Three words sit in Apple’s iPhone comparison rows for iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max that most buyers will never use: Apple Log 2, ProRes RAW and Genlock. Genlock is the strangest of the three to find on a phone, because it only makes sense when there is more than one camera pointed…
iPhone 18 Pro Variable Aperture: Five Things It Does Not Change
The iPhone 18 Pro is the first iPhone with an aperture that moves, and the four stops Apple lists, f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8 and f/4.0, are a genuine first. What they are not is a change to the whole camera system: the mechanism sits on one lens of four, and a good deal of the phone…
There Is No A20, Only A20 Pro: Every Chip in Apple's 2026 iPhone Lineup
Apple announced one new iPhone chip this year and gave it a Pro suffix. The A20 Pro ships in three products, the iPhone 18 Pro, the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the iPhone Duo, and Apple has announced no chip called A20 without it. The A20 Pro is the only new iPhone chip Apple announced…
A20 Pro vs A19 Pro, A18 Pro and A17 Pro: The Core Counts Apple Publishes
Apple names exactly one chip when it quotes a number for the A20 Pro in the iPhone 18 Pro, and that chip is the A19 Pro from the iPhone 17 Pro generation. Against the A18 Pro in the iPhone 16 Pro, or the A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple has published no performance…
iOS 27 Not Showing Up in Software Update? Apple Names VPNs, and Documents a Delete Update Fix
If iOS 27 does not appear in Software Update on Monday, or appears and refuses to download, Apple documents two things worth knowing before you touch anything else. The first is that “VPN or proxy connections might prevent your device from contacting the update servers.” The second is that Apple publishes a procedure for deleting…
Can You Go Back to iOS 26 After Installing iOS 27? Apple Publishes No Downgrade Path at All
Apple publishes no document describing how to return from one public release of iOS to an earlier one. Not a procedure, not a warning against it, not an acknowledgement that people want to, which means the honest answer to “can I go back to iOS 26 after installing iOS 27” is that Apple has never…
AirPods 5 Case Battery: 16 Hours in Reserve at $129, 17 Hours at $149
Apple publishes two battery numbers for each AirPods 5 model, one for the earbuds and one for the total with the case. Subtract the first from the second and the case reserve appears: 16 hours on the $129 AirPods 5, 17 hours on the $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case. AirPods 5 buds are…
AirPods 5 Battery Life Differs by Model on Apple's Own Pages: 4 Hours or 5
Apple lists two different listening figures for AirPods 5 depending on which box you pick: up to four hours with Active Noise Cancellation on the $129 AirPods 5, and up to five hours on the $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case. The total with the case splits the same way, 20 hours against 22.…
Apple Watch Health Features in 2026: Every Age and Eligibility Limit Apple Publishes
Several of the health features that sit on top of the new Health Sensing System in Apple Watch Series 12 are restricted by age, and two of them exclude people who already have a diagnosis. Apple publishes those limits in footnotes and support documents rather than on the pages that sell the watch. The redesigned…
iPhone Duo Adaptive Layouts: What Apple Says Happens to an App When You Close the Phone
Apple describes what happens when you fold the iPhone Duo shut in a single phrase: layouts that adapt to open, closed and posed positions. That is the extent of the consumer-facing explanation, and it is the one piece of iOS behaviour that no other iPhone has ever needed. Split View on the inner display, which…