Apple has published no release date for tvOS 27 and no list of Apple TV models that can install it, even though the software reached release candidate on September 9 with build 24J360. The five other operating systems from the same wave all arrive on Monday, September 14. iOS 27 is dated for Monday, September…
AirPods 5 Took Over Apple's AirPods 4 Page: What Apple Still Sells, and at What Price
Apple’s store URL for AirPods 4 now loads AirPods 5 instead, at $129 for the standard model and $149 for the version with the Wireless Charging Case. Read together with Apple’s AirPods comparison page, which lists AirPods 5, AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2, the range Apple sells today is three products across four…
iPhone 18 Pro Wireless Charging: 25W Is a Third-Year Ceiling, and Qi2 Only Caught Up Last Year
The iPhone 18 Pro charges at up to 25W on MagSafe and up to 25W on Qi2, which is exactly what Apple published for the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro before it. The wireless ceiling on a Pro iPhone has not moved for three generations. Both iPhone 18 Pro models share the…
AirPods 5 and the H2 Chip: What Runs on the Earbuds and What Needs Your iPhone
Both AirPods 5 models run the H2 chip, the same chip Apple lists in AirPods 4, AirPods 4 with ANC, AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2. So the useful question is not what the chip is called, it is which features the earbuds handle on their own and which ones stop working unless a…
iPhone 18 Pro Storage History: The 128GB Pro Is Gone and the Ceiling Has Doubled to 2TB
The iPhone 18 Pro is sold in 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB, and there is no smaller option. Four Pro generations in a row, from the iPhone 13 Pro to the iPhone 16 Pro, started at 128GB, and only one iPhone before this year had a 2TB tier at all. Both iPhone 18 Pro sizes…
AirPods 5 Are Rated IP57, and Apple Publishes No Depth, Duration or Standard
AirPods 5 are rated IP57, up from IP54 on AirPods 4, and that is the entire published statement. Apple’s tech specs page gives the rating one line in a row labelled water and sweat, with no depth, no duration, no test standard named and no separate line for the charging case. AirPods 5 move from…
AirPods 5 Head Gestures Need Three Settings On First, Not One
Nodding to take a call on AirPods 5 is not a single switch. Apple’s own guide says head gestures have to be turned on in the AirPods settings, and that using them to respond to Siri requires Announce Calls and Announce Notifications to be on as well, which means three separate settings before a nod…
iPhone 18 Pro Ultra Wide: f/2.2 for a Fifth Straight Year, and the f/1.8 Apple Never Brought Back
Apple’s tech specs page lists the iPhone 18 Pro Ultra Wide as a 48MP Fusion camera at 13 mm and f/2.2 with a 120-degree field of view. That f/2.2 has been the Pro Ultra Wide figure every year since the iPhone 14 Pro in 2022, and the brightest Ultra Wide Apple has ever published for…
iPhone 18 Pro at 211 g: The Small Pro Has Gained 24 Grams Since the Titanium iPhone 15 Pro
The iPhone 18 Pro weighs 211 grams, or 7.44 ounces, on Apple’s tech specs page, which makes it the heaviest 6.1-inch or 6.3-inch Pro iPhone Apple has published a figure for. It carries 24 grams more than the 187 gram iPhone 15 Pro, the model that introduced the titanium frame in 2023. All four iPhone…
AirPods 5 Come With No Ear Tips: What Open-Ear Noise Cancellation Has to Work Around
AirPods 5 are the first open-ear AirPods with Active Noise Cancellation at this level, and the box contains no ear tips. Apple lists the contents as the earbuds, a charging case and documentation. AirPods Pro 3, by contrast, ship with five silicone tip sizes. AirPods 5 keep the AirPods 4 shell, 30.2 x 18.3 x…