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iOS 27's Release Notes List Six Changes Its Own Consumer Page Never Mentions
Apple’s developer-facing release notes for iOS 27 describe six changes that do not appear anywhere on Apple’s public iOS 27 page: a 2TB iCloud+ requirement for one Home feature, the end of new AirPort Utility downloads, PlayStation Access controller support, a new chip-level security layer, a stricter network security rule, and a new on-device dictation…
iOS 27's New CPA2 Security Feature Needs A20 Pro, M6 or S11, and Mac Studio Misses Out
Apple’s release notes for iOS 27 name a new hardware security feature called CPA2, delivered through an instruction set Apple labels arm64e.x1. According to Apple’s own developer documentation, it works only on iPhone models with the A20 Pro chip or later, Mac computers with an M6 chip or later, and Apple Watch models with the…
iPhone 18 Pro vapor chamber: Here's what Apple's 3x and 40% claims measure
Apple attaches three separate numbers to iPhone 18 Pro performance, and two of them are 40 percent. The next-generation vapor chamber has three times the surface area of the one in iPhone 17 Pro. Apple says it works with the A20 Pro chip design to deliver up to 40 percent better sustained performance than iPhone…
iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Intelligence: The Features the New Chip Does Not Add
The iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 Pro chip does not unlock a single Apple Intelligence feature that the iPhone 17 Pro does not already have. Apple’s own device list for the more advanced AI tier, the one covering Siri voice customization and improved on-device Dictation, names iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone Air…
iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max share Apple's 40% sustained performance claim
If you are choosing between the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro Max because you want the one that holds its speed longest in a long game or a long take, Apple’s published numbers won’t settle it. Apple describes one cooling design for the generation: a next-generation vapor chamber with three times the…
iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro Max: 14 Spec Lines the $700 Gap Does Not Touch
An iPhone Duo costs $700 more than an iPhone 18 Pro Max at every one of the four storage tiers, and on 14 published specification lines the two phones are identical. Same chip, same radios, same modem, same port speed, same wireless charging ceiling, same water rating, same Ultra Wide camera, same storage ladder. iPhone…
iPhone Duo Has No Reviews Yet: Which of Apple's Numbers You Can Check, and Which Need Time
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…
iPhone Duo RAM: Apple Publishes a Memory Bandwidth Claim and No Memory Figure
Apple has not published how much memory the iPhone Duo has, and it has never published that figure for any iPhone. What its specifications carry instead is a speed comparison: the A20 Pro has up to 50 percent more memory bandwidth than the A19 Pro, which describes how fast memory moves rather than how much…
There Is No A20, Only A20 Pro: Every Chip in Apple's 2026 iPhone Lineup
Apple announced one new iPhone chip this year and gave it a Pro suffix. The A20 Pro ships in three products, the iPhone 18 Pro, the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the iPhone Duo, and Apple has announced no chip called A20 without it. The A20 Pro is the only new iPhone chip Apple announced…
A20 Pro vs A19 Pro, A18 Pro and A17 Pro: The Core Counts Apple Publishes
Apple names exactly one chip when it quotes a number for the A20 Pro in the iPhone 18 Pro, and that chip is the A19 Pro from the iPhone 17 Pro generation. Against the A18 Pro in the iPhone 16 Pro, or the A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple has published no performance…
A20 Pro Neural Accelerators Explained: Not the Same Thing as the 32-Core Neural Engine
The iPhone 18 Pro carries two separate pieces of AI hardware inside the A20 Pro, and only one of them has a number attached. Apple quotes the dual 16-core Neural Engine at double the AI processing power of A19 Pro, and publishes no figure of any kind for the Neural Accelerators it names alongside it.…
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…
A20 Pro Gaming: Every Performance Claim Apple Published, and Why None Is a Benchmark
Apple has made six performance claims about the A20 Pro and the phones built around it, and not one of them is a gaming benchmark. There are no frame rates, no named games, no scores and no comparison with any hardware other than Apple’s own previous chips. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max…
iPhone Duo Sustained Performance: Apple's 35% Claim vs iPhone 17 Pro and the Custom Vapor Chamber
Apple says iPhone Duo has 35% better sustained performance than iPhone 17 Pro, thanks to a custom vapor chamber in a 5.2 mm body.
iPhone 18 Pro RAM: The Reported 12GB Figure and Why Apple Never Lists It
iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are reported to carry 12GB of RAM, a figure Apple does not publish. What Apple lists instead and what memory does for Siri AI.
The A20 Pro in iPhone Duo: Same Chip as iPhone 18 Pro, With One Job the Pro Does Not Have
iPhone Duo runs the A20 Pro, the same 2-nanometer chip Apple put in the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. Apple’s press release lists a 6-core CPU up to 20 percent faster than the A19 Pro, a 7-core GPU up to 40 percent faster, a dual 16-core Neural Engine with twice the compute, and a…
What Chip Is in the iPhone 18 Pro? A20 Pro, N1 and C2 Explained in Plain English
The iPhone 18 Pro runs on the A20 Pro, Apple’s first chip built on a 2-nanometer process, paired with the N1 wireless chip and the C2 cellular modem. All three are Apple-designed, and the same trio is in both the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone 18 Pro Max. Three named chips in one phone…
iPhone 18 Pro GPU: 40% Faster Graphics, and What It Means for Gaming
The A20 Pro chip in the iPhone 18 Pro has a 7-core GPU that Apple says is up to 40 percent faster than the A19 Pro. It is the headline graphics number from Apple’s announcement, and the one gamers will care about most. Apple has not said whether the gain comes from more cores, higher…
iPhone 18 Pro Memory Bandwidth: Why 50% More Matters for AI, Games and the Camera
Apple says the A20 Pro in the iPhone 18 Pro has 50 percent more memory bandwidth than last year’s A19 Pro. It is one of the least discussed numbers from the announcement, and one that touches nearly everything else on the spec sheet. Apple has not specified the amount of RAM, the memory type or…
iPhone 18 Pro Neural Engine: What a 32-Core Dual Neural Engine Does for Apple Intelligence
The A20 Pro chip in the iPhone 18 Pro includes a dual 16-core Neural Engine, 32 cores in total, which Apple says delivers double the AI processing of last year’s A19 Pro. It arrives five days before Siri AI enters beta with iOS 27 on September 14. Apple’s answer to more demanding on-device AI was…
iPhone 18 Pro Runs Cooler: Apple's New Vapor Chamber and Why Sustained Performance Matters
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have a next-generation vapor chamber attached directly to the A20 Pro chip, and Apple says it has three times the surface area of the previous design and helps deliver up to 40 percent better sustained performance than the iPhone 17 Pro. The cooling upgrade arrives with…
A20 Pro Chip Explained: Why Apple's First 2nm iPhone Chip Is a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
The A20 Pro inside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max is Apple’s first chip built on a 2-nanometer process. Apple says its 7-core GPU is up to 40 percent faster than the A19 Pro, its dual 16-core Neural Engine doubles the AI processing of last year’s chip, and memory bandwidth is up…
iPhone 18 Pro Is Official: Price, Release Date, Specs and Every New Feature Apple Just Announced
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its “Surprise and shine” event at Apple Park today, with prices starting at $1,199 and $1,299. Both phones get the A20 Pro, Apple’s first 2-nanometer chip, a 48MP main camera with a variable aperture, a smaller Dynamic Island and up to 45 hours…