AirPods 5 pick up your voice with dual beamforming microphones, an inward-facing microphone and a speech-detecting accelerometer, and Apple’s tech specs list two features built on that hardware: Voice Isolation for calls and what Apple calls studio-quality audio recording. Both are listed for the $129 AirPods 5 and the $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging…
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AirPods 5 and Find My: Separation Alerts on Both Models, but Only the $149 Case Can Play a Sound
Both AirPods 5 models support Find My with separation alerts, according to Apple’s tech specs, but only the $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case has a speaker in its case, so it is the only one that can play a sound to help you find it. The $129 AirPods 5 ships with a USB-C…
How to Set Up Apple Watch Series 12 for a Family Member or Child
Apple Watch Series 12 can be set up for someone who does not have their own iPhone. Apple’s support guide puts the choice at step four of the pairing flow, where you pick “Set Up for Myself” or “Set Up for a Family Member,” and points to a separate support article (109036) for the family-specific…
What's in the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Box: Fast Charger to USB-C Cable, One Band, No Power Adapter
Apple’s tech specs list three items in the Apple Watch Series 12 box: the watch, a band, and an Apple Watch Magnetic Fast Charger to USB-C Cable, 1 meter long. The Apple Watch Ultra 4 box lists the same three items. Neither box includes a USB-C power adapter, so you need your own. Apple Watch…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs Apple Watch SE 3: $799 or $249, What $550 Buys
Apple Watch Ultra 4 costs $799 and Apple Watch SE 3 costs $249 on Apple’s Store page, a gap of $550. Apple’s tech specs show what that money buys: the S11 chip instead of S10, 50 hours of battery instead of 18, 3000 nits instead of 1000, a 100 m water rating instead of 50…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs Series 12 for Runners: 10 vs 18, 25 and 45 Workout Hours, L1 vs Dual-Frequency GPS
For a runner, two lines on Apple’s spec sheets separate Apple Watch Ultra 4 from Apple Watch Series 12: workout battery and GPS. Series 12 is rated for up to 10 hours of outdoor workout with Precision L1 GPS, while Ultra 4 is rated for 18 hours, 25 hours in Extended Workout and 45 hours…
Apple Watch Series 12 Has Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth 5.3: What the Gap With iPhone 18 Pro's Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 Means
Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 connect over Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Bluetooth 5.3, according to Apple’s tech specs, while the iPhone 18 Pro announced the same day has Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) and Bluetooth 6. Apple has not explained the gap, but its compare page shows the watch radios are unchanged from…
Ceramic Apple Watch Series 12 Is Slightly Bigger: 43 mm and 47 mm Cases, 9.85 mm Deep
The ceramic Apple Watch Series 12 is not quite the same size as the aluminum and titanium models. Apple’s tech specs list the ceramic cases at 43 mm and 47 mm tall and 9.85 mm deep, against 42 mm and 46 mm and 9.7 mm for the other materials, even though Apple sells all three…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs Apple Watch Series 11: Last Year's $399 Watch or the New $799 One
Apple Watch Ultra 4 costs $799 and Apple Watch Series 11 launched at $399 a year ago, so the question is whether the S11 chip, 50-hour battery, 100 m water resistance and satellite messaging are worth $400 over last year’s mainstream watch. They are if you hike, dive, run long distances or hate charging; if…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs Apple Watch Ultra 2: 36 to 50 Hours, S9 to S11 and Satellite Added
Apple Watch Ultra 4 raises the battery rating from the Ultra 2’s 36 hours to 50, moves two chip generations from the S9 to the S11, adds satellite messaging that Ultra 2 never had, charges to 80 percent in about 45 minutes instead of about an hour, and keeps the $799 price Apple set for…
5G RedCap on Apple Watch Series 12 Explained: What It Is and Why the Watch Does Not Use Full 5G
The cellular versions of Apple Watch Series 12 connect over 5G using RedCap, according to Apple’s tech specs, which list “Supports RedCap for 5G and LTE” for the two cellular models, A3582 and A3587. RedCap is short for Reduced Capability, a lighter 5G profile for small devices, so Series 12 is a 5G watch without…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 for Scuba and Snorkeling: 100 m, EN13319 to 40 m, and the Depth Gauge Accuracy
