{"id":14425,"date":"2025-09-16T03:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/the-iphone-air-is-not-a-precursor-to-apple-glasses-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T03:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:32:30","slug":"the-iphone-air-is-not-a-precursor-to-apple-glasses-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/the-iphone-air-is-not-a-precursor-to-apple-glasses-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone Air is NOT a precursor to Apple Glasses\u2026 Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I recently read a Digital Trends piece that spoke about how the \u2018iPhone Air is setting us up for Apple Smart Glasses<\/a>\u2018, and I couldn\u2019t help but think about how journalists who look at the iPhone Air have one of two reactions. There\u2019s one group of bloggers who believe this particular launch is just a stepping stone to a foldable phone\u2026 while the other group, marveling at how all the computing of the iPhone Air exists inside the bump, believe that this is actually leading to Apple building smart glasses. The latter are wrong, but before I tell you my spicy take, let me just preface by declaring that Apple almost certainly could be working on both foldables as well as smart glasses. I just don\u2019t think the iPhone Air is leading to Apple Glasses \u2013 because there\u2019s already a device that\u2019s been leading to it. The Watch.<\/p>\n

Something about Apple launching a new product really makes journalists lose all sense of objectivity. I\u2019m not being rude, I\u2019m saying this because I\u2019ve found myself doing this too. I was genuinely excited when Apple unveiled the Touch Bar, the Dynamic Island, and Camera Control. It felt ground-breaking for precisely 4 minutes before I then reminded myself\u2026 the Touch Bar was first put on a Lenovo laptop 2 years before apple, the Dynamic Island is still larger than most hole-punch cameras, and the Camera Control, while great, doesn\u2019t beat the innovation that Sony\u2019s had in their \u2018camera phone\u2019 era. I\u2019m not dunking on Apple, but hear me out \u2013 it\u2019s impressive how Apple managed to fit an entire smartphone into the iPhone Air\u2019s camera bump, but Apple\u2019s done this before \u2013 the Apple Watch is essentially a computer crammed into a wristwatch. Saying the iPhone Air is building up to smart glasses means completely ignoring all of Apple\u2019s work in the Watch category.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Will the iPhone Air\u2019s innovations lead to wearable breakthroughs? Absolutely. The watch\u2019s heart rate monitor led to breakthroughs in heart-tracking tech that made it to the AirPods Pro 3. The Center Stage camera on the Mac made it to the iPhone. Innovation always travels in multiple directions. But nobody looked at the heart rate monitor on the Apple Watch and thought, wow, this is definitely going to go into my ear someday.<\/p>\n

The point is, Apple\u2019s been on track for making powerful wearable devices. The Watch is essentially a computer that\u2019s only limited by its chipset and OS. Bump the S-series chipset\u2019s capabilities to match the A-series and the smartwatch essentially becomes a powerful computing device. It\u2019s already got a gyroscope, it has a battery, tracks health, is ridiculously water-resistant, and could easily pack a camera if you remove the entire sensor array on the bottom for calculating blood oxygen, wrist temperature, respiratory rate, and heart rate variability.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the iPhone Air hinting at? To be honest, I think the most logical conclusion is a foldable. Apple\u2019s built the iPhone Air to be ridiculously strong, thin, and capable of matching up to the performance of regular flagships. The iPhone Air\u2019s thin design still has a massive battery, which obviously doesn\u2019t port to a pair of smart glasses. Digital Trends asks this exact same question, wondering if Apple\u2019s glasses will have a tethered battery pack like the Vision Pro. But then again, this is exactly what I find so amusing \u2013 journalists forgetting that Apple\u2019s been making powerful computing devices with tiny batteries. All you need to do is look at your wrist!<\/p>\n

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