Top Stories: iOS 18.6 Released, iPhone 17 Leaks, and More

With the calendar flipping implicit to August, we're conscionable astir a period distant from the instauration of the iPhone 17 lineup and we're continuing to perceive much astir what to expect for this year's flagship phones.


Testing connected iOS 26 and related updates is besides successful afloat swing, adjacent arsenic this week saw the merchandise of iOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, and much to supply bug fixes and information updates for users. Rumors astir Apple's foldable iPhone besides proceed to surface, truthful work connected beneath for each the details connected these stories and more!

Apple Releases iOS 18.6 With Photos Bug Fix

While iOS 26 and related large updates are present successful nationalist beta investigating up of their authoritative releases aboriginal this year, Apple is continuing to tweak the existent versions with bug fixes and information updates. This week saw the release of iOS 18.6 with a hole for a bug successful the Photos app that could forestall representation movies from being shared. The update besides includes implicit 20 information fixes, truthful it's important to update your devices arsenic soon arsenic possible.


In summation to iOS 18.6, Apple besides released macOS Sequoia 15.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, and more, to guarantee that each of the company's platforms person the important fixes.

iPhone 17 Pro Could Come successful Surprising Orange Color, Dummy Models Suggest

We've been proceeding much and much astir the expected colour options for the iPhone 17 lineup coming aboriginal this year, and a caller harvest of dummy units reportedly intended to showcase the existent shades Apple is readying connected launching uncover a surprisingly agleam orangish color for the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.


In different iPhone rumors, a tipster claims that the Pro models volition see up to 8× optical zoom for the Telephoto lens, an further Camera Control button, and a caller pro camera app. The larger camera bumps connected the Pro models volition besides necessitate a alteration to the MagSafe design, though backward compatibility volition beryllium included.

iPhone 17 Pro Spotted successful the Wild?

While the iPhone 17 Pro is not expected to motorboat until September, a prototype of the instrumentality was perchance spotted successful the wild this week.


It could surely beryllium a hoax, but the details shown successful the photos are accordant with the rumored plan of the telephone and with however Apple is known to conceal unreleased hardware that has to beryllium tested successful the existent world.

JPMorgan: Foldable iPhone to Launch successful September 2026

Rumors are continuing to enactment up down the thought of Apple releasing its archetypal foldable telephone successful September 2026, alongside respective iPhone 18 models.


The latest probe enactment from JPMorgan suggests that the foldable is apt to commencement astatine astir $1,999, creating a astir $65 cardinal marketplace accidental for Apple. The steadfast forecasts foldable iPhone income to beryllium successful the low-teens of cardinal successful 2027, reaching 45 cardinal units by 2028.

These 10 Apple Stores Are Opening oregon Closing Later This Year

There has been a flurry of Apple retail quality implicit the past fewer weeks, with the institution announcing the opening of respective caller oregon renovated locations portion closing a fewer others. Beyond our archetypal database of stores from earlier this week, Tim Cook besides announced connected Thursday's net league telephone that respective much openings are coming to India and the United Arab Emirates aboriginal this year.


The closings, which see a uncommon closure of a Chinese store successful Dalian, typically hap successful buying malls that person been successful diminution and losing different large tenants. In immoderate cases Apple has been replacing the stores successful different adjacent locations wherever they are expected to execute better, portion successful different cases customers are directed to alternate existing Apple retail stores successful their areas.

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