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New Delhi: Apple announced a new iPhone today and finally used the “Air” name for it. The iPhone Air is a thin and light model with pro-class parts, priced from 999 dollars in the US, however in India it will cost you - ₹119900at the current conversion of 1 dollar to ₹87. I watched the reveal and caught myself double checking the thickness note. Apple says 5.6 mm. That is slimmer than the phones I have carried to events, so I was curious about durability claims.
John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, summed up the pitch. “The all-new iPhone Air is so powerful, yet impossibly thin and light, that you really have to hold it to believe it’s real,” he said, adding that it brings “pro performance, a versatile 48MP Fusion camera system, our innovative Center Stage front camera, and great all-day battery life.”
The iPhone Air uses a grade 5 titanium frame with a high gloss finish, plus Ceramic Shield 2 on the front and Ceramic Shield on the back. Apple says scratch resistance is three times better than before on the front and the back is four times more crack resistant than earlier glass backs. The 6.5 inch Super Retina XDR panel supports ProMotion up to 120 Hz, Always On, and 3000 nits peak outdoor brightness. The Action button stays, and there is a Camera Control shortcut to jump into the camera or trigger visual intelligence.
Apple is stacking three in-house chips inside this model. The A19 Pro handles CPU and GPU duties, with Neural Accelerators inside each GPU core for on device AI tasks. The N1 wireless chip brings Wi Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread. The new C1X cellular modem promises up to two times the speed of C1 and uses less energy than the modem inside iPhone 16 Pro, as per Apple’s claim. In plain use, that should mean faster downloads and steadier hotspot sharing.
On the back, a 48 MP Fusion main camera covers multiple focal lengths, including 28 mm and 35 mm, and offers an optical quality 2x telephoto. The updated Photonic Engine is tuned for better detail and skin tones. The new 18 MP Center Stage front camera uses a square sensor, captures a wider field, and can switch between portrait and landscape selfies without rotating the phone. Video goes up to 4K60 Dolby Vision, with Action mode and Spatial Audio capture.
Apple says the thin shell leaves more space for the battery because of the internal plateau design. There is an Adaptive Power Mode in iOS 26 that learns your pattern and slows drain later in the day. iPhone Air is eSIM only, which saves internal space and can help with travel plans if your carrier supports eSIM.
iPhone Air starts at ₹119900. Storage options are 256 GB, 512 GB, and 1 TB. Colours are space black, cloud white, light gold, and sky blue. Pre orders open on Friday, 12 September, and sales begin Friday, 19 September in India and over 60 regions.
