iOS 27 can play alarms and timers at their own volume, but only after you change one setting. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and turn off Match Ringtone Volume under Alarms and Timers, then drag the slider. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max seen from the front and back. Image: Apple…
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Apple lists 51 iOS 27 security fixes that aren't on its iOS 26.7 page
Apple’s security page for iOS 27 lists 51 fixes that its iOS 26.7 page doesn’t, including one for a flaw that could let someone holding your unlocked iPhone see saved Wi-Fi passwords. Apple doesn’t mark any of the 51 as exploited, so this is a reason to plan your upgrade, not to panic. iOS 27…
How to join the Siri AI waitlist on iPhone, and who can't get it yet
Installing iOS 27 doesn’t switch on the new Siri. Open Settings, tap Siri, then tap Try Siri AI (Beta) and follow the setup screens, which put you on a waitlist until Siri AI downloads. Siri AI on iPhone Duo. Image: Apple Apple gives no estimate beyond “wait times can vary,” and says Siri AI “will…
iOS 27 or iOS 26.7: How to check which update your iPhone is installing
Before you tap Download and Install, open More Details and read what the update actually contains. Apple released iOS 27 and iOS 26.7 on September 14 for the same iPhones, and reports from users describe tapping the option to upgrade to iOS 27, only to see a card labeled iOS 26.7. Siri AI, the headline…
iPhone Duo's Specs Page: Four Details Apple Added Since the September 9 Keynote
Apple has not changed iPhone Duo’s price, colors or October dates since the September 9 keynote. But four details on Apple’s own live pages were never part of the announcement itself, and none of them appear in the coverage written the day of the event. They surface only in the tech specs page’s footnotes, or…
iOS 27 Update: Apple Says Missing Apps Come Back on Their Own
If an app is missing from the Home Screen right after iOS 27 finishes installing, Apple has already published the explanation. Apps may be temporarily removed because the update needs the extra space, and Apple states plainly that they come back automatically once installation completes. Apple documents temporary app removal as part of the standard…
iOS 27: Here's which features turn on by themselves and which don't
Most of what iOS 27 adds turns on the moment installation finishes Monday, with nothing to configure. A smaller group needs one setting changed first, and two features Apple announced back in June are not arriving Monday at all, by Apple’s own dating. iOS 27 installs the same way across every compatible iPhone on Monday.…
iOS 27 update prep: Apple asks for a backup and Wi-Fi, not a full battery
Read end to end, Apple’s own instructions for updating an iPhone ask for exactly two things before you start: back up, then plug into power and connect to Wi-Fi. They do not mention a minimum battery percentage, a minimum internet speed, or restarting a healthy iPhone first, three steps that show up in update advice…
iOS 27 Update: Six Things Look Different the Moment You Unlock Your iPhone
The moment iOS 27 finishes installing, a handful of things look different before you open a single app: sharper icons on the Home Screen, a new Liquid Glass slider waiting in Settings, and a changed Camera viewfinder on the iPhones that qualify. Apple documents all of it; not all of it needs an Apple Intelligence-capable…
Owning an Older iPhone: What Apple Still Charges for Battery Service
Vintage status does not carry its own price list. What Apple does publish, on a separate battery-replacement page, is an out-of-warranty fee that would apply to an eligible older iPhone the same way it applies to a current one: $99, or $0 under AppleCare+. Apple's battery-replacement page does not reference vintage or obsolete status by…
iPhone 11 Sits on Apple's Vintage List and Still Runs the Current iOS Branch
iPhone 11 is the oldest iPhone that Apple’s current iOS 26.x security releases list as supported, and it is also old enough to appear on Apple’s vintage list. Those two facts describe the same device at the same time, and together they draw a cleaner picture of how vintage status and software support are tracked…
Apple's Vintage and Obsolete List, Category by Category: Mac to AirPods
