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AppleCare One Family Is $599.88 a Year for Six People, With Six Shared Theft-and-Loss Claims
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AppleCare One Family Is $599.88 a Year for Six People, With Six Shared Theft-and-Loss Claims

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

AppleCare One Family goes on sale on Monday, September 14 at $49.99 a month, covering up to six people set up through Family Sharing. That works out to $599.88 for a year and $1,799.64 over three years on our arithmetic on published figures, and the whole household shares six theft-and-loss claims a year between them,…

How Long Should You Plan to Keep an iPhone 18 Pro? Apple Publishes One Age Limit, and It Is Four Years
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How Long Should You Plan to Keep an iPhone 18 Pro? Apple Publishes One Age Limit, and It Is Four Years

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Cost of ownership is a price divided by the years you keep the thing, and Apple publishes exactly one number on the second half of that sum. It is four years, and it appears in the eligibility wording for AppleCare One Family: most devices less than four years old and in good working condition. An…

iPhone Duo Day One: Buy the Phone Apple Ships on October 23, Not the One It Has Promised
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iPhone Duo Day One: Buy the Phone Apple Ships on October 23, Not the One It Has Promised

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

The strongest argument against buying a first-generation product is usually the roadmap, and the iPhone Duo has one. Apple has dated Apple Pencil support to later in 2026, the developer tools for the fold to later this month, and five more Siri AI languages to October, which means the phone that arrives on October 23…

iPhone Duo Has No Reviews Yet: Which of Apple’s Numbers You Can Check, and Which Need Time
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iPhone Duo Has No Reviews Yet: Which of Apple's Numbers You Can Check, and Which Need Time

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Nobody outside Apple has used an iPhone Duo, so every number attached to Apple’s first foldable is Apple’s own. That does not make the numbers useless, but it does mean a buyer has to sort them, because some are measurements anyone can confirm on October 23 and some are claims with no published test behind…

Can an iPhone Duo Replace a Small Tablet? Apple Never Makes That Comparison
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Can an iPhone Duo Replace a Small Tablet? Apple Never Makes That Comparison

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Apple’s published case for carrying one iPhone Duo instead of a phone and a small tablet comes down to four figures: a 7.6-inch inner display it calls 50 percent larger than the iPhone 18 Pro Max’s, a body 5.2 mm thick open and 11.3 mm closed, a weight of 254 g, and Apple Pencil (USB-C)…

iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo and Ultra 4: Every Free Extra Apple Includes, and When It Runs Out
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iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Duo and Ultra 4: Every Free Extra Apple Includes, and When It Runs Out

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Three of the things Apple includes with a new device this autumn are free for a fixed period and then are not: three months of five services with any Apple device purchase, three months of Apple One with an iPhone Duo, and two years of satellite access with an Apple Watch Ultra 3 or later…

iPhone Duo’s Rear Cameras Read Like the iPhone 17’s, Not the iPhone 18 Pro’s
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iPhone Duo's Rear Cameras Read Like the iPhone 17's, Not the iPhone 18 Pro's

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Line up Apple’s spec pages for its 2026 iPhones and the iPhone Duo’s rear cameras do not sit next to the iPhone 18 Pro’s. They sit next to the iPhone 17’s: a 48MP main camera at 26 mm and f/1.6, a 48MP Ultra Wide at 13 mm and f/2.2, and a 12MP 2x crop at…

AirPods 5 Cost of Ownership: $129 Buys the Buds, Not the Cable or the Adapter
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AirPods 5 Cost of Ownership: $129 Buys the Buds, Not the Cable or the Adapter

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

AirPods 5 cost $129, or $149 with the Wireless Charging Case, and Apple’s own store page states they do not include a USB-C charge cable or a power adapter. On the $129 model that matters more than it sounds, because Apple’s specs list USB-C as the only way to charge its case. The $149 case…

iPhone Duo Reaches More Countries on Day One Than iPhone 18 Pro Did: 70-Plus Against 65-Plus
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iPhone Duo Reaches More Countries on Day One Than iPhone 18 Pro Did: 70-Plus Against 65-Plus

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Apple’s first foldable opens in more markets on its first day than its flagship Pro does. iPhone Duo goes on sale Friday, October 23 in more than 70 countries and regions, with 28 more on Friday, October 30. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max open in more than 65 countries on September 18. Image: Apple…

Three iOS 27 Features Built to Share Your Details: Tap to Share, Find My Timers and Wallet Passes
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Three iOS 27 Features Built to Share Your Details: Tap to Share, Find My Timers and Wallet Passes

Mike Peterson · September 12, 2026

Three of the features in iOS 27 exist to pass your information to someone else. Apple Pay’s Tap to Share connects to a merchant’s iPhone to share your email, shipping and loyalty details, Find My gains location sharing that stops at a time you set, and Wallet can turn a scanned physical loyalty card into…

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