Three of the things Apple includes with a new device this autumn are free for a fixed period and then are not: three months of five services with any Apple device purchase, three months of Apple One with an iPhone Duo, and two years of satellite access with an Apple Watch Ultra 3 or later…
iPhone Duo's Rear Cameras Read Like the iPhone 17's, Not the iPhone 18 Pro's
Line up Apple’s spec pages for its 2026 iPhones and the iPhone Duo’s rear cameras do not sit next to the iPhone 18 Pro’s. They sit next to the iPhone 17’s: a 48MP main camera at 26 mm and f/1.6, a 48MP Ultra Wide at 13 mm and f/2.2, and a 12MP 2x crop at…
AirPods 5 Cost of Ownership: $129 Buys the Buds, Not the Cable or the Adapter
AirPods 5 cost $129, or $149 with the Wireless Charging Case, and Apple’s own store page states they do not include a USB-C charge cable or a power adapter. On the $129 model that matters more than it sounds, because Apple’s specs list USB-C as the only way to charge its case. The $149 case…
iPhone Duo Reaches More Countries on Day One Than iPhone 18 Pro Did: 70-Plus Against 65-Plus
Apple’s first foldable opens in more markets on its first day than its flagship Pro does. iPhone Duo goes on sale Friday, October 23 in more than 70 countries and regions, with 28 more on Friday, October 30. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max open in more than 65 countries on September 18. Image: Apple…
Three iOS 27 Features Built to Share Your Details: Tap to Share, Find My Timers and Wallet Passes
Three of the features in iOS 27 exist to pass your information to someone else. Apple Pay’s Tap to Share connects to a merchant’s iPhone to share your email, shipping and loyalty details, Find My gains location sharing that stops at a time you set, and Wallet can turn a scanned physical loyalty card into…
iPhone Duo 2: Everything We Know About Apple’s Next Foldable iPhone
iPhone Duo 2 could arrive in 2027 with a refined design, upgraded cameras, better battery life, and other major foldable improvements.
iPhone Duo Budget: The Four Costs Apple Has Not Priced Before You Pay $1,999
Apple has published the price of the iPhone Duo, its two cases, two ways to pay for it and the three months of Apple One that come with it. It has not published what AppleCare+ costs on this phone, what any repair to it costs, what a carrier will offer for it, or what your…
iPhone Duo Comes With Three Months of Apple One: What $1,999 Includes, and What It Does Not
Apple’s iPhone Duo release says buyers get three months of Apple One, the subscription bundle, rather than the list of individual services Apple’s store normally advertises with a device purchase. Apple has not published the same Apple One offer for any other product in this launch. Siri AI on iPhone Duo, part of the iOS…
Apple Watch Series 12 Reads Your Heart Every Five Seconds: What Apple Publishes About That Data
Apple says the Apple Watch Series 12 “measures heart rate every five seconds, all day long”, with 60x more frequent background heart rate readings and 24x more frequent HRV readings than Series 11. What Apple publishes about the handling of all that data runs to two sentences: health and fitness data in the Health app,…
iPhone Duo Monthly Prices: Five of Apple's 10 Storefronts Publish One, and Each Is Just the Price Divided
Apple’s headline monthly figure for iPhone Duo is $83.29 for 24 months, and it is the $1,999 price divided by 24 rather than a finance quote. Multiply it back out and you get $1,998.96, four cents short of the cash price. iPhone Duo in night sky and star white, the two colours offered at every…