{"id":369943,"date":"2025-12-25T20:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/369943\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T20:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:30:09","slug":"as-galaxy-s26-edge-is-cancelled-apple-could-double-down-on-ultra-thin-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/369943\/","title":{"rendered":"As Galaxy S26 Edge is cancelled, Apple could double down on ultra-thin iPhones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2025, Samsung <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/galaxy-s25-edge-official-specs-features-price-details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/samsung\/galaxy-s25-edge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy S25 Edge<\/a>, which was the industry\u2019s first ultra-thin smartphone with high-end\/flagship hardware. Apple followed in Samsung\u2019s footsteps and, in September 2025, launched the iPhone Air, a device similar to the Galaxy S25 Edge.\n<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, neither the Galaxy S25 Edge nor the iPhone Air is selling well. Looking at it, Samsung <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/bad-iphone-air-sales-convinced-samsung-to-drop-the-galaxy-s26-edge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decided<\/a> not to launch a successor to its first ultra-thin flagship phone, which was expected to arrive as the Galaxy S26 Edge. Contrary to that, Apple seems to be doubling down on ultra-thin iPhones.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/inside-apples-iphone-road-map-foldable-screens-curved-glass-cases\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a report<\/a> from The Information, Apple\u2019s next ultra-thin smartphone, the iPhone Air 2, will feature two cameras at the rear as opposed to only one on the iPhone 17 Air (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_air_2_once_again_rumored_to_gain_a_second_rear_camera_maybe_even_a_lower_price-news-70747.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via<\/a> GSMArena). At the moment, there\u2019s no information on this camera. However, considering that the main camera can zoom in twice, the second camera could be an ultra-wide unit rather than a telephoto one.\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to that, the report says that Apple is planning to launch the iPhone Air 2 at a lower price than the iPhone Air in the US, which is quite shocking for two reasons. First, Apple typically never launches a new version of a product at a lower price. In fact, it launches the refreshed product at a higher price. Second, smartphone prices have been increasing due to the memory shortage.\n<\/p>\n<p>It seems a little unbelievable that Apple will manage to offer the iPhone Air 2 with better camera hardware (and larger battery) at a lower price than the iPhone Air when smartphone prices are going up. However, if it does manage to achieve the task, the iPhone Air 2 could be a very appealing device. If the iPhone Air 2 turns out to be a success, it would mean that Samsung took the wrong decision cancelling the Galaxy S26 Edge.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"google-preferred-news-source-cta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/add-sammobile-as-a-preferred-source-on-google-to-always-get-the-latest-news\/\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"google-preferred-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Google Preferred News Source\" style=\"max-width: 50%; height: auto;\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In May 2025, Samsung launched the Galaxy S25 Edge, which was the industry\u2019s first ultra-thin smartphone with high-end\/flagship&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[517,115170,97077,4536,71004,165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-369943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-iphone-air","10":"tag-galaxy-s26-edge","11":"tag-iphone","12":"tag-iphone-air","13":"tag-mobile","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}