Apple’s September 9 press release said Cinematic effects on iPhone 18 Pro run at up to 60 fps and left the resolution unstated. The tech specs fill it in: Cinematic mode records up to 4K Dolby Vision at 60 fps, the same on the 6.3-inch iPhone 18 Pro and the 6.9-inch iPhone 18 Pro Max.…
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iPhone 18 Pro ProRes at 4K120 Records Externally: What Apple Publishes About the USB-C Port
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro tech specs attach one condition to the phone’s top video mode: ProRes runs up to 4K at 120 fps with external recording. The port that carries it is USB-C with USB 3 at up to 10 Gb/s, and the only cable Apple puts in the box is a 1 m USB-C…
iPhone 18 Pro Shoots 4K at 120 fps: What Apple Published About Playing It Back
The iPhone 18 Pro records 4K Dolby Vision at up to 120 fps, and the only screen Apple has published a matching refresh figure for is the one in the box: ProMotion runs up to 120Hz on both the 6.3-inch and the 6.9-inch model. For everywhere else a clip might end up, Apple has published…
iPhone 18 Pro Records Five Video Formats: Which One Each Job Actually Needs
Apple lists five video formats for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max: 4K Dolby Vision at 24, 25, 30, 60, 100 or 120 fps, Cinematic mode up to 4K Dolby Vision at 60 fps, ProRes up to 4K at 120 fps with external recording, spatial video at 1080p and 30 fps, and…
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…
Spatial Reframing and Extend in iOS 27 Photos: What Apple Published, and the Daily Limit
Photos in iOS 27 gains two new editing tools. Spatial Reframing, in Apple’s words, reframes a photo after it has been taken, and the Extend tool expands a shot, which Apple ties to straightening horizons and changing aspect ratios. Both arrive on Monday, September 14. The Photos app on iPhone 18 Pro, where the new…
Image Playground Makes Photorealistic Images in iOS 27: The Devices It Needs and the Daily Limit
Image Playground can generate photorealistic pictures in iOS 27. Apple’s wording is that it creates unique, high-quality images in just about any style, including photorealistic, and because it is an Apple Intelligence feature it runs only on the devices on Apple’s Apple Intelligence list and carries a daily usage limit. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone…
How to Set Up the New iOS 27 Home Features on an iPhone 18 Pro
An iPhone 18 Pro clears the hardware side of the new Home features on day one. It ships with iOS 27 in the box, and the A20 Pro puts it on Apple’s Apple Intelligence device list, which is one of the three conditions Apple attaches to the Home camera features. iOS 27 is free from…
Siri AI and Personal Context: What Apple Says It Can See on Your iPhone
Apple’s published description of Siri AI names four kinds of access: content across your apps, what is on your screen, actions inside apps, and the open web. Nothing in Apple’s material describes a per-app switch for any of it. Write with Siri drafts and reviews text inside Mail and Messages. Image: Apple Siri AI rolls…
Private Cloud Compute: The Two Promises Apple Publishes About Your Data, and the Ones It Does Not
Apple publishes two sentences of substance about Private Cloud Compute, and both describe what does not happen to your data. Personal data “is not stored nor made accessible to Apple or anyone else,” and “outside experts can continue to verify this privacy promise at any time.” iOS 27 arrives Monday, September 14, and turns Apple…
Where Apple Intelligence Runs in iOS 27: On Device, in Private Cloud Compute, and Nowhere Else Apple Names
Apple names two places where Apple Intelligence work happens in iOS 27: on the device itself, and on Apple servers through Private Cloud Compute. Across the consumer pages Apple published for this launch, no user-facing feature is described as being handed to another company’s model. The A20 Pro and its dual 16-core Neural Engine handle…
macOS 27 and iPhone 18 Pro: What Apple Says Needs Both, and What Works on Only One
The list of features Apple says need both a Mac running macOS 27 Golden Gate and an iPhone 18 Pro is shorter than the pairing suggests. The clearest one is a Siri conversation that begins on the Mac and finishes on the phone, because Apple syncs that history through iCloud. The Siri app, the clearest…
VoiceOver in iOS 27: Richer Image Descriptions, Live Recognition and Action Button Integration
iOS 27 lists three changes to VoiceOver, Apple’s built-in screen reader: richer descriptions of images, Live Recognition, and Action button integration. The update is free on Monday, September 14, and installs on iPhone 11 and later plus iPhone SE (2nd generation and later). iOS 27 arrives as a free update on Monday, September 14. Image:…
Lost or Stolen iPhone 18 Pro: Which Cover Pays Out, and Which Only Protects Your Data
If an iPhone 18 Pro is stolen, Find My and Activation Lock will protect what is on it and make it very hard for anyone else to use. Neither will buy you a replacement, and that distinction decides what a lost or stolen $1,199 phone actually costs you. iPhone 18 Pro in all four finishes,…
AppleCare One or AppleCare One Family: The Device Count Where $49.99 Beats $19.99
Apple now sells AppleCare One in two forms. The single plan is $19.99 a month and covers up to three products, with each additional device adding $5.99 a month, and AppleCare One Family is $49.99 a month for up to six people set up through Family Sharing, available from Monday, September 14. Apple Watch Series…
Buying an iPhone 17 Pro in Late 2026: Still a Great Phone, or a False Economy?
