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Apple Watch Series 6 or Older: What Upgrading Costs in 2026, and Which Watch to Pick
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Apple Watch Series 6 or Older: What Upgrading Costs in 2026, and Which Watch to Pick

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

If you are wearing an Apple Watch Series 6 or older, watchOS 27 will not install on it on Monday, September 14. Apple’s replacement lineup is three watches: SE 3 from $249, Series 12 from $399 and Ultra 4 from $799. Apple Watch Series 12 in 42mm and 46mm, the $399 middle option. Image: Apple…

iPhone 18 Pro Accessories: The Six Apple Priced, From a $29 Wrist Strap to a $59 Crossbody Strap
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iPhone 18 Pro Accessories: The Six Apple Priced, From a $29 Wrist Strap to a $59 Crossbody Strap

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple has published United States prices for six first-party iPhone 18 Pro accessories: the TechWoven Case with MagSafe at $59, the Clear Case with MagSafe and the Silicone Case with MagSafe at $49 each, the FineWoven Wallet at $59, the Wrist Strap at $29 and the Crossbody Strap at $59. Bought together they add $304…

iPhone 18 Pro Is eSIM Only in 12 Markets: What Happens the First Time You Switch It On
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iPhone 18 Pro Is eSIM Only in 12 Markets: What Happens the First Time You Switch It On

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

In 12 countries and regions on Apple’s list, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max arrive with no SIM tray at all, so the first thing the phone asks for when it is unboxed on Friday, September 18 is an eSIM. Apple’s list is Bahrain, Canada, Guam, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,…

How to Turn Off Liquid Glass in iOS 27: Apple Publishes a Slider, Not a Switch
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How to Turn Off Liquid Glass in iOS 27: Apple Publishes a Slider, Not a Switch

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

There is no off switch for Liquid Glass in iOS 27. The only control Apple has published is a slider in Settings that moves the effect anywhere from ultra-clear to fully tinted, and nothing in Apple’s description of the update removes the design. Liquid Glass is drawn across the whole interface, not applied per app.…

Apple Watch SE 3 vs Apple Watch Series 11: The Same S10 Chip for $150 Less
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Apple Watch SE 3 vs Apple Watch Series 11: The Same S10 Chip for $150 Less

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple Watch SE 3 sells for $249 and Apple Watch Series 11 arrived in September 2025 at $399, and Apple lists the same S10 chip in both. What the extra $150 bought was a larger and much brighter display, six more hours of rated battery life and two heart sensors the SE does not have.…

iOS 27 on Monday or Wait for 27.1? Apple Has Published No Point Release Date
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iOS 27 on Monday or Wait for 27.1? Apple Has Published No Point Release Date

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

If you are planning to skip Monday and wait for iOS 27.1, understand what you are waiting for: Apple has not published an iOS 27.1, has not dated one, and has not published a single word about how iOS 27 itself will roll out beyond the date. Apple issued the iOS 27 release candidate, build…

iOS 27 on an iPhone 15 Pro: The Apple Intelligence You Get and the Tier You Do Not
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iOS 27 on an iPhone 15 Pro: The Apple Intelligence You Get and the Tier You Do Not

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are the oldest iPhones on Apple’s Apple Intelligence list, so on Monday, September 14 they get the full iOS 27 feature set as most people understand it: Siri AI in beta, Image Playground, the new Photos editing tools and Call Context. Write with Siri drafts and…

iOS 27 Hardware Gates: Every Feature That Needs a Device You May Not Own
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iOS 27 Hardware Gates: Every Feature That Needs a Device You May Not Own

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple Intelligence is the iOS 27 gate everybody knows about, and it is not the only one. Once you read the footnotes on Apple’s pages, iOS 27 splits the iPhone line into three tiers, then adds separate requirements for a home hub, particular AirPods, an Apple Watch Series 12 and, in one case, a specific…

iOS 27 on an iPhone 11: What Apple’s Oldest Supported iPhone Actually Gets
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iOS 27 on an iPhone 11: What Apple's Oldest Supported iPhone Actually Gets

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

iOS 27 arrives on Monday, September 14 as a free update, and Apple’s compatibility list still runs all the way back to the iPhone 11 and the iPhone SE second generation. An iPhone 11 gets the new Liquid Glass look, Apple’s speed work, the rebuilt search and the new parental controls. It gets none of…

The iPhone 18 Pro Storage Choice Has a Carbon Price: 63 kg at 256GB, 109 kg at 2TB
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The iPhone 18 Pro Storage Choice Has a Carbon Price: 63 kg at 256GB, 109 kg at 2TB

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple’s own Product Environmental Report for iPhone 18 Pro puts the 256GB model at 63 kg of CO2e and the 2TB model at 109 kg. That is a 73 percent increase in a phone’s carbon footprint for choosing more storage, published by Apple in a PDF dated September 2026 and never mentioned in the press…

Satellite Across Apple’s 2026 Lineup: Two Free Years, and Nothing Published About Year Three
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Satellite Across Apple's 2026 Lineup: Two Free Years, and Nothing Published About Year Three

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Satellite appears three times in Apple’s 2026 announcements and always with the same number attached to it: two years, included. Apple Watch Ultra 4 and iPhone Duo both carry satellite features free for two years, existing iPhone 14, iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 owners are getting an additional free year, and Apple has published nothing…

Buying Apple’s 2026 Devices for a Child: Every Age Limit and Setup Rule Apple Published
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Buying Apple's 2026 Devices for a Child: Every Age Limit and Setup Rule Apple Published

