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RIP iPhone 18 Air

Wayne Ma and Qianer Liu say we'll have to wait to see a sequel to iPhone Air, but The Information provides literally nothing beyond this headline outside their paywall:

Apple Delays Release of Next iPhone Air Amid Weak Sales

But does one truly need to fork over $399 to know exactly what the body of the article is going to say?

All you need to know is that Justin Searls loving an Apple product is effectively the kiss of death in the Tim Cook era:

2015: 12" MacBook, my all-time favorite Mac, cancelled after two revisions
2018: HomePod, of which I bought six at launch, never sold through its initial manufacturing run
2020: iPhone mini, my all-time favorite iPhone, cancelled after one revision
2024: Vision Pro, which I rely on daily, received one revision under duress
2025: iPhone Air, which is exactly what I asked for, had even its one revision cancelled

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here.

 theinformation.com

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