iOS 27 arrives on Monday, September 14 as a free update, and Apple’s compatibility list still runs all the way back to the iPhone 11 and the iPhone SE second generation. An iPhone 11 gets the new Liquid Glass look, Apple’s speed work, the rebuilt search and the new parental controls. It gets none of…
The iPhone 18 Pro Storage Choice Has a Carbon Price: 63 kg at 256GB, 109 kg at 2TB
Apple’s own Product Environmental Report for iPhone 18 Pro puts the 256GB model at 63 kg of CO2e and the 2TB model at 109 kg. That is a 73 percent increase in a phone’s carbon footprint for choosing more storage, published by Apple in a PDF dated September 2026 and never mentioned in the press…
Satellite Across Apple's 2026 Lineup: Two Free Years, and Nothing Published About Year Three
Satellite appears three times in Apple’s 2026 announcements and always with the same number attached to it: two years, included. Apple Watch Ultra 4 and iPhone Duo both carry satellite features free for two years, existing iPhone 14, iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 owners are getting an additional free year, and Apple has published nothing…
Buying Apple's 2026 Devices for a Child: Every Age Limit and Setup Rule Apple Published
If you are buying any of Apple’s 2026 products for a child, the decisions are made for you by a set of age limits Apple published in footnotes rather than on stage. Siri AI is not available to users under 13, the ECG app is intended for people 22 and over, sleep apnea notifications are…
Apple Watch Series 12 Band Fit: What Apple Publishes for 42mm, 46mm and the Bigger Ceramic Case
Apple Watch Series 12 comes in two size classes, 42mm and 46mm, and Apple sells its bands under those same two labels. The catch this year is ceramic: Apple’s specifications list the ceramic case as 43mm and 47mm tall, a millimetre more than the aluminium and titanium cases in the same class, and it is…
Five iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Order Choices, Ranked by What Getting One Wrong Costs
Five things are settled the moment you check out on Saturday, September 12: size, storage, color, whether you attach a carrier, and whether you trade something in. Only three of them move the price, one of them can cost $1,200, and one is a $100 difference Apple never prints as a number. The 6.3-inch and…
Does the Apple Watch Series 12 Measure Blood Pressure? No, and Here Is What It Does Instead
No. The Apple Watch Series 12 does not measure blood pressure, and Apple has never said it does. There is no cuff, no systolic or diastolic reading, and no blood pressure sensor anywhere on the sensor list Apple publishes for the watch. The Readiness score is one of the features fed by the more frequent…
Will Your iPhone 17 Pro Case Fit the iPhone 18 Pro? What Apple's Own Numbers Show
Apple lists the iPhone 18 Pro at 150.0 by 71.9 by 8.75 mm. It lists the iPhone 17 Pro at 150.0 by 71.9 by 8.75 mm. The two are identical to the tenth of a millimetre, and so are the big pair: iPhone 18 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro Max are both 163.4 by…
iOS 27 Stuck on 'Preparing Update' or 'Verifying Update': What Apple Has Published
If iOS 27 sits on “Preparing Update” or “Verifying Update” on Monday, September 14, Apple has published no troubleshooting document for it. There is no “About iOS 27 Updates” page, no iOS 27 security content page, and the general update guide has not been revised since December 5, 2025. iOS 27 is a free update…
iPhone Overheating After the iOS 27 Update: What Apple Has and Has Not Published
If your iPhone runs hot for a day or two after installing iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, Apple has published no document that acknowledges it, explains it or tells you what to do about it. There is no iOS 27 thermal guidance anywhere on apple.com or on Apple Support. iOS 27 reaches iPhone 11…