Apple sells two of its own accessories for iPhone Duo: the iPhone Duo Case at $79 in sand or navy blue, and the iPhone Duo Folio with an integrated kickstand at $129 in navy blue or taupe, according to Apple’s press release. The $50 difference buys the kickstand and the folio form, and that is…
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iPhone Duo Ships With iOS 27.1, Not iOS 27: What That Means on Launch Day
iPhone Duo will ship with iOS 27.1 preinstalled, according to Apple’s press release, rather than the iOS 27.0 that arrives on every other supported iPhone as a free update on Monday, September 14. The Duo reaches customers on Friday, October 23, five weeks after iOS 27 launches, and it is the only new iPhone this…
iPhone Duo Price in Australia: A$3,499 to A$5,899, With a 10 pm AEST Pre-Order
iPhone Duo costs A$3,499 for the 256GB model in Australia and rises to A$5,899 for 2TB, according to Apple’s Store page for Australia. Pre-orders open at 10:00 pm AEST on Friday, 16 October, and the phone goes on sale on Friday, 23 October. iPhone Duo open and closed; Apple says the 7.6-inch inner display is…
iPhone Duo Price in Canada: C$2,999 to C$4,799, Every Tier and the October 16 Pre-Order
iPhone Duo starts at C$2,999 for the 256GB model in Canada and tops out at C$4,799 for 2TB, according to Apple’s Store page for Canada. Pre-orders open on Friday, October 16 at 5 a.m. PT, and the phone is available from Friday, October 23. iPhone Duo's 7.6-inch inner and 5.4-inch outer displays, the main thing…
How to Search Photos With Natural Language and Build a Memory Movie on iPhone 18 Pro
On iPhone 18 Pro you can find a photo by describing it in a sentence, and you can build a memory movie by typing a one-line description. Both features run on Apple Intelligence, and Apple Support’s current guide lists the steps: tap Search in Photos and describe what you want, or go to Collections >…
How to Prepare Your Old iPhone for Trade-In Before iPhone 18 Pro Arrives: Backup, Find My, Sign Out and the 14-Day Window
Apple’s trade-in estimate is valid for 14 days after you receive your new device, so the old iPhone does not need to be wiped until the iPhone 18 Pro is in your hands. Apple’s trade-in page lists three preparation steps once it is: back up, turn off Find My, and sign out. Apple's newsroom lists…
iPhone 18 Pro Max vs iPhone 17 Pro: Moving Up to the Big Pro
Moving from an iPhone 17 Pro to an iPhone 18 Pro Max takes you from a 6.3-inch display to 6.9 inches, from Apple’s 33-hour video rating to 45 hours, and from a $1,099 launch price to $1,299 for 256GB. It also adds 43 grams and 13.4 mm of height, which is the part of this…
iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 17 Pro Max: Should You Downsize to the New Small Pro?
The iPhone 18 Pro is rated by Apple for up to 36 hours of video playback, three hours short of the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s 39 hours, and it weighs 22 grams less. If you bought last year’s big Pro mainly for its battery, the new 6.3-inch phone now gets most of the way there…
How to Use Camera Control to Open Magnifier, Code Scanner or a Third-Party Camera App on iPhone 18 Pro
The Camera Control button on iPhone 18 Pro does not have to open Apple’s Camera app. Apple Support publishes a separate guide, “Use the Camera Control to open another app,” that covers pointing the button at Magnifier, Code Scanner or a third-party camera app instead, and the same Settings > Camera > Camera Control screen…
Portrait Mode or Variable Aperture on iPhone 18 Pro: When to Use Depth Control and When to Stop Down
iPhone 18 Pro gives you two separate ways to decide how blurred a background looks. Portrait mode uses software, which Apple lists on its tech specs as next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth Control, while the 48MP Fusion Main camera now has a physical variable aperture that steps between f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8 and f/4.0. The…
iPhone 18 Pro Max vs iPhone 16 Pro Max: 227 g to 249 g, 33 to 45 Hours, What Two Years Bought
Two years after the iPhone 16 Pro Max, the iPhone 18 Pro Max adds 12 hours of rated video playback, a variable-aperture main camera, an 8x optical-quality zoom and Apple’s first 2nm chip, while weighing 22 g more and costing $100 more at launch. The battery and the camera are the two changes you will…
iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 14 Pro: Four Years of Upgrades, Spec by Spec
The iPhone 18 Pro replaces the iPhone 14 Pro’s A16 Bionic with a 2-nanometer A20 Pro, its fixed f/1.78 main camera with a variable aperture that runs from f/1.48 to f/4.0, its 3x telephoto with a 4x lens that also gives 8x optical-quality zoom, and its Lightning port with USB-C at 10 Gb/s. Apple rates…
Apple Watch Series 12 Price in Canada and India: C$549 and ₹56,900 to Start, and Why the UK Figure Is Missing
