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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.

Apple Upgrade lets you lease an iPhone through Klarna with no interest, and the total never exceeds the list price. Every leased iPhone is also unlocked, which is the part that should worry Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile.

No Man’s Sky launches on iPhone and iPad on October 28 with a free trial and a $19.99 unlock. Here is what is included, what is missing and which devices run it.

Nikkei Asia reports Apple has told suppliers to cut iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max component orders by 15 to 20% for October, weeks after launch. The simple reading is that the phones are not selling. The more interesting reading involves a memory shortage, a $100 price rise and a launch calendar Apple deliberately split in two.

Apple renamed Wi-Fi Assist to Connectivity Assist in iOS 27 and moved it to the bottom of the Wi-Fi menu, where it is on by default. iPhone owners report screen-on time jumping from 3 hours to 7 after switching it off. Here is what the feature does, why it costs power, and how to turn it off in both places it hides.

Apple has confirmed the iPhone Duo’s inner display carries a cover layer that service centers can peel off and replace, for $19 with AppleCare coverage. It is the most quietly significant detail about Apple’s first foldable, because the crease on a folding phone does not arrive at launch. It arrives in year two, and Apple is the first manufacturer to sell a consumer fix for it.

The iPhone 17 adds a 120Hz screen, better cameras, 8 more hours of battery and double the storage for $100 more than the iPhone 16. Full comparison inside.

The iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max share the same chip and cameras. Here is exactly what the bigger model adds in screen, battery and price, drawn to scale.

iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Pro? A full spec table, a to scale size drawing, real photos side by side and a clear answer for every kind of buyer.

Apple has confirmed that a small number of iPhone 18 Pro Max handsets on AT&T can lose cellular service permanently, and that no software update will bring it back. iOS 27.0.1 and a new carrier settings file are preventative only. Here is how to tell which side of that line your phone is on, and what to do about it either way.