Apple Watch Ultra 4 is rated water resistant to 100 meters under ISO 22810:2010 and certified to EN13319 for recreational scuba diving to 40 meters, with a depth gauge Apple rates as accurate to plus or minus 1 meter. Those figures come from Apple’s tech specs for the $799 watch, which reaches stores on Friday,…
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Price in Singapore and the UAE: S$599, S$1,199, AED 1,599 and AED 3,199 to Start
Apple Watch Series 12 starts at S$599 in Singapore and AED 1,599 in the UAE, and Apple Watch Ultra 4 starts at S$1,199 and AED 3,199, according to Apple’s press releases for each country. Those are starting prices only; Apple’s Store pages for Singapore and the UAE do not show per-size, titanium, ceramic, cellular or…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone 16 Pro: Two-Year Upgrade From the Last Titanium Small Pro
An iPhone 16 Pro owner looking at iPhone Duo is weighing a 199 g titanium phone with a 6.3-inch display, a 5x telephoto and 27 hours of video playback against a 254 g titanium foldable with 7.6-inch and 5.4-inch displays, no telephoto and 44 hours closed. The gap is $1,000 against the 16 Pro’s $999…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone 17: $1,200 Apart at Launch Prices, and Where the Money Goes
iPhone 17 launched at $799 and iPhone Duo starts at $1,999, a $1,200 gap at launch prices; against the $929 Apple’s Store page charges today for an unlocked 256GB iPhone 17, the gap is $1,070, or $1,100 against the $899 price with carrier activation. The money buys a second display, a folding 7.6-inch panel, the…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone Air: Apple's Thinnest Phone vs Its Foldable, 165 g vs 254 g
iPhone Air is 5.64 mm thick and weighs 165 g; iPhone Duo is 5.2 mm thick open, 11.3 mm closed, and weighs 254 g, so the foldable is the thinner phone only while it is unfolded and it carries 89 g more. Both are titanium, both use a 2x crop of a 48MP main sensor…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone 17 Pro: $900 More Than Last Year's Pro, and What the 7.6-Inch Screen Buys
iPhone Duo costs $1,999, which is $900 more than the $1,099 an iPhone 17 Pro cost at launch, and for that you get a 7.6-inch inner display in place of a 6.3-inch one, a 5.4-inch outer screen, the A20 Pro, a 2TB option and up to 44 hours of video playback with the phone closed.…
iPhone Duo vs iPhone 17 Pro Max: Should Last Year's Big Pro Owner Fold?
If you bought an iPhone 17 Pro Max last September, iPhone Duo asks you to swap a 6.9-inch phone with a 4x telephoto and 39 hours of video playback for a 7.6-inch folding display, a 2x crop in place of that telephoto, and 44 hours of video closed or 31 hours open, at $1,999 against…
iPhone Duo GPS and Sensors: Dual-Frequency GPS With NavIC, Barometer, and Four Ambient Light Sensors
iPhone Duo uses dual-frequency GPS that works with six satellite systems, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and NavIC, according to Apple’s tech specs. The same sheet lists a barometer, a high dynamic range gyroscope, a high-g accelerometer, a proximity sensor and four ambient light sensors, twice the usual count, which is the clearest hardware sign…
iPhone Duo USB-C: USB 3 at 10 Gb/s and DisplayPort Output, What You Can Plug In
iPhone Duo’s USB-C port supports USB 3 at up to 10 Gb/s and DisplayPort output, according to Apple’s tech specs. That puts it in the same class as iPhone 18 Pro for wired transfers and about 20 times faster than the USB 2 port on iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. iPhone Duo's 7.6-inch inner display,…
iPhone Duo Front Cameras Compared: 12MP Outer Center Stage vs the Under-Display Inner Camera
iPhone Duo has two front cameras, and they are not equal. The outer display carries a 12MP Center Stage camera at f/2.2 with Retina Flash that records 4K Dolby Vision video, while the inner display uses an under-display FaceTime camera at f/1.8 that tops out at 1080p, according to Apple’s tech specs. iPhone Duo's 5.4-inch…
iPhone Duo Slo-Mo and Action Mode: 4K 120 fps Slo-Mo, 2.8K Action Mode and Night Mode Time-Lapse
iPhone Duo records slow-motion video at 4K 120 fps or 1080p 240 fps, runs Action mode at up to 2.8K 60 fps and adds a Night mode time-lapse option, according to Apple’s tech specs. Those are the modes that sit below the headline 4K Dolby Vision and Cinematic mode figures, and Apple did not mention…
iPhone Duo Recycled Materials: 35% Overall, 100% Recycled Cobalt and a 3D-Printed Recycled Titanium Hinge Cover
iPhone Duo is made from 35 percent recycled material by weight, with 100 percent recycled cobalt in both batteries, 85 percent recycled titanium in the enclosure and a hinge cover 3D-printed from 100 percent recycled titanium, according to Apple’s press release. It is built with 60 percent renewable electricity in manufacturing and ships in 100…
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.