the sales turn out to be, Apple will grit its teeth and push through with at least two generations,” he/she said.
Another leaker known as “Instant Digital” said that Apple has requested an “ultra-thin” Face ID component from suppliers that will allow a second generation of the thinnest-ever iPhone to accommodate an ultra wide-angle lens in addition to the existing single main lens. A redesign that includes a second camera is said to be one way that Apple thinks it can address user complaints that the iPhone Air, while an impressive design feat, has led to too many hardware compromises, especially given the US$999 price tag.
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