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When Apple last fall he showed the world iPhone 17, many users were blown away by this model. After years of trying out basic models on the spot, it managed to iPhone 17 has been improved on many key fronts, making it a phone that is not just about numbers, but on the contrary, can satisfy even the most demanding user. From iPhone 17 Pro differs mainly in the absence of a telephoto lens, while the rest of the essential specifications are more or less the same. New reports from the Chinese social network Weibo are all the more surprising, according to which it is possible that we will not see the successor to this great phone. Well, how can you say that? 

That Apple does not plan basic iPhone 18 to introduce this fall is no secret. Autumn Keynote This year, it is supposed to be reserved only for high-end models, while spring is supposed to belong to more affordable phones, especially the basic ones. iPhonem. The catch, however, is that the improved version iPhone 17 as new iPhone 18 may not arrive at all next spring. Apple is reportedly toying with the idea of ​​canceling this model and as iPhone 18 then will sell iPhone Air 2. He is currently actively developing it and will probably try to attract attention with it as the new basis for the series. Of course, there will also be iPhone 18e, but of course it has to take into account a number of compromises, which is why it will continue to be more of a low-end device. 

Honestly, while this speculation may sound crazy at first glance, it actually makes a lot of sense. If the leaks are true, it will get iPhone Air 2 on the back second camera (ultrawide-angle), better battery and a new chip, which are ultimately things that are expected, or have been expected even for the basic model iPhone 18. Apple would end up selling two phones side by side with very similar, if not in most cases identical, technical specifications, which would only differ in appearance. 

And that could ultimately be a major problem. If the difference were really primarily in appearance, I dare say that many people would choose the thin one. iPhone Air 2 againchat and rather reach for iPhone 18, because it is clear that it would be cheaper, given that this is also the case with the 17 series. Omitting one or the other model from the offer would be a quite logical step, and since it is in terms of body iPhone Air 2 certainly more interesting than iPhone 18, the latter could go out of the round. Apple would also elegantly secure a new de facto base model at a higher price, because while iPhone The 17 now starts at $799 in the US, iPhone Air at $999, and we're talking about that before the price increase, which is likely to happen soon. 

Apple could theoretically solve the overall price increase by not increasing the current classic basic model, but replacing it with a more expensive, but I dare say, overall more interesting model, which would thus become a new base. Whether this will happen or not will of course only be seen next spring, but personally I would not like this strategy.onec was not surprising at all, quite the opposite. Moreover, I kind of think that it might not actually be a bad move, because iPhone Air as such it is a really interesting phone and if you use it Apple can advance even further technologically in the second generation, it could be a new foundation that the world will love. 

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