The iPhone 17 Pro Phones Far Outnumber Their Siblings, but the iPhone Air Has Fans
The iPhone Air secured 6.8% of U.S. iPhone 17-generation samples in Q4 2025, doubling the previous model's share while validating Apple's shift away from the Plus line.
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iPhone Air is demonstrably not a failure for Apple
The iPhone Air has been a sales success for Apple according to cellular statistics, and has about more than doubled sales of the plus-sized ancestor.iPhone AirAfter months of rumors surrounding the so-called failure of the iPhone Air, it is taking a larger role in Apple's lineup than the Plus models have for the last several years. Ookla data published March 22 shows it captures a much bigger share of active devices on the intervet when compared…
iPhone Air Said to Be Roughly Twice as Popular as iPhone 16 Plus
While it certainly has its critics, the iPhone Air appears to have validated Apple's decision to retire the iPhone Plus, if new results from an independent analysis are anything to go by. Crowdsourced Speedtest data published by Ookla suggests the iPhone Air captured 6.8 percent of iPhone 17 generation samples in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2025, up from the 2.9 percent share the iPhone 16 Plus managed in the same launch window a year e
Report: iPhone Air Is Significantly More Popular than the Plus Model
Apple’s newer iPhone Air model seems to be doing much better than the Plus version it quietly replaced. A recent Ookla report suggests the iPhone Air is nearly twice as popular, which points to a clear change in what consumers want from an iPhone. The new slim iPhone is pulling nearly twice the usage share of the old iPhone 16 Plus during the same launch period. While the iPhone Air remains the least popular iPhone in the latest iPhone 17 lineup…
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