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.
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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…
iPhone 18 Pro Storage: Do You Really Need the New 2TB Model? (256GB to 2TB Explained)
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max come in four storage sizes: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and, for the first time on an iPhone, 2TB. The base 256GB model starts at $1,199 for the Pro and $1,299 for the Pro Max. Apple’s press release names all four tiers but lists prices only for the…
iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 18 Pro Max: Which One Should You Buy? (Size, Battery, Price)
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its “Surprise and shine” event on September 9, and the two phones are closer than ever. The 6.3-inch iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 and the 6.9-inch iPhone 18 Pro Max starts at $1,299, both with 256GB of storage. Both models share the…
A20 Pro Chip Explained: Why Apple's First 2nm iPhone Chip Is a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
The A20 Pro inside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max is Apple’s first chip built on a 2-nanometer process. Apple says its 7-core GPU is up to 40 percent faster than the A19 Pro, its dual 16-core Neural Engine doubles the AI processing of last year’s chip, and memory bandwidth is up…
iPhone 18 Pro Battery Life: Apple's 45-Hour Claim Explained, Plus How Fast It Really Charges
Apple rates the iPhone 18 Pro Max at up to 45 hours of video playback and the iPhone 18 Pro at up to 36 hours. Both figures apply to the eSIM-only models, and Apple says a wired charger takes either phone to 50 percent in about 15 minutes. According to Apple’s press release, the smaller…
iPhone 18 Pro Camera Explained: The Variable Aperture Trick That Makes It Shoot Like a DSLR
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have a 48MP Fusion main camera with a variable aperture that moves between f/1.48 and f/4 using six laser-cut blades. It is the first time an iPhone can physically change how much light reaches its main sensor, and the Camera app adds manual aperture and shutter…
iPhone 18 Pro Colors: Black Is Back, and Here's What Glacier and Burgundy Look Like
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max come in four colors: Black, Silver, Glacier and Burgundy. Black returns to the Pro lineup after the iPhone 17 Pro skipped it, and last year’s Cosmic Orange has been dropped. Apple confirmed the lineup in its press release after the “Surprise and shine” event at Apple…
iPhone 18 Pro Release Date and Pre-Order Time: Exactly When and How to Get One First
iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-orders open Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 5 a.m. PT, and the phones go on sale Friday, September 18 in more than 65 countries and regions. A second wave of 20 more countries follows on Friday, September 25. Apple confirmed the dates in its press release after…
iPhone 18 Pro Price: What It Costs, Why It Went Up $100, and the Monthly Option
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 and the iPhone 18 Pro Max starts at $1,299, both with 256GB of storage. That is $100 more than the iPhone 17 Pro.
iPhone 18 Pro Is Official: Price, Release Date, Specs and Every New Feature Apple Just Announced
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its “Surprise and shine” event at Apple Park today, with prices starting at $1,199 and $1,299. Both phones get the A20 Pro, Apple’s first 2-nanometer chip, a 48MP main camera with a variable aperture, a smaller Dynamic Island and up to 45 hours…
iPhone 18 Pro Leak Reveals New 3-in-1 Dynamic Island Feature
Leaked video shows iPhone 18 Pro’s smaller Dynamic Island handling three Live Activities at once ahead of Apple’s September launch event today.