iPhone’s launch price held at exactly $799 for five straight years. Apple’s own Newsroom archives show iPhone 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 all launching at that figure between 2021 and 2025, and Apple’s Store pages today, in the week after Apple’s September 9 event, show both iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 priced above it…
AirPods 5's Bluetooth Chip Is the Same Version Apple Shipped in 2024
AirPods 5 connects over Bluetooth 5.3. That is the exact version Apple published for AirPods 4 two years ago, and it is the same version on AirPods Pro 3’s spec sheet from last year. Apple’s own tech specs pages show the H2 chip and Bluetooth 5.3 pairing has now shipped in three straight AirPods generations,…
iPhone Pro's Frame Has Switched Metal Twice Since 2021: Steel, Titanium, Now Aluminum
iPhone 18 Pro’s aluminum unibody frame is not a new decision. It is the second metal Apple’s Pro iPhone line has landed on since 2021, after a run in stainless steel and a run in titanium. Apple’s own tech specs pages, read side by side, show exactly when each switch happened and how long each…
'Coming Later This Year' and 'a Future Software Update': Apple's Dating Language for Six Features, Decoded
Apple’s own pages date six features from this launch with one of four phrases: ‘later this year,’ ‘later in 2026,’ ‘coming late 2026,’ or ‘a future software update.’ None of the four names a month, and one names no year at all. Apple Pencil support for iPhone Duo is dated 'later this year' on Apple's…
Apple's 'Up to' Numbers on iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo and Apple Watch: What Each One Is Measured Against
Apple’s September lineup is full of ‘up to’ figures, and each one has its own comparison point. Some name the baseline explicitly, such as Series 11 or a preproduction testing date. Others simply say ‘than before’ without naming a generation, or list two figures for what looks like identical hardware without explaining the gap. The…
AirPods Pro 3's Noise Cancellation Hours Run Backward on Apple's Own Pages
Apple’s own compare tool lists AirPods Pro 3 getting fewer hours of listening with Active Noise Cancellation off than Apple’s own AirPods Pro 3 product page lists with Active Noise Cancellation on. Every other current AirPods model runs the opposite way, with noise cancellation off buying more time, not less. AirPods 5 lists more hours…
One Apple Watch Health Release, Three Different Minimum Watch Generations
Apple published one health and fitness press release on September 9, and inside it, three features each name a different minimum Apple Watch generation. watchOS 27 itself requires Series 9 or later, Apple Watch SE 3, or Ultra 2 or later. Hypertension notifications require Series 9 or later, or Ultra 2 or later. The ECG…
Cosmic Orange and Deep Blue Are Gone: The iPhone Pro Colors That Did Not Return
iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max shipped a year ago in Silver, Cosmic Orange and Deep Blue. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max ship in Black, Silver, Glacier and Burgundy. Two names from last year, Cosmic Orange and Deep Blue, do not appear anywhere on Apple’s new color lineup, and Apple’s own newsroom release confirms…
iPhone 18 Pro's Price Gap Is $100, Not the $30 Discount Apple Still Applies to Older Models
Apple’s US store has quietly used a $30 discount for years to make a carrier-connected iPhone look cheaper than the same phone bought unlocked. That discount still applies to iPhone 17 and iPhone 16. It does not apply to iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, or iPhone Duo. In its place, iPhone 18 Pro’s…
iPhone 16 Plus Is Gone: The Last Plus-Size iPhone Apple Was Still Selling
iPhone 16 Plus was removed from Apple’s store on September 9, the same day Apple raised the price of every other iPhone it kept. It was the last Plus-size iPhone Apple was still selling new, and Apple has not released a Plus model since 2024. iPhone 16 Plus had carried that second-size, non-Pro option through…