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On September 9, Apple quietly gave iPhone 14, 15 and 16 owners another free year of satellite features. That is the second extension of a promise that originally ran two years, and Apple has still never published a price for what happens when the free period ends. The reason is sitting on the Android side of the aisle.

The iPhone 18 Pro Max weighs 249 grams, 16 more than last year’s model at identical dimensions. Buyers are noticing, and once a case and a screen protector go on, some are reporting a phone that pushes 300 grams.

A Shortcuts automation doing the rounds on X photographs whoever plugs in your stolen iPhone and emails you their location. The setup genuinely works. The part nobody mentions is what it does to your camera roll the other 364 days of the year.

Reddit threads are filling with reports of unresponsive touchscreens and stuttery animations after the iOS 27 update. Most of it is background indexing that clears within two days, but not all of it. Here is how to tell the two apart, what actually helps, and why the next numbered update will not be the one that fixes it.

Claims are open in Apple’s $250 million Apple Intelligence false advertising settlement. Seven iPhone models qualify, the payment starts at $25 per device, and the filing window closes on December 21, 2026.

Some iPhone owners say iOS 27 wrecked their battery, others say it doubled it. Both are describing the same process. Here is what your phone rebuilds after a major update, how long it takes, and the exact point at which the drain stops being normal.

Apple Watch Series 12 splits its lineup between a new Ceramic Shield glass on aluminum and sapphire crystal on titanium and the returning ceramic case. Here is what the hardness and toughness numbers actually mean for buyers.

Apple crossed a $5 trillion valuation during Tuesday’s session