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In different quality this week, rumors covered not conscionable the iPhone 18 but besides the 20th day iPhone that's inactive implicit a twelvemonth away, portion Apple customers tin immoderate person caller perks with Chase recognition cards and we went hands connected with macOS Golden Gate to spot what's new, truthful work connected beneath for each the details connected these stories and more!
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Tim Cook Says Apple Price Increases Are 'Unavoidable' Due to Memory Costs
Hang onto your hats! Apple volition beryllium raising prices connected astatine slightest immoderate products to offset the high outgo of representation and storage, CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal this week. Apple is nary longer capable to sorb the accrued prices and volition request to walk immoderate of the outgo connected to consumers.
"Unfortunately, terms increases are unavoidable," said Cook. "We're doing our champion to mitigate the immense increases that are being passed to us, and we've been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the concern has go unsustainable."
Cook did not accidental which products volition get terms increases oregon however overmuch pricing volition spell up. The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max coming successful September could beryllium much costly than the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, portion prices connected iPads and Macs could besides spell up successful the adjacent future.
Apple's 20th Anniversary iPhones to Come successful Two Sizes, Will Launch Alongside Gen 2 Foldable iPhone
Apple is "ramping up" enactment connected the 20th day iPhone that it plans to motorboat adjacent year, reports Bloomberg. Multiple rumors person suggested the instrumentality volition person an edge-to-edge show with curved solid astatine each sides for a astir borderless ocular effect.
There volition beryllium 2 day models akin successful size to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max that are launching this September. The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are expected to beryllium the aforesaid size arsenic existent iPhone 17 Pro models, which suggests the day iPhone could beryllium disposable successful 6.3- and 6.9-inch sizes.
iPhone 18 to Pack 12GB of RAM for Smarter Siri Features, No Price Bump
Cook's comments astir raising prices successful effect to accrued representation and retention costs travel conscionable aft 1 expert steadfast claimed that Apple does not mean to rise the terms of its modular flagship exemplary erstwhile the iPhone 18 debuts. The iPhone 18 will, however, see an upgrade to 12GB of memory to alteration it to enactment the astir almighty on-device AI models unveiled astatine WWDC past week.
Breaking from long-standing tradition, the iPhone 18 volition seemingly not beryllium introduced successful September alongside the Pro models, with Apple pushing backmost the modular exemplary to a motorboat successful the outpouring of 2027. That rumor has been circulating for rather immoderate time, but the president of Apple supplier Largan Precision took the unusual measurement of fundamentally confirming the change without specifically naming Apple.
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Introduces New Perk for Apple Customers
Chase this week announced caller perks for its Sapphire Preferred recognition card, and 1 of them is simply a complimentary one-year Apple TV streaming subscription.
To get the escaped twelvemonth of Apple TV, which typically costs $12.99 per period successful the U.S., you indispensable activate the paper by December 31, 2026. Apple One subscribers tin person a $7.50 discount per period instead.
The Apple One discount extends to Chase's premium Sapphire Reserve recognition paper arsenic well. The Sapphire Reserve has offered escaped subscriptions to some Apple TV and Apple Music since past year, but present cardholders tin person a combined $15/month discount connected an Apple One subscription instead.
macOS 27 Golden Gate Hands-On: Every Major New Feature
macOS 27 Golden Gate is successful beta up of a autumn release, and we thought we'd go implicit what's new for those who don't privation to hazard beta bundle connected their Mac. macOS Golden Gate adds Siri AI, Liquid Glass updates, and aggregate caller Apple Intelligence features.
Check retired our hands-on video for a summary of what's caller successful the release!
iOS 27 Adds Landscape Mode to More Apple Apps Ahead of 'iPhone Ultra'
iOS 27 enables scenery mode successful much of Apple's built-in iPhone apps, including Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness, Health, Reminders, Home, Shortcuts, Apple Watch, Find My, Weather, Voice Memos, Apple TV Remote, and others.
Many of the apps diagnostic a left-aligned sidebar successful scenery mode. In the Messages app, which already supported scenery predisposition connected iOS 26 and earlier, you tin present illness the sidebar to amusement lone names and illustration pictures.
Landscape mode was already disposable connected iOS 26 oregon earlier successful Apple Maps, Calendar, Files, Notes, Mail, and immoderate different Apple apps too, but iOS 27 expands enactment to galore much apps. This alteration could beryllium laying the groundwork for the "iPhone Ultra," arsenic landscape-friendly apps would beryllium good suited for the rumored foldable device.
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