iPhone 18 Pro

Color matched aluminum and back-glass
New colors: glacier and burgundy
All Apple intelligence features discussed for iOS 27
A20 Pro chip
New thermal design with chip/memory and other components rearranged
Main camera has a physical aperture
Apple Reference photo:
- A signed version of the original photo taken, which could be used to prove an image was not AI generated
Smaller dynamic island
iPhone handoff: Use a single phone number on two different iPhones, switching active when one is picked up.
Available Sept 18

Airpods 5

Open-ear (no tips) fit
Active noise cancellation is much better
Live translation
No price increase
Enhanced version also: with a volume slider, wireless charger, and bigger battery

Health sensing system
- Bigger electrodes
- Bigger light samplers
- Much more frequent sampling for heart rate and HRV
New metric: Readiness, based on activity, sleep, etc
Intelligence surfacing important changes in the Health app, changed design.
Health Age: Metrics compared to average age targets
- Can integrate results from bloodwork labs
Tests (eg VO2max) uses camera to track that you do the motions correctly, while analyzing your metrics
Audio intelligence
- Like visual intelilgnce but for sounds
- Sound recognition
  - eg get a notification for a siren or doorbell
- Especially important for deaf or hard of hearing
- 15 second live rewind
- Siri recap, overview of meetings or discussions. Uses AI to take notes and summarize. Can be schedule or always or only manually.
Available in a ceramic shell in addition to standard metals.
Available Sept 18

The expected foldable iphone
“Passport” sized
- So, wider than a normal phone. Seems awkwardly wide in the photos.
- Unfolds into an ipad mini-like size
- Same 1 x 1.4 aspect ratio for both displays
- 7.6" inside display. 5.4" outer display.
Very thin, like last year’s iphone air. All parts are in the camera bump
Controls move to the side, instead of top and bottom.
- Dock, status bars, etc.
Can do partial folds: eg for keyboard mode, or use itself as a stand
Will support apple pencil
Touch ID returns, to the side button
Apps have been optimized for the new screen size.
- This changes some of the accepted design paradigms for iOS.
- Can have dual home screen, swapping apps on each half of the large screen.
Display
- Fancy nanotexture finish hides crease
- Multiple layers that slide like pages of a book
- Fancy hinge, with custom printed layers per device during manufacturing
- Front-facing camera is under display? Maybe that part goes dark when camera is being used.
Two batteries, split across the halves
Accessories, Kickstand folio, and wraparound case
Starts at $1999, available Oct 23

Interestingly the iPhone 18 (non-pro) was doesn’t exist! It’s just Pro this year.

The outer 5.4 display of duo is the same diagonal size as the 12mini, but at a different ratio. 12 mini: 5.18 x 2.53 duo: 4.64 x 3.31