Apple’s vintage and obsolete list, last updated August 31, 2026, currently names specific Mac laptops and desktops, a range of iPhone models, several iPad models, three Apple Watch generations and the first-generation AirPods. Below is every category as Apple’s own support page groups it, without guessing at anything the page leaves out. Mac desktops are…
The Cheapest New iPhone You Can Get This Month: $699, and the $30 Catch on the Two Above It
The cheapest new iPhone you can buy from Apple this month is the iPhone 17e at $699, and it is the only phone in the lower half of the lineup whose headline price does not lean on activating a carrier plan at checkout. If you want a 120Hz display, the second answer is iPhone 17…
Which iPhone to Keep in 2026 Rather Than Replace: The Cutoff Is iPhone 15 Pro, Not iPhone 11
Keep any iPhone 15 Pro or later. Replace an iPhone 13 or anything older. The line that decides it is not iOS 27, which runs on iPhone 11 and later plus iPhone SE from the second generation, but Apple Intelligence, which needs an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or iPhone 16 or later…
Pro or Not in 2026: Apple's Pro iPhone Line Is Down to Two, and It Sits $100 Above iPhone Air
Most people should buy non-Pro, and specifically iPhone 17 at $899. Go Pro only if one of five published capabilities matters to you: the 4x and 8x telephoto, the variable aperture, ProRes RAW with Apple Log 2 and Genlock, USB 3 transfer at 10Gb/s, or battery ratings above 30 hours. If any of those does…
The Best iPhone Under $800 in 2026: iPhone 16 at $799, and the $30 That Decides It
Buy the iPhone 16 at $799. It is one of only two iPhones Apple still sells with a starting price under $800, the other being iPhone 17e at $699, and it is the one whose full specification you can read before you pay: an A18 chip, a 48MP Fusion main camera with a 12MP Ultra…
Apple's iPhone Ladder in 2026: $699 to $1,999 in Six Steps, and Only Two Are Worth Paying For
Apple’s iPhone lineup now runs from $699 to $1,999 across seven models, and only two of the six price steps between them buy enough capability to justify the money: the $100 from iPhone 16 to iPhone 17, and the $100 from iPhone Air to iPhone 18 Pro. Every other rung on the ladder is a…
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…
Apple Already Prepared Your iPhone for iOS 27 in an iOS 26 Update, and Said So Once
Apple named iOS 27 in its support library exactly once before this week, and it did it in the release notes for an iOS 26 update. The line reads that iOS 26.6 “optimizes the Spotlight index to prepare for iOS 27,” which means some of Monday’s groundwork was already done on your iPhone weeks ago.…
iOS 27 can install itself overnight: How Apple's two update switches work
If your iPhone is set to install updates automatically, iOS 27 can arrive without you choosing a moment for it. Apple’s own description is blunt: when an update is available, iPhone downloads and installs the update overnight while charging and connected to Wi-Fi. iPhone 18 Pro ships with iOS 27 already installed on September 18.…
iPhone Duo Unknowns, by Date: What Apple Fills In Before October 30, and What It Never Will
Some of what Apple has not yet published about the iPhone Duo has a date attached to it, and the rest has no date at all. Sorting the gaps that way is more useful than listing them, because it tells you which questions will be answered before you have to decide and which ones will…
iPhone Duo Battery Capacity: Apple Publishes Hour Ratings and Nothing About Its Two Cells
Apple publishes five battery hour ratings for the iPhone Duo and not one number about the cells that produce them. There is no capacity figure in mAh, no charge-cycle rating, and nothing published about how a phone with one battery in each half ages, reports its condition or is serviced. The two displays that separate…
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…
iPhone Duo's Posable Positions: The Five Apple Names, and What It Documents About the Rebuilt StandBy
Apple names five positions the iPhone Duo can be left in and says iOS responds to each of them: StandBy, landscape, portrait, seated and standing. Its own tagline for the phone is “Foldable. Posable. And durable,” and the press release lists an upgraded StandBy among the software changes. Both of iPhone Duo's displays are Always-On,…