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Leaker Digital Chat Station says the standard iPhone 18, expected in early 2027, will adopt a larger battery capacity and a 2-nanometer A20 chip, mirroring upgrades already seen in the iPhone 18 Pro line. The leaker says the base model won't get the Pro's smaller Dynamic Island, and suggests pricing may rise again from the current iPhone 17 starting point.
A roundup surveys the expanding foldable gadget category, noting the format traces back nearly a decade to Samsung's original Galaxy Fold, now in its eighth generation. It highlights that Google, Motorola and Apple (with its iPhone Duo) have since entered the foldable market, alongside various Chinese-made devices not officially sold in the US.
Apple's fourth-quarter results, marking the close of its fiscal 2026 year, showed record revenue and robust iPhone sales that topped Wall Street forecasts. Despite the strong performance, the company's stock fell after it issued a cautionary outlook for the coming months.
Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station, cited by 9to5Mac, says the standard iPhone 18 will ship with a larger battery and a new 2-nanometer A20 chip but will cost more than its predecessor, and won't get the smaller Dynamic Island seen on Pro models. The phone is expected to launch early next year alongside a second-generation iPhone Air and the iPhone 18e, skipping Apple's fall event lineup. No specific price figure was given.
Apple reported 12% revenue growth for the September quarter, beating Wall Street estimates, driven largely by price increases. New CEO John Ternus, alongside CFO Kevan Parekh, warned that services growth will keep slowing and gross margins will keep shrinking due to rising memory costs, prompting shares to fall as much as 4%, per The Wall Street Journal. The $1,999 foldable iPhone Duo is selling well enough that shipments have slipped to January, even as Apple's Siri chatbot lags behind rivals like Instinct and Muse.
CNET ran 120 hours of battery testing across 2026 smartphone models and found the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max led the pack, alongside foldables like the Motorola Razr (2026) and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, which use silicon-carbon batteries for added capacity without bulkier hardware. The newly released iPhone Duo tied for the top result in one test, while overall average battery life across 2026 phones matched results from 2024 and 2025.
Apple's iOS 27 release prioritizes bug fixes and performance improvements like faster app launches, quicker AirDrop transfers, and better memory management over major new features. The update supports devices as far back as the iPhone 11 and introduces a system-wide transparency slider that users had requested, though battery life reports are mixed.
Apple has released a new iPad mini featuring a thinner 5.4mm body, lighter 255-gram weight, an enlarged 8.5-inch OLED display, water resistance, and the A20 Pro chip. The device is now nearly as thin as Apple's iPad Pro line and close in weight to the iPhone Duo, while keeping roughly the same overall footprint thanks to 24 percent thinner bezels.
Apple's fiscal Q4 results showed total revenue of $114.5 billion, up 12% year over year, with iPhone revenue hitting a quarterly record of $57.58 billion. This came despite launching only two new models, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, compared with four models in the same quarter last year, since the base iPhone 18 and the iPhone Duo are not due until later.
Moft has adapted its Dynamic Folio accessory, originally made for the iPad, into a protective case for Apple's foldable iPhone Duo. The $89.99 case clips securely onto the phone and includes a folding cover that acts as a kickstand for multiple viewing angles or as a grip, with preorders open now and shipping expected mid-December in three color options.
RedMagic has released its 12 Pro flagship phone outside China, marking an earlier global rollout than the company's usual practice. A ZDNET reviewer ran Geekbench 7 benchmarks comparing it to a Pixel 9 Pro and found the RedMagic device nearly doubled multi-core scores and edged out single-core performance, falling only slightly behind Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Max in single-core tests.
NBC data analyst Steve Kornacki, known for his marathon election-night broadcasts and the viral 'Kornacki Cam' livestream that drew 42 million views during 2026 midterm primaries, discussed his personal tech setup in a new interview. He revealed he uses an iPhone 17 Pro that he says he breaks roughly once a year, and still works on an aging Dell computer running Windows 7 Pro at NBC's offices.