Slimboy flat: Apple, Samsung slow production, offer discounts, halt launches as lightweight models fail to get off the ground

NEW DELHI: Slim smartphones are struggling to find favour with consumers in India and other countries, forcing their manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung to go slow on production, even offering discounts and halting fresh product launches in certain cases. Retailers and analysts attribute this to the lower value for money for thin smartphone models like Apple’s iPhone Air and Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge compared to competing flagship handsets from the same brands.

Lightweight smartphones tend to offer smaller battery capacity and fewer advanced features over the bulkier models.