The iPhone Air 2 has two rear cameras in a new set of dummy units, a straight answer to the biggest complaint about the first Air. X user Lusi Roy shared photos and video of CNC aluminum models of the Air 2 and the standard iPhone 18, and PhoneArena rounded up the leak.
The Air 2 dummy keeps the raised camera plateau across the top of the back. Inside it there are now two camera cutouts and a flash, where the current Air has one lens. Per Android Headlines, the pair would be a 48MP main camera and a rumored 48MP ultra-wide.
The original Air asked $1,099 for a phone with a single 48MP camera. There was no ultra-wide and no zoom lens. For plenty of buyers that was the reason to pick an iPhone 17 or a Pro instead, and it made the Air a harder sell against thin Android phones with more lenses on the back.
The dummies also put the body at around 5.2mm, down from 5.6mm on the current model. That matches the thickness already reported for the Air 2, so the second camera doesn't seem to cost any thinness. The battery would be 3,500mAh, per Android Headlines.
The iPhone 18 dummy is far less exciting. It looks nearly identical to the iPhone 17, which fits what's been reported about the standard model keeping last year's design.
Both phones are expected in spring 2027, alongside the iPhone 18e. Apple now launches its Pro models in the autumn and holds the standard and lower-priced phones for the following spring, so anyone shopping for a non-Pro iPhone this winter is buying a design that's about to be replaced.
Rising memory costs are pushing Apple's prices up across the range, and the first Air already sat at $1,099. A second camera fixes the Air's weakest spec. It won't help much if the Air 2 lands at an even higher price.
Apple hasn't said anything about the Air 2. If the single camera kept you away from the first Air, wait for spring rather than buying a thin phone now.