Apple says the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max reach 50 percent charge in about 15 minutes on a cable and in 30 minutes on a wireless charger. Five minutes plugged in gives the Pro Max about seven hours of video playback. Those are the only charging figures in Apple’s release, and they…
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iPhone 18 Pro for $49.95 a Month: How Apple's 24-Month Pricing Works and What You Pay in Total
Apple lists the iPhone 18 Pro at $1,199 or $49.95 a month for 24 months, and the iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299 or $54.12 a month. Over the full two years, those monthly figures add up to $1,198.80 for the Pro and $1,298.88 for the Pro Max. Both phones are $100 more than the…
Smart Focus on iPhone 18 Pro: Apple's New Subject Tracking, Explained
Smart Focus is a new subject tracking feature on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. Apple listed it in its press release next to the 48MP Fusion main camera and its f/1.48 to f/4 variable aperture. Subject tracking is a staple of dedicated cameras, where the body locks onto a person, animal…
iPhone 18 Pro Audio Mix Music Isolation: What It Does and Who It Is For
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max include an enhanced version of Audio Mix with a new music isolation option. Apple listed it in its press release alongside Cinematic effects at up to 60 fps and 4K Dolby Vision HDR time-lapse. Audio Mix first appeared on earlier iPhones as a way to change…
iPhone 18 Pro Video: Cinematic Effects at 60fps and 4K Dolby Vision Time-Lapse Explained
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max bring three video changes: Cinematic effects at up to 60 fps, 4K Dolby Vision HDR time-lapse, and an enhanced Audio Mix with music isolation. All three run on the same 48MP Fusion main camera that gains a variable aperture this year. Apple’s announcement spent most of…
Photographic Styles on iPhone 18 Pro: The New Texture and Grain Controls Explained
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max ship with an upgraded version of Photographic Styles that adds texture and grain controls. Apple listed the change alongside the new 48MP variable-aperture main camera in its press release. Photographic Styles arrived on earlier iPhones as a way to set a consistent look for tone and…
iPhone 18 Pro Night Mode Is Faster: What Changed and Why the New Aperture Matters
Apple says Night mode is faster on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The claim sits alongside a 48MP Fusion main camera with a variable aperture that opens to f/1.48, the widest setting on any iPhone main lens. Night mode has always been a waiting game. The camera holds the shutter open…
iPhone 18 Pro Manual Camera Controls: How Aperture and Shutter Speed Settings Work
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max add manual aperture and shutter speed controls to Apple’s own Camera app. They pair with the new 48MP Fusion main camera, whose six-blade aperture runs from f/1.48 to f/4. Until now, anyone who wanted direct control over exposure on an iPhone had to use a third-party…
iPhone Duo Is Official: Apple's First Foldable Costs About $2,000 and Arrives in October (What We Know)
Apple’s first foldable iPhone is official, and it is called iPhone Duo. According to the keynote at today’s “Surprise and shine” event, it runs the A20 Pro chip, comes in White and Dark Blue, starts at about $2,000 and arrives in October. Apple has not yet published a press release for the iPhone Duo, so…
7 Things Apple Didn't Say Out Loud at the iPhone 18 Pro Event
Apple’s “Surprise and shine” keynote covered the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 Pro chip, variable-aperture camera and longer battery life at length. Several details that matter to buyers sit in the press release instead, or are missing from it altogether. Here are seven of them, from a $100 price rise to a storage tier Apple has…
Apple Event Recap: Everything Announced at 'Surprise and Shine' (iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo, AirPods 5, Watch)
Apple’s Surprise and Shine event brought the $1,199 iPhone 18 Pro, $129 AirPods 5, iOS 27 on September 14, and, per the keynote, a $2,000 iPhone Duo.
iOS 27 Release Date Confirmed: September 14, Siri AI Beta, and Everything Coming to Your iPhone
iOS 27 arrives Monday, September 14 as a free update with Siri AI in beta, Image Playground upgrades, Safari Notify Me and Apple Reference Image.
