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.…
Apple Already Prepared Your iPhone for iOS 27 in an iOS 26 Update, and Said So Once
Apple named iOS 27 in its support library exactly once before this week, and it did it in the release notes for an iOS 26 update. The line reads that iOS 26.6 “optimizes the Spotlight index to prepare for iOS 27,” which means some of Monday’s groundwork was already done on your iPhone weeks ago.…
AirPods 5 Studio-Quality Recording: Three Microphones, One Spec Line and No Numbers
Apple credits AirPods 5 with studio-quality audio recording and with Voice Isolation, and each claim appears exactly once, as an item in a specification row. There is no sample rate, no bit depth, no file format, no list of apps that can use either feature and no comparison with any other set of AirPods. AirPods…
AirPods 5 Live Translation Needs an iPhone 15 Pro, and Apple Rules Out China Mainland
Live Translation sits on Apple’s AirPods 5 feature list, but the earbuds are not what decides whether you can use it. Apple’s support documentation sets the terms: an iPhone 15 Pro or later on iOS 26 or later, the latest AirPods firmware, Apple Intelligence turned on, the Translate app installed, and it states that the…
Buying an Apple Watch Apple No Longer Sells: Which Models Still Get watchOS 27 on Monday
Apple now sells three watches, and every other model it has released is off the store. The useful part for anyone shopping outside Apple is that watchOS 27 supports eight models, five more than Apple stocks, so a discontinued Apple Watch can still take Monday’s free update. Series 12 is one of only three watches…
Apple Watch SE 3 Is Still $249: What Apple's Only Entry Watch Includes, and the Two Sensors It Does Not
Apple Watch SE 3 survived September 9 unchanged and unrepriced, and it is now the only Apple Watch under $399. Apple lists it at From $249 with the S10 chip, 40mm and 44mm aluminum cases, up to 18 hours of battery and a 1000-nit Always-On display. Series 12 at $399 sits above the SE 3…