A tested 1TB iPhone 18 Pro Max with QLC NAND fell to 1.1MB/s under an extreme write load, revealing a storage risk for serious video creators.
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Some iPhone 18 Pro users report Face ID-triggered reboots
Some iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max owners report freezes and reboots after failed Face ID attempts, but Apple has not confirmed a widespread issue.
iFixit finds a troubling screen-repair risk in iPhone 18 Pro
iFixit damaged the plastic display frame on three of four iPhone 18 Pro units it opened, raising an unresolved concern for screen and battery repairs.
iFixit shows how iPhone 18 Pro’s tiny moving aperture works
iFixit opened the iPhone 18 Pro camera to reveal six hair-thin aperture blades, magnetic actuation, and a component that is nearly impossible to repair.
Siri AI's Expressive Voices run on five iPhones, and iPhone 17 isn't one
Siri AI’s Expressive Voices, which let you change how fast and how animated Siri sounds, work on five iPhones: iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. That is Apple’s own list, from a footnote in its iOS 27 iPhone User Guide. The four iPhone 18…
Counterpoint: iPhone 18 Pro day-one demand in India up 15% to 28% on last year
Preliminary estimates from Counterpoint Research put launch-day demand for the iPhone 18 Pro series in India 15% to 28% above last year’s iPhone 17 Pro, depending on the city, Business Standard reported on September 18, the day the phones went on sale there. Counterpoint’s research director Tarun Pathak gave no figure of his own on…
Apple says iPhone 17 Pro cases aren't made for iPhone 18 Pro, over a 0.1mm gap
Apple doesn’t consider iPhone 17 Pro cases compatible with iPhone 18 Pro, because the new phone’s camera plateau is slightly thicker, Apple told Daring Fireball’s John Gruber. By his caliper, the difference is one-tenth of a millimeter, and in his testing the old cases fit the new phones “perfectly”. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18…
53% of US iPhone shoppers want an 18 Pro and 14% a Duo, Evercore survey finds
Evercore ISI’s survey of nearly 4,000 US consumers found that 53% of people planning to buy an iPhone intend to get an iPhone 18 Pro or Pro Max, and 14% intend to buy iPhone Duo. Analyst Amit Daryanani used the results in a September 18 note to clients to raise Evercore’s Apple price target to…
DXOMARK scores iPhone 18 Pro 172, second only to the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra
DXOMARK has given the iPhone 18 Pro an overall camera score of 172, which puts it second in the lab’s global ranking, three points behind the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra at 175. Its video score of 176 is marked as DXOMARK’s top score for any phone. A low-light photo taken with iPhone 18 Pro's variable…
iPhone 18 Pro Max lasted 18 hours 27 minutes in an independent battery test
iPhone 18 Pro Max ran for 18 hours and 27 minutes of continuous web browsing over cellular before shutting down in Tom’s Guide’s standard battery test, published September 16, and the smaller iPhone 18 Pro lasted 16 hours and 17 minutes. Both beat last year’s models, the Pro Max by 33 minutes and the Pro…
Apple TV put 14 iPhone 18 Pros around Dodger Stadium, eight on T-Mobile 5G
Apple TV set up 14 iPhone 18 Pro units around Dodger Stadium as specialty cameras for its last Friday Night Baseball broadcast of the 2026 season, the San Francisco Giants at the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 18. Eight of them were set to send live video to the production over a dedicated T-Mobile Private…
ROSÉ's "new trick" music video was shot entirely on iPhone 18 Pro
ROSÉ’s music video for her new single “new trick” was shot entirely on iPhone 18 Pro, and Apple is running it as a Shot on iPhone showcase for the new phone. The three-minute video went up on ROSÉ’s official YouTube channel on September 17, and Apple posted a 35-second cut on its own channel on…
Apple sets iPhone 18 Pro battery service at $129, up $10 from iPhone 17 Pro
A battery replacement for iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone 18 Pro Max costs $129 out of warranty in the US, $10 more than Apple charges on iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models. Apple’s repair price tool now lists every estimate for both new phones, and every other line, from a cracked screen to…