The iPhone 17 Pro is still a very good phone, and you cannot buy one from Apple. It was discontinued on September 9, and Apple’s Certified Refurbished store had no iPhone 17 generation device listed as of September 10, with no published schedule for when one appears. The variable aperture is the clearest camera difference…
Every iPhone Apple Still Sells, and Why Four of Them Cost $100 More Than on September 8
Apple’s iPhone lineup changed in two directions on September 9. Two new phones arrived at the top, and every older iPhone Apple kept is now $100 more expensive than it was the day before: Apple’s Store pages list iPhone 17e from $699, iPhone 16 from $799, iPhone 17 from $899 and iPhone Air from $1,099.…
Locked or Unlocked iPhone 18 Pro: What Apple Publishes, and What No Carrier Will Confirm
Apple sells iPhone 18 Pro with a “Connect on your own later” option, and the $1,199 to $2,399 prices on its Store page are the prices for that unattached configuration. Picking a carrier in the same checkout does not change what you pay Apple. It changes what you are committed to afterwards. iPhone 18 Pro…
Five US States Charge No Sales Tax on an iPhone, and Only Three Are Tax-Free Everywhere
Five American states charge no statewide sales tax: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon. On a $1,199 iPhone 18 Pro, an 8 percent rate comes to $95.92, so where no sales tax is charged the saving is roughly the same size as the $100 Apple added to its older iPhones this month. iPhone 18…
Apple Trade In, Carrier Credit or Selling It Yourself: What Your Old iPhone Is Really Worth Now
Your old iPhone is worth three different numbers this week, and only one of them is money that comes off the price of an iPhone 18 Pro on the day you buy it. Apple credits $175 to $885 instantly, a US carrier advertises up to $1,200 but pays it as bill credits over 24 to…
iPhone 18 Pro Carrier Credits: What You Forfeit If You Leave Before 36 Months
A carrier credit on an iPhone 18 Pro is not a discount you receive at checkout. It is a queue of monthly bill credits, and the ones that have not arrived yet are exactly what you leave behind if you switch carrier, change to a plan that no longer qualifies, or settle the phone early.…
0% Finance on a $1,999 iPhone: When It Really Is Free, and Where the Cost Hides
When Apple quotes $83.29 a month for a $1,999 iPhone Duo at 0 percent APR, the finance charge really is zero. Twenty-four of those payments come to $1,998.96, which is the list price to within a rounding error, and nothing is added for the privilege of paying later. iPhone Duo at $1,999, or $83.29 a…
Apple Killed the iPhone Upgrade Program: What the $34.99 Apple Upgrade Lease Drops
The iPhone Upgrade Program does not exist any more. Apple retired it on July 28, 2026, telling customers in its own announcement that it “will no longer offer the iPhone Upgrade Program and iPhone Payments in the United States”, and replaced it with Apple Upgrade, a lease provided by Klarna Inc. that starts at $17.99…
Trading In a Cracked iPhone: What Apple Publishes, and When Free Recycling Is the Only Route
Apple publishes no payout for a cracked iPhone. There is no figure for a broken screen, a swollen battery or a failed diagnostic anywhere in what Apple states about Apple Trade In, and anyone quoting you one is not quoting Apple. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the phones a damaged trade-in would go toward.…