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iOS 27 Battery Drain: What Apple Has Published, and What It Has Not
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iOS 27 Battery Drain: What Apple Has Published, and What It Has Not

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

If your iPhone drains faster after you install iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, Apple has published nothing that predicts it, measures it or explains it. There is no iOS 27 battery statement of any kind, and no Apple support document that covers what happens to an iPhone in the days after a major update.…

Two 14-Day Clocks Start When Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives, and Apple Explains Neither Ending
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Two 14-Day Clocks Start When Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives, and Apple Explains Neither Ending

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Two separate 14-day clocks start on the day an iPhone 18 Pro is delivered, and Apple publishes what starts each one without publishing what happens when either runs out. The first is the trade-in estimate, which Apple says is “valid for 14 days after you receive your new device.” The second is price protection, which…

Moving to an iPhone 18 Pro: What Apple’s Published Transfer Instructions Cover, and Where They Stop
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Moving to an iPhone 18 Pro: What Apple's Published Transfer Instructions Cover, and Where They Stop

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple’s published instructions for moving to an iPhone 18 Pro amount to three preparation steps and one free support session. There is no Apple support article covering data transfer to this model, because Apple has not published a user guide for it yet: the iPhone manuals index still stops at the iPhone 17 family and…

Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives September 18: What Apple Publishes for the Days Before It Does
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Your iPhone 18 Pro Arrives September 18: What Apple Publishes for the Days Before It Does

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

iPhone 18 Pro reaches buyers on Friday, September 18, and the useful preparation happens on the phone you already own rather than the one in transit. Apple publishes exactly one detail about the new device’s software state, and it is a helpful one: the box contains “iPhone with iOS 27”, so there is no first-run…

Changing or Cancelling an iPhone 18 Pro Order: Apple’s Sales Policies Are the Only Published Answer
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Changing or Cancelling an iPhone 18 Pro Order: Apple's Sales Policies Are the Only Published Answer

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple has published no instructions for changing or cancelling an iPhone 18 Pro order after you place it. There is no support document, no step list and no stated window, and the closest published source is Apple’s retail sales policies, which are written almost entirely in Apple’s favour. Colour is one of four choices locked…

iPhone 18 Pro Delivery on September 18: Apple Publishes a Shipping Rule, Not an Arrival Date
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iPhone 18 Pro Delivery on September 18: Apple Publishes a Shipping Rule, Not an Arrival Date

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple has published a start date for iPhone 18 Pro deliveries, Friday, September 18, and a shipping rule that applies to it, but it has not published an arrival date for any individual configuration. Apple’s own wording is that you get the date after you buy, not before: “Delivery estimates are based on item availability…

Apple Watch by Activity: The Right Pick for Swimmers, Hikers, Runners and Desk Workers
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Apple Watch by Activity: The Right Pick for Swimmers, Hikers, Runners and Desk Workers

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple now sells exactly three watches, and what you do with your day picks between them faster than any spec sheet will. Swimmers, day hikers and desk workers can stop at the $399 Apple Watch Series 12; only long-distance runners, divers and people who go off grid can point at an Apple number that justifies…

Which iPhone Should You Buy in 2026? A Decision Table for All Seven Apple Sells
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Which iPhone Should You Buy in 2026? A Decision Table for All Seven Apple Sells

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple sells seven iPhones as of today, and the price ladder runs from $699 to $1,999. The $699 iPhone 17e is the cheapest way in, the $1,199 iPhone 18 Pro is the model most people asking this question end up buying, and the $1,999 iPhone Duo is the only one that does not arrive until…

Apple Intelligence at Work: The Device List, the 16 Languages and the Regions Apple Leaves Out
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Apple Intelligence at Work: The Device List, the 16 Languages and the Regions Apple Leaves Out

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

Apple Intelligence launches with iOS 27 on Monday, September 14 in 16 languages, and Siri AI arrives the same day as a beta in English only. For an organisation, three published lines decide more than the hardware does: the device list, the language list, and the fact that Siri AI is not available initially in…

eSIM-Only iPhone 18 Pro in 12 Countries: What Apple Publishes for a Multi-Country Order
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eSIM-Only iPhone 18 Pro in 12 Countries: What Apple Publishes for a Multi-Country Order

Mike Peterson · September 11, 2026

iPhone 18 Pro ships with no SIM tray at all in 12 countries, and Apple publishes the list. Apple also publishes the dual eSIM specification, two lines active at once and eight or more stored, and it has published nothing about moving those lines across a company fleet. iPhone 18 Pro ships without a SIM…

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