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HTX Studio machine-folded the iPhone Duo 3,000 times and its crease went from 48 to 167 microns. Here is what that means in real-world use, how rivals fared, and why the hinge looks solid.

Apple Store staff have been told to warn customers without a pre-order not to come in for an iPhone Duo on October 23. Apple’s own deliveries now sit at late January, but carriers and Best Buy are quoting dates weeks earlier.

Apple and Samsung hold 68% of Europe’s phone market. Oppo has about 4%. Its European CEO says the way to close that gap is premium phones, organic social buzz and AI chatbots that rank phones on specs instead of brand names. Here is the plan, the numbers behind it and the Find X10 price problem.

Apple’s new “Switch to Safari” campaign takes direct aim at Chrome with battery, speed and privacy claims. The privacy case is strong, the benchmarks are Apple’s own, and Google still pays Apple to be Safari’s search default.

After Apple’s September price hike, the iPhone Air costs $1,099 and the iPhone 18 Pro costs $1,199. We compare design, cameras, battery, performance and price to show exactly what the extra $100 gets you, and who should still pick the Air.

iPhone Duo pre-orders open Friday, October 16. Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the $1,999 foldable is bad value, while pre-order bots and a fake Apple page that hacks unpatched iPhones put buyers at real risk. What Pei gets right and how to order safely.

Global smartphone shipments fell 20% in Q3 2026, the weakest third quarter since 2012. Memory prices did most of the damage, but Counterpoint says people are also keeping their phones longer than anyone expected. Here is who lost, who gained and what it means for your next upgrade.

At a Tennessee rally, Trump floated renaming the Atlantic or the Pacific as “Trump Ocean” or “Ocean of the Americas.” No order exists yet, but Apple and Google relabeled the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario for U.S. users within days of his last two orders. Here is why an ocean is a much harder case.

Apple is reportedly building a home security device, codenamed J450, that captures images at a low frame rate and sends written descriptions instead of video. It also reportedly uses facial recognition to tell which household member walked in. Apple’s Welcome Home event is October 13, but the camera’s timing is disputed and may be 2027 or later.

Apple has confirmed a Welcome Home event for Tuesday, October 13 in Tribeca, and confirmed nothing else. The expectation is a countertop hub with a small square screen, a faster Apple TV 4K, and the HomePod mini’s first replacement in six years. The hardware was never the hard part. The new Siri is.