Apple prices iPhone Duo at $1,999 for 256GB, $2,199 for 512GB, $2,599 for 1TB and $3,199 for 2TB on its US Store page. The three steps cost $200, $400 and $600, which works out at $0.78, $0.78 and $0.59 for each gigabyte added, by our arithmetic on Apple’s prices, taking 1TB as 1,024GB. The 7.6-inch…
iPhone 18 Pro Storage vs iCloud: The $5.56 a Month That Decides Which Is Cheaper
The first storage step on iPhone 18 Pro costs $200, the difference between $1,199 for 256GB and $1,399 for 512GB on Apple’s US Store page. Spread across three years of owning the phone that is $5.56 a month, and that is the number any cloud plan has to beat before it is the cheaper way…
iPhone 18 Pro 4K120 and ProRes: The Storage Math Behind Apple's Two Heaviest Formats
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro tech specs list 4K Dolby Vision recording at 24, 25, 30, 60, 100 and 120 fps, and ProRes video up to 4K at 120 fps with external recording. Those two lines decide more about which storage tier you need than anything else on the page, because one of them multiplies your…
Apple Names 'AFM 3 Cloud Models' in an iPhone 18 Pro Footnote, and Confirms a Paid Tier Is Coming
Apple has put two significant things in the same footnote of the iPhone 18 Pro press release. The first is a product name it has never used in consumer material before, “AFM 3 Cloud models.” The second is a flat statement that expanded Apple Intelligence access “will be available for a fee in the future.”…
iPhone Duo on October 23 or October 30: Is Buying Abroad Worth It to Skip the Wait?
iPhone Duo goes on sale on Friday, October 23 in more than 70 countries and regions, and in 28 more on Friday, October 30. Apple has named 18 of the first-wave countries and none of the second-wave ones, which is the awkward part if you are in a market that has not been listed either…
Buying iPhone 18 Pro in Japan, the UAE or Singapore: Price, Warranty and the eSIM Catch
Apple lists the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro at 219,800 yen in Japan, AED 5,099 in the UAE and S$1,899 in Singapore, and the most consequential difference between the three storefronts is not the price. Japan and the UAE are both on Apple’s eSIM-only list, so phones sold there have no SIM tray at all, while…
Apple Card Monthly Installments on iPhone 18 Pro: 0% APR, $35.97 Back and the Carrier Rule
Apple Card Monthly Installments splits an iPhone 18 Pro into 24 payments of $49.95 at 0 percent APR, and Apple pays 3 percent Daily Cash on the purchase up front, which is $35.97 on a $1,199 phone. The condition most buyers skip past is that Apple does not allow the plan on an iPhone unless…
iPhone 18 Pro Accessories: What the Case, Strap and Charger Add to $1,199
The iPhone 18 Pro box contains a phone and a one metre USB-C cable, and nothing else. Everything else Apple sells for it is a separate line on the bill, and the single item that Apple’s own fastest charging claim depends on does not have a published price. iPhone 18 Pro ships with a 1…
The Cheapest Way to Buy iPhone 18 Pro: Every Published Route, Ranked by What You Save
There are six published routes to paying less than $1,199 for an iPhone 18 Pro, and only three of them put money back in your hand on the day you buy. The rest are monthly credits, cash back or a lease, and each one carries a condition that decides whether it is worth taking. iPhone…
What Apple Did Not Announce on September 9: No iPhone 18, No Air 2, No Macs, No Apple TV 4K
Apple’s September 9 event produced the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone Duo, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4 and AirPods 5. It did not produce a standard iPhone 18, an iPhone 18e, an iPhone Air 2, a Mac, a new Apple TV 4K or a new HomePod, and Apple’s own…