The iPhone Duo’s second rear lens is a 48MP Ultra Wide at 13 mm and f/2.2 with a 120-degree field of view, and Apple says it matches the iPhone 18 Pro’s Ultra Wide. Apple’s specs also credit it with 48MP macro, which makes it the only camera on the phone that shoots both the widest…
iPhone Duo's 2x Telephoto Is a Crop, Not a Lens: Four Cameras, Two Rear Lenses
The iPhone Duo’s 2x telephoto is not a lens. It is a 12MP crop taken from the center of the 48MP main sensor at 52 mm, and it keeps the main camera’s f/1.6 aperture because it is looking through the same glass. Apple’s own wording is that the 48MP Fusion main camera has an integrated…
iPhone 18 Pro Pricing Is a Grid: The Same 1:2:3 Storage Ladder in All 10 Priced Markets
Apple has priced iPhone 18 Pro in ten markets so far, and the storage ladder is the same shape in every one of them. In each currency the step to 512GB, the step to 1TB and the step to 2TB sit in a fixed 1:2:3 pattern, and the Pro Max premium is a flat amount…
iPhone 18 Pro Storage Costs the Same as iPhone Air and iPhone Duo Storage: $200, $400, $600
Storage costs the same on every new iPhone Apple sells. Moving from 256GB to 512GB is $200 on iPhone 18 Pro, on iPhone 18 Pro Max, on iPhone Air and on iPhone Duo, the step to 1TB is $400 on all of them, and the step to 2TB is $600 wherever it is offered. iPhone…
iPhone 18 Pro Storage by the Gigabyte: The 2TB Step Is the Cheapest of the Three
iPhone 18 Pro comes in four capacities at $1,199, $1,399, $1,799 and $2,399, and the three steps between them cost $200, $400 and $600. Priced by the gigabytes each step actually adds, the first two steps cost the same and the 2TB step is the cheapest of the three, at roughly 59 cents a gigabyte…
iPhone 18 Pro ProMotion and Always-On: Two Phrases on Apple's Spec Sheet, and No Refresh Floor
Apple describes the iPhone 18 Pro display in two phrases that do a lot of work: ProMotion with a refresh rate up to 120Hz, and an Always-On display. Both appear on the 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch sizes, and neither comes with a lower limit, a power figure or a minimum brightness. Apple's manual camera controls on…
iPhone 18 Pro Zoom Out: The 13 mm Ultra Wide Behind Apple's 16x Range
Half of Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro zoom claim points outward. Alongside 8x optical-quality zoom in, Apple lists 2x optical zoom out, and that half is a single lens: a 48MP Fusion Ultra Wide at 13 mm and f/2.2 with a 120-degree field of view. Apple lists the same 48MP ultra wide at 13 mm and…
Apple Intelligence's Top Tier Needs M4 on iPad and M3 on Mac, With 12GB on Both
Apple Intelligence has a tier above the tier, and it asks for a different chip on each platform. On the iPad it needs M4 or later with 12GB or more of unified memory; on the Mac it needs M3 or later with the same 12GB. The 27 releases arrive free on Monday, September 14. Image:…
macOS 27 Golden Gate vs iPadOS 27: Six Mac Features Apple Does Not List for iPad
iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate ship on the same day, Monday, September 14, and they are not the same update. Apple’s macOS page lists six things its iPadOS page does not, and the iPad page lists one thing the Mac page does not. Safari and Siri side by side, the kind of layout…
macOS 27 Golden Gate Has One Cutoff, Not Two: Every Mac on Apple's List Runs Apple Intelligence
On the Mac there is only one cutoff. Every Mac family on Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility list also appears on Apple’s Apple Intelligence device list, so a Mac that can install Monday’s update can also run the intelligence features that come with it. The 27 software family ships free on Monday, September 14.…