Apple has not published how much memory the iPhone Duo has, and it has never published that figure for any iPhone. What its specifications carry instead is a speed comparison: the A20 Pro has up to 50 percent more memory bandwidth than the A19 Pro, which describes how fast memory moves rather than how much…
iPhone 18 Pro Is $1,199 or $1,299 Depending on One Checkout Choice Apple Never Prices
Apple’s press release says iPhone 18 Pro “starts at $1,199 (U.S.),” while Apple’s own US store listed the 6.3-inch 256GB model, unlocked, at $1,299. Both figures are Apple’s, both describe the same phone, and the $100 between them is a carrier connectivity discount that Apple never states as a number anywhere. The four iPhone 18…
Siri AI Syncs Your Conversations Across Five Platforms, and the EU Rules Out Three of Them
Apple describes the new Siri app as one place for every Siri AI conversation, synced privately over iCloud so a chat started on a Mac can be picked up on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Apple Vision Pro. In the European Union, three of those five platforms do not get Siri AI when iOS 27…
Siri AI Has an Age Limit: Apple Says It Is Not Available to Users Under 13
Siri AI arrives in beta with iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, and Apple has published exactly one age rule for it: “Siri AI is not available to users under 13.” That single sentence sits in a footnote of Apple’s September 9 press release, and it is the only age restriction Apple has attached to…
Apple Has Given Two Different Answers on Paying for More Apple Intelligence
Apple has published two statements about paying for more Apple Intelligence, four months apart, and they do not line up. In June it said increased access comes with most iCloud+ subscription plans. In September it said expanded access will be available for a fee in the future. The daily usage limits are published in footnotes…
Audio Intelligence Is Not Described as All On-Device: Apple's Definition Names Cloud Models Too
Apple’s own one-sentence definition of Audio Intelligence names cloud models alongside on-device ones. Support document 148354 calls it a brand-new class of Apple Intelligence features that use the microphones of Apple Watch, the power of Apple silicon, and on-device and cloud-based AI models to help you detect sounds, identify music, and stay present and engaged,…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 Sensors: What the Depth Gauge, Water Temperature Sensor and Altimeter Report
Apple’s specification sheet for the Apple Watch Ultra 4 lists 11 sensors, and four of them exist for the outdoors: a depth gauge rated for recreational scuba to 40 metres with accuracy of plus or minus 1 metre, a water temperature sensor, an always-on altimeter and a compass. The watch starts at $799 and reaches…
iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Order Time: Apple's Press Release and Store Page Give Four Markets Two Clocks
iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max pre-orders open at 5 a.m. PT today, Saturday September 12, and that is a single worldwide instant: 12:00 UTC. Apple describes that one instant in two different ways depending on which of its own pages you read, and in the UK, India, Canada and Germany the press…
Apple Watch Sound Recognition: Available Now or Late 2026? Apple's Own Two Pages Disagree
Two Apple pages published in the same week give different answers about when Sound Recognition works on the new watches. Apple support document 148354 lists Sound Recognition as available, while the Apple Watch Series 12 product page groups it with Live Rewind and Siri Recap as coming late 2026. Apple groups Sound Recognition with Live…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 in Cold and Heat: The Minus 20C Wrist Range, MIL-STD 810H and IP6X
Apple rates the Apple Watch Ultra 4 for wear between minus 20 and 55 degrees Celsius, lists a separate 0 to 35 degree operating range, and says the 49 mm titanium case has been tested to MIL-STD 810H. It also carries an IP6X dust rating and 100 metre water resistance, and it reaches stores on…