Apple Watch Series 12 starts at C$549 in Canada and ₹56,900 in India, according to Apple’s press releases for those countries. Apple has not published a UK price, and no Store page shows per-size, titanium, ceramic or cellular prices in served content, so this page covers the two confirmed figures and what is still missing.…
How to Use Smart Take on iPhone Duo: Let the Phone Pick the Moment Everyone Is Posed
Smart Take is an iPhone Duo camera feature that uses on-device AI to watch a group through the viewfinder and take the picture at the moment everyone is posed, so nobody has to count down or tap the shutter. Apple lists it on its iPhone Duo product page as one of four camera features only…
iPhone Duo Launch Countries: 70-Plus on October 23 and 28 More on October 30
iPhone Duo goes on sale Friday, October 23, 2026 in more than 70 countries and regions, and a second wave of 28 more countries and regions follows one week later on Friday, October 30, according to Apple’s press release. Pre-orders open Friday, October 16 at 5 a.m. PT, and the phone starts at $1,999 for…
Siri AI on iPhone 18 Pro: Daily Usage Limits, the Future Paid Tier and What 'Beta' Means for Buyers
Siri AI on iPhone 18 Pro ships as a beta, is subject to daily usage limits, and will offer what Apple calls expanded access for a fee in the future. Those three points sit in the footnotes of Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iOS 27 pages, and none of them comes with a number, a…
iPhone 18 Pro IP68 Rating Explained: 6 Meters for 30 Minutes, and What It Does Not Cover
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are rated IP68 under IEC standard 60529, which Apple’s tech specs define as a maximum depth of 6 meters for up to 30 minutes. That is the same rating and the same depth Apple lists for the iPhone Duo, and it covers dust as well as…
iPhone 18 Pro Buttons Explained: Action Button, Camera Control, Side Button and Volume
The iPhone 18 Pro has four physical controls: Camera Control, the Action button, the side button and the volume buttons. Apple’s pages describe Camera Control in the most detail, call the Action button customizable, and list no changes to the side button or the volume buttons, which keep their existing jobs. Camera Control opens Camera…
How to Use Workout Buddy on Apple Watch, Now Without Your iPhone Nearby
Workout Buddy is the Apple Intelligence voice that talks you through a run or a strength session on Apple Watch, and watchOS 27 changes its biggest limitation. Apple’s press release says it now works without a nearby iPhone, over Wi-Fi or cellular, and adds Spanish to the English-only launch. Ultra 4 adds a Max Extended…
Apple Watch Sleep Score and Training Load Explained: How the Points Work
Sleep score on Apple Watch is a number out of 100, and Apple’s support guide shows exactly how it is assembled: 50 points for sleep duration, 30 for bedtime consistency and 20 for interruptions. Training load is a different kind of measure, a comparison of the last 7 days of workouts against the previous 28,…
iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Order Time in Every Country: 5 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. BST, 5:30 p.m. IST, 9 p.m. JST and More
iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-orders open on Saturday, September 12 at 5 a.m. PT, according to Apple’s press release. Apple’s regional Store pages translate that into 1:00 pm BST in the UK, 14:00 CEST in France and MESZ in Germany, 4:00 pm in the UAE, 5:30 pm IST in India, 8:00…
Where Is iPhone 18 Pro Cheapest? Apple's Launch Prices in 10 Countries Compared, Tier by Tier
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 in the US, £1,199 in the UK, C$1,749 in Canada, A$2,099 in Australia, €1,449 in Germany, €1,479 in France, ¥219,800 in Japan, ₹1,64,900 in India, S$1,899 in Singapore and AED 5,099 in the UAE, according to Apple’s Store pages. Every one of those markets sells the same four…
iPhone Duo Price by Country: US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, India, Singapore and UAE
The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 in the US, £1,999 in the UK, C$2,999 in Canada, A$3,499 in Australia, €2,299 in Germany, €2,339 in France, ¥364,800 in Japan, ₹2,99,900 in India, S$3,099 in Singapore and AED 8,499 in the UAE, according to Apple’s Store pages in each country. Every market gets the same four tiers,…
AirPods 5 Full Specs: H2 Chip, IP57, 4.3 g Buds, Every Battery Figure With and Without ANC
Apple’s tech specs page for the AirPods 5 lists an H2 chip, an IP57 rating for sweat, water and dust, 4.3 g earbuds, a 32.3 g or 34.7 g case, Bluetooth 5.3 and four different battery ratings depending on whether Active Noise Cancellation is on and which case you buy. The base model is $129…