Apple’s AirPods 5, announced today at $129 and $149, remove up to 50 percent more noise than AirPods 4 with ANC, according to Apple’s press release. They also run one hour longer per charge with noise cancellation switched on. That makes noise cancellation the main reason to consider trading up from last year’s model. Here…
AirPods 5 Announced: Price, Noise Cancellation, Battery Life and Release Date
Apple announced AirPods 5 today at its “Surprise and shine” event, priced at $129, with a second model, AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case, at $149. Both bring Active Noise Cancellation to Apple’s open-ear earbuds at a level Apple says removes up to 50 percent more noise than AirPods 4 with ANC. The earbuds arrived…
iPhone 18 Pro Runs Cooler: Apple's New Vapor Chamber and Why Sustained Performance Matters
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have a next-generation vapor chamber attached directly to the A20 Pro chip, and Apple says it has three times the surface area of the previous design and helps deliver up to 40 percent better sustained performance than the iPhone 17 Pro. The cooling upgrade arrives with…
Should You Upgrade to iPhone 18 Pro? An Honest Answer for iPhone 15 Pro, 16 Pro and 17 Pro Owners
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 and the iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299, $100 more than last year’s models, and both bring the A20 Pro chip, a variable aperture main camera and longer battery life. Whether that is worth it depends on which iPhone you own now. The design carries over from the…
iPhone 18 Pro Has Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Apple's C2 Modem: What the N1 and C2 Chips Actually Do
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max use two Apple-designed wireless chips: the N1, which handles Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and Thread, and the C2 modem for cellular, which Apple says uses 15 percent less energy than the C1X. Together with the 2-nanometer A20 Pro, that puts Apple silicon in charge of processing,…
Apple Reference Image: The iPhone 18 Pro Feature That Proves Your Photos Aren't AI
Apple Reference Image, a new feature announced with the iPhone 18 Pro on September 9, stores an untouched original of a photo with verification metadata so the image can be shown to come from a real capture rather than from AI. It arrives as Apple also ships Image Playground with photorealistic images in iOS 27,…
iPhone 18 Pro Goes eSIM-Only in 12 Countries: Full List and What It Means for Travelers
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max ship without a physical SIM tray in 12 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico, Apple confirmed in its September 9 press release. The eSIM-only models also carry Apple’s headline battery figures. The 36 hours of video playback quoted for the Pro…
iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 17 Pro: 8 Differences That Decide Whether You Should Upgrade
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199, $100 more than the iPhone 17 Pro did at launch, and for that Apple has changed the chip, the main camera, the Dynamic Island, the battery rating, the storage ceiling, the colors and the rear finish. The design itself carries over from the 17 Pro generation. That makes…
iPhone 18 Pro's Smaller Dynamic Island: 3 Live Activities at Once and What Else Changed
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have a smaller Dynamic Island that shows up to three Live Activities at once, Apple confirmed at its September 9 event. Face ID is retained. The change matches a pre-event leak describing a 3-in-1 Dynamic Island feature, and it is one of the few visible differences…
iPhone 18 Pro Storage: Do You Really Need the New 2TB Model? (256GB to 2TB Explained)
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max come in four storage sizes: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and, for the first time on an iPhone, 2TB. The base 256GB model starts at $1,199 for the Pro and $1,299 for the Pro Max. Apple’s press release names all four tiers but lists prices only for the…