Blackmagic Camera 3.5 adds iPhone 18 Pro aperture control and Pro Video Storage
Blackmagic Design’s Blackmagic Camera app now lets iPhone 18 Pro owners set the new variable aperture by hand and record Apple ProRes straight into the phone’s Pro Video Storage. Both arrived in version 3.5, which reached the App Store on September 18, the day iPhone 18 Pro got to customers. A scene shot with the…
How to pin your most-used camera tools above the frame in iOS 27
In iOS 27 you choose which controls sit above the camera frame. Tap the Camera Controls button, tap Edit, then tap any tool to pin it there, and tap Reset to Essentials when you want the original layout back. A sample photo from the 48MP Fusion Main camera on iPhone 18 Pro. Image: Apple Out…
iPhone 18 Pro without AppleCare: You have 60 days to add it in Settings
If you bought iPhone 18 Pro without AppleCare, you haven’t missed your chance. In the US, Apple gives you 60 days after purchase to add a plan, and you do it on the phone itself in Settings > General > AppleCare & Warranty. iPhone 18 Pro in its four colors. Image: Apple Apple’s AppleCare page…
iPhone 18 Pro resets your aperture each time Camera opens: Here's the fix
On iPhone 18 Pro, an aperture you set by hand doesn’t survive closing Camera: Apple’s guide says the setting is reset the next time you open the app. To keep it, go to Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings and turn on Lens Aperture. A photo taken with iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture, with the…
iPhone 18 Pro bought from Apple comes with a free online setup session
If you bought your iPhone 18 Pro directly from Apple, you can book a free online session with an Apple Specialist to set it up and move your data. Apple emails a personal invitation as soon as your order is delivered, and you can also start a session from your Orders page. iPhone 18 Pro…
Apple Stores open at 8 a.m. for iPhone 18 Pro, some warning of Genius Bar limits
Apple Stores open at 8 a.m. local time on September 18, the day iPhone 18 Pro goes on sale in stores. All 12 store pages we checked in nine countries list that opening, and the eight outside the US add a warning that some services, such as Genius Bar, may not be available. iPhone 18…
iPhone 18 Pro Adaptive Power does nothing for the first 7 days
Adaptive Power is the iPhone battery setting people go looking for first, and on a phone you have just taken out of the box it will not do anything at all. Apple’s wording is flat: “Adaptive Power needs at least 7 days to learn your charging habits, so it won’t engage before then.” The A20…
AirPods 5 can fire the iPhone 18 Pro shutter and record your voice
AirPods 5 can start and stop a recording on an iPhone 18 Pro, and they can capture your voice while they do it. Apple sets the first up in Settings > your AirPods name > Camera Remote, and the second in Control Center, with one important catch: Apple says using AirPods as a camera microphone…
How to move your Apple Watch to a new iPhone 18 Pro and keep your Health data
Before you set up an iPhone 18 Pro, update your current iPhone and Apple Watch and make sure your Health data is backed up. Apple’s support document on moving a watch to a new iPhone, dated September 14, also asks for Wi-Fi on both iPhones and at least 50 percent charge on the watch and…
iPhone 18 Pro setup: How to set a charge limit and still charge to full
A new iPhone 18 Pro starts out charging to 100 percent, with Optimized Battery Charging switched on. If you’d rather cap it, open Settings, tap Battery, tap Charging, and choose a limit between 80 and 100 percent in 5 percent steps. iPhone 18 Pro in all four colors. Image: Apple It’s worth deciding during setup.…
iPhone 18 Pro won't record ProRes until you reserve Pro Video Storage
On iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, switching on Apple ProRes isn’t the end of the job. After you turn on Apple ProRes in Settings > Camera > Formats, Apple’s iPhone User Guide says to tap Configure Pro Video Storage and set aside space on the phone for pro video recordings. Manual camera…