India, Oct. 24 -- For once, there is very little sarcasm at play when I say this - colour me surprised. Apple is believed to be cutting back production of the iPhone Air, barely a few weeks into the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air era. Samsung, too, is believed to have (believe what you will) pulled the plug on any plans for a Galaxy S26 Edge, after the Galaxy S25 Edge didn't sell as well as expected. Global analysts seem to be leaning in with these opinions - Ming-Chi Kuo in Apple's case and Sana Securities in Samsung's instance - and it is unlikely there's smoke without fire. But why have the Apple iPhone Air and the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge lost convincingly where they should have won conclusively?

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