For the benefit of those who might not be aware, China only authorized domestic eSIMs recently when Apple launched the iPhone Air as an eSIM-only variant<\/a>. Now, according to DigiTimes, the Chinese OEMs are trying to exploit the ensuing novelty factor by incorporating eSIMs in a large array of models, instead of solely relying on an ultra-thin form factor to serve as the primary eSIM conduit.<\/p>\n The Information reported recently that Foxconn was slated to halt all production lines for the iPhone Air by the end of November<\/a>. Meanwhile, according to the publication, the variant’s only other assembler, Luxshare, had already halted its production lines for the ultra-slim iPhone back in October amid a slowing sales momentum.<\/p>\n In the same vein, The Information reported that\u00a0the Apple iPhone Air 2 has now been delayed until the spring of 2027<\/a>. While initial reports indicated that the delay was prompted by Apple’s desire to equip its ultra-slim variant with a dual-camera setup, Bloomberg’s prolific tipster, Mark Gurman, believes it has more to do with the upcoming A20 chip that would leverage TSMC’s 2nm process, replete with\u00a0Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM) packaging<\/a>, allowing components such as the SoC and the DRAM to be directly integrated at the wafer level.<\/p>\n Given the production constraints around TSMC’s 2nm node, Apple’s launch cadence changes – which would see the iPhone Air launch with the iPhone 18 and the iPhone 18e in the spring of 2027 instead of the fall of 2026 – might be an efficient way of managing limited supply for the A20 chip.<\/p>\n Gurman also reported that Apple always expected\u00a0the iPhone Air to constitute between 6 percent and 8 percent of its annual iPhone sales<\/a>. As such, the ultra-thin smartphone continues to retain utility for Apple as an experimental platform for testing out new technology. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t
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