iPhone Air Screen Size
The iPhone Air has a 6.5 inch screen with a resolution of 1260 × 2736 pixels, about 463 pixels per inch. The screen itself is 2.7 in6.9 cm wide and 5.9 in15.0 cm tall (6.9 cm2.7 in × 15.0 cm5.9 in), measured as a rectangle before the rounded corners.
- Screen
- 6.5 in 16.5 cm
- Resolution
- 1260 × 2736
- Pixel density
- 463 PPI
- Released
- 2025
How big is the iPhone Air screen?
- Screen (diagonal)
- 6.5 in (16.5 cm)
- Screen width
- 2.7 in6.9 cm · 6.9 cm2.7 in
- Screen height
- 5.9 in15.0 cm · 15.0 cm5.9 in
- Screen area
- 16 sq in104 sq cm
- Aspect ratio
- 19.5:9 (2.17:1)
- Resolution
- 1260 × 2736
- Total pixels
- 3.4 million
- Pixel density
- 463 PPI
- Pixels per cm
- 182
- Pixel size
- 0.055 mm
- Released
- 2025
Which iPhones came out in 2025?
Apple released 5 iPhones in 2025: the iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 and iPhone 16e. Their screens ran from 6.1 to 6.9 inches. Its screen sat in the middle of the 2025 range.
The iPhone 17 Pro Max is under half an inch bigger corner to corner, with about a tenth more screen area. The iPhone 17 Pro and 17 are both about a fifth of an inch smaller corner to corner, with a little less screen area. The iPhone 16e is under half an inch smaller corner to corner, with about a tenth less screen area.
How did the screen change from the iPhone 16 Pro?
The iPhone Air replaced the iPhone 16 Pro from 2024. The iPhone Air screen is 0.2 in (0.5 cm) bigger diagonally, with 7% more screen area than the iPhone 16 Pro. Pixel density went from 458 to 463 PPI.
How sharp is the iPhone Air screen?
At 463 pixels per inch, single pixels vanish for 20/20 vision beyond 7.4 in18.9 cm (18.9 cm7.4 in). You hold a phone closer than that only when reading small print, so the screen looks smooth.
It had the sharpest screen of its year. Across our list, two iPhones have a higher pixel density.
Where does the iPhone Air rank among iPhone screens?
Of the thirty-eight other iPhones in our list, ten have a bigger screen, twenty-six a smaller one and two the same size. When it came out, nine of the thirty-five iPhones in our list up to then had a bigger screen.
No other iPhone in our list pairs this diagonal with this resolution, so the screen is its own.
What is the iPhone Air screen size in CSS pixels?
Websites see the iPhone Air as 420 × 912 CSS pixels in portrait, with a device pixel ratio of 3. Each CSS pixel uses 3 × 3 screen pixels, which gives the full 1260 × 2736 resolution.
- Viewport, portrait
- 420 × 912
- Viewport, landscape
- 912 × 420
- Device pixel ratio
- 3
- One CSS pixel
- 0.165 mm
A common text size of 16 CSS pixels measures about 2.6 mm (0.10 in) on this screen. The visible area in Safari is smaller than the viewport, because the address bar and toolbar take space.
How does the iPhone Air compare with other iPhones?
The table shows the iPhones released around the iPhone Air. Width and area are measured against the iPhone Air.
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What are the iPhone Air screen dimensions in cm?
The screen is 6.9 cm wide and 15.0 cm tall, with a diagonal of 16.5 cm. The phone body is bigger than the screen.
Is the iPhone Air screen 6.5 inches wide?
No. 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) is the diagonal, measured corner to corner. The screen is 2.7 in (6.9 cm) wide.
How many pixels does the iPhone Air screen have?
It has 3,447,360 pixels, about 3.4 million, at 463 pixels per inch. Each pixel is 0.055 mm across.
Does any other iPhone have the same screen as the iPhone Air?
No other iPhone in our list has the same 6.5 inch screen at 1260 × 2736. Buy cases and protectors made for this exact model.
How we measure
Width = diagonal × resolution width ÷ √(width² + height²), and the same for height, using the pixel counts. Pixel density is the pixel diagonal divided by the screen diagonal.
Diagonal and resolution from Apple's technical specifications. CSS size and pixel ratio from Apple's Xcode iOS Simulator device profiles. Last checked 2026-10-08.