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The iPhone is Apple's smartphone and has been the defining product of the company ever since its unveiling on January 9, 2007. What began as an uncompromising revolution with a multi-touch display and no physical keyboard is today a broad model family: from the standard iPhone to the slim iPhone Air and the Pro lineup with triple camera and ProMotion display, an entry-level e model and additional form factors in Apple's pipeline. The lineup is powered by Apple's own A chips, the iOS operating system, a tightly integrated ecosystem with AirPods, Apple Watch, Mac, iPad and Vision Pro – plus a dense network of iCloud, Apple Account, Apple Pay, Find My and Apple Intelligence.

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iPhone Duo half unfolded with a FaceTime video call on the inner display – around 6 million sales of the foldable iPhone are expected by the end of the year

iPhone Duo: 6 million sales expected by year-end

by Milan Jovicic

September 30, 2026 - 5:01 p.m. CEST

Around 6 million iPhone Duos are expected to be sold by the end of the year. Why production is crucial and how the Pro series is performing in China...

Black iPhone 18 Pro Max lying face down in its open original box on a grey stone surface

iPhone 18 Pro: Users report crackling in the speaker

by Milan Jovicic

September 29, 2026 - 11:47 p.m. CEST

Owners of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are hearing a crackling sound in the earpiece speaker. The update to iOS 27.0.1 has fixed this issue...

iPhone Duo product page in the Apple Store app on an iPhone showing preparation from 12 October and pre-orders from 16 October

iPhone Duo: Prepare to pre-order starting October 12th

by Milan Jovicic

September 29, 2026 - 10:20 p.m. CEST

The iPhone Duo can be pre-ordered starting October 16th at 2 PM. You can begin preparing your order starting...

Final Cut Camera on an iPhone 18 Pro in landscape showing an f/1.48 aperture while filming a man at night on a city street

Final Cut Camera 2.4: Aperture and videoscopes for iPhone

by Milan Jovicic

September 29, 2026 - 7:29 p.m. CEST

Final Cut Camera 2.4 brings a new design, aperture control for iPhone 18 Pro, and with iOS 27, an RGB array, Clean SDI Out...

John Ternus shakes hands with a customer outside Apple Fifth Avenue in New York, surrounded by applauding employees

John Ternus wants to make Apple faster and leaner

by Milan Jovicic

September 29, 2026 - 6:07 p.m. CEST

Fewer management levels, more products distributed throughout the year, cost-cutting measures: John Ternus is restructuring Apple. The first jobs have already been eliminated.

iPhone Duo yield: iPhone Duo closed and unfolded in two hands

iPhone Duo: Final assembly yields only about 60 percent

by Milan Jovicic

September 29, 2026 - 4:01 p.m. CEST

iPhone Duo: Final assembly is expected to achieve only about 60 percent yield. The display and hinge are slowing things down; the initial production run is likely to be tight.