Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge appears to have genuinely flopped

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge appears to have genuinely flopped

The new iPhone Air has proved markedly more successful than the Plus model it effectively replaced in Apple’s range. According to an Ookla report, the iPhone Air accounted for 6.8% of iPhone 17 family sales, compared with just 2.9% for the iPhone 16 Plus within the iPhone 16 line-up.

The same study says that the standard iPhone 17 also enjoyed a stronger launch than its predecessor, taking a 7% share against 5.9% for the iPhone 16. By contrast, the shares of the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max within overall series sales declined relative to last year’s Pro models. The iPhone 17 Pro saw the most pronounced drop, potentially signalling that demand has shifted towards the Air.

The report’s authors attribute this outcome to the new model’s clearer positioning. While the iPhone 16 Plus was largely seen as a bigger version of the standard iPhone, the iPhone Air has a more distinctive selling point: its ultra-thin body, which has become its main marketing advantage.

Ookla further notes that, in the United States, the iPhone Air contributes data to the Speedtest app around three times more often than the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. In the United Kingdom and Germany, S25 Edge adoption remains minimal, at under 1%, according to the company.

The report also focuses on the new Apple C1X modem fitted to the iPhone Air. Ookla believes that the modem has now reached a level of maturity at which claims of a substantial gap behind Qualcomm solutions are becoming less relevant. Compared with the Qualcomm X80, the new C1X has come very close in real-world download speeds worldwide. This represents a significant advance on the first C1 modem, which debuted in the iPhone 16e and lagged far behind Qualcomm’s solutions.