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

If you are buying any of Apple’s 2026 products for a child, the decisions are made for you by a set of age limits Apple published in footnotes rather than on stage. Siri AI is not available to users under 13, the ECG app is intended for people 22 and over, sleep apnea notifications are…

Apple Watch Series 12 Band Fit: What Apple Publishes for 42mm, 46mm and the Bigger Ceramic Case
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Apple Watch Series 12 Band Fit: What Apple Publishes for 42mm, 46mm and the Bigger Ceramic Case

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple Watch Series 12 comes in two size classes, 42mm and 46mm, and Apple sells its bands under those same two labels. The catch this year is ceramic: Apple’s specifications list the ceramic case as 43mm and 47mm tall, a millimetre more than the aluminium and titanium cases in the same class, and it is…

Five iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Order Choices, Ranked by What Getting One Wrong Costs
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Five iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Order Choices, Ranked by What Getting One Wrong Costs

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Five things are settled the moment you check out on Saturday, September 12: size, storage, color, whether you attach a carrier, and whether you trade something in. Only three of them move the price, one of them can cost $1,200, and one is a $100 difference Apple never prints as a number. The 6.3-inch and…

Does the Apple Watch Series 12 Measure Blood Pressure? No, and Here Is What It Does Instead
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Does the Apple Watch Series 12 Measure Blood Pressure? No, and Here Is What It Does Instead

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

No. The Apple Watch Series 12 does not measure blood pressure, and Apple has never said it does. There is no cuff, no systolic or diastolic reading, and no blood pressure sensor anywhere on the sensor list Apple publishes for the watch. The Readiness score is one of the features fed by the more frequent…

Will Your iPhone 17 Pro Case Fit the iPhone 18 Pro? What Apple’s Own Numbers Show
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Will Your iPhone 17 Pro Case Fit the iPhone 18 Pro? What Apple's Own Numbers Show

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple lists the iPhone 18 Pro at 150.0 by 71.9 by 8.75 mm. It lists the iPhone 17 Pro at 150.0 by 71.9 by 8.75 mm. The two are identical to the tenth of a millimetre, and so are the big pair: iPhone 18 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro Max are both 163.4 by…

iOS 27 Stuck on ‘Preparing Update’ or ‘Verifying Update’: What Apple Has Published
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iOS 27 Stuck on 'Preparing Update' or 'Verifying Update': What Apple Has Published

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

If iOS 27 sits on “Preparing Update” or “Verifying Update” on Monday, September 14, Apple has published no troubleshooting document for it. There is no “About iOS 27 Updates” page, no iOS 27 security content page, and the general update guide has not been revised since December 5, 2025. iOS 27 is a free update…

iPhone Overheating After the iOS 27 Update: What Apple Has and Has Not Published
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iPhone Overheating After the iOS 27 Update: What Apple Has and Has Not Published

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

If your iPhone runs hot for a day or two after installing iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, Apple has published no document that acknowledges it, explains it or tells you what to do about it. There is no iOS 27 thermal guidance anywhere on apple.com or on Apple Support. iOS 27 reaches iPhone 11…

iOS 27 Battery Drain: What Apple Has Published, and What It Has Not
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iOS 27 Battery Drain: What Apple Has Published, and What It Has Not

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

If your iPhone drains faster after you install iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, Apple has published nothing that predicts it, measures it or explains it. There is no iOS 27 battery statement of any kind, and no Apple support document that covers what happens to an iPhone in the days after a major update.…

Two 14-Day Clocks Start When Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives, and Apple Explains Neither Ending
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Two 14-Day Clocks Start When Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives, and Apple Explains Neither Ending

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Two separate 14-day clocks start on the day an iPhone 18 Pro is delivered, and Apple publishes what starts each one without publishing what happens when either runs out. The first is the trade-in estimate, which Apple says is “valid for 14 days after you receive your new device.” The second is price protection, which…

Moving to an iPhone 18 Pro: What Apple’s Published Transfer Instructions Cover, and Where They Stop
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Moving to an iPhone 18 Pro: What Apple's Published Transfer Instructions Cover, and Where They Stop

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple’s published instructions for moving to an iPhone 18 Pro amount to three preparation steps and one free support session. There is no Apple support article covering data transfer to this model, because Apple has not published a user guide for it yet: the iPhone manuals index still stops at the iPhone 17 family and…

Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives September 18: What Apple Publishes for the Days Before It Does
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Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives September 18: What Apple Publishes for the Days Before It Does

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

iPhone 18 Pro reaches buyers on Friday, September 18, and the useful preparation happens on the phone you already own rather than the one in transit. Apple publishes exactly one detail about the new device’s software state, and it is a helpful one: the box contains “iPhone with iOS 27”, so there is no first-run…

Changing or Cancelling an iPhone 18 Pro Order: Apple’s Sales Policies Are the Only Published Answer
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Changing or Cancelling an iPhone 18 Pro Order: Apple's Sales Policies Are the Only Published Answer

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple has published no instructions for changing or cancelling an iPhone 18 Pro order after you place it. There is no support document, no step list and no stated window, and the closest published source is Apple’s retail sales policies, which are written almost entirely in Apple’s favour. Colour is one of four choices locked…

iPhone 18 Pro Delivery on September 18: Apple Publishes a Shipping Rule, Not an Arrival Date
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iPhone 18 Pro Delivery on September 18: Apple Publishes a Shipping Rule, Not an Arrival Date

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple has published a start date for iPhone 18 Pro deliveries, Friday, September 18, and a shipping rule that applies to it, but it has not published an arrival date for any individual configuration. Apple’s own wording is that you get the date after you buy, not before: “Delivery estimates are based on item availability…

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