AirPods 5 or AirPods 5 With Wireless Charging Case: The $20 Difference Explained
Apple sells AirPods 5 in two versions: AirPods 5 at $129 and AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case at $149. The $20 gap covers two things, wireless charging and a force sensor for swipe volume control, and the earbuds themselves are identical in every spec Apple has published. That makes the choice a question of…
7 AirPods 5 Features Apple Barely Mentioned (Swipe Volume, Head Gestures, Live Translation)
Apple’s AirPods 5 announcement led with Active Noise Cancellation, which removes up to 50 percent more noise than AirPods 4 with ANC. But Apple’s press release lists several other additions that received far less attention. The $129 AirPods 5 and $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case reach stores on September 18, with pre-orders open…
AirPods 5 Pre-Orders Are Live: How to Order, Which Model to Pick, and When They Arrive
AirPods 5 pre-orders opened today, September 9, straight after Apple’s “Surprise and shine” event, with the standard model at $129 and AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case at $149. Both reach stores on Friday, September 18. That is a faster turnaround than the iPhone 18 Pro, which does not open for pre-order until Saturday, September…
AirPods 5 vs AirPods 4: Is 50% More Noise Cancellation Worth Buying Again?
Apple’s AirPods 5, announced today at $129 and $149, remove up to 50 percent more noise than AirPods 4 with ANC, according to Apple’s press release. They also run one hour longer per charge with noise cancellation switched on. That makes noise cancellation the main reason to consider trading up from last year’s model. Here…
AirPods 5 Announced: Price, Noise Cancellation, Battery Life and Release Date
Apple announced AirPods 5 today at its “Surprise and shine” event, priced at $129, with a second model, AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case, at $149. Both bring Active Noise Cancellation to Apple’s open-ear earbuds at a level Apple says removes up to 50 percent more noise than AirPods 4 with ANC. The earbuds arrived…
iPhone 18 Pro Runs Cooler: Apple's New Vapor Chamber and Why Sustained Performance Matters
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have a next-generation vapor chamber attached directly to the A20 Pro chip, and Apple says it has three times the surface area of the previous design and helps deliver up to 40 percent better sustained performance than the iPhone 17 Pro. The cooling upgrade arrives with…
Should You Upgrade to iPhone 18 Pro? An Honest Answer for iPhone 15 Pro, 16 Pro and 17 Pro Owners
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 and the iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299, $100 more than last year’s models, and both bring the A20 Pro chip, a variable aperture main camera and longer battery life. Whether that is worth it depends on which iPhone you own now. The design carries over from the…
iPhone 18 Pro Has Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Apple's C2 Modem: What the N1 and C2 Chips Actually Do
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max use two Apple-designed wireless chips: the N1, which handles Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread, and the C2 modem for cellular, which Apple says uses 15 percent less energy than the C1X. Together with the 2-nanometer A20 Pro, that puts Apple silicon in charge of processing,…
Apple Reference Image: The iPhone 18 Pro Feature That Proves Your Photos Aren't AI
Apple Reference Image, a new feature announced with the iPhone 18 Pro on September 9, stores an untouched original of a photo with verification metadata so the image can be shown to come from a real capture rather than from AI. It arrives as Apple also ships Image Playground with photorealistic images in iOS 27,…
iPhone 18 Pro Goes eSIM-Only in 12 Countries: Full List and What It Means for Travelers
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max ship without a physical SIM tray in 12 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico, Apple confirmed in its September 9 press release. The eSIM-only models also carry Apple’s headline battery figures. The 36 hours of video playback quoted for the Pro…
iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 17 Pro: 8 Differences That Decide Whether You Should Upgrade
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199, $100 more than the iPhone 17 Pro did at launch, and for that Apple has changed the chip, the main camera, the Dynamic Island, the battery rating, the storage ceiling, the colors and the rear finish. The design itself carries over from the 17 Pro generation. That makes…
iPhone 18 Pro's Smaller Dynamic Island: 3 Live Activities at Once and What Else Changed
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have a smaller Dynamic Island that shows up to three Live Activities at once, Apple confirmed at its September 9 event. Face ID is retained. The change matches a pre-event leak describing a 3-in-1 Dynamic Island feature, and it is one of the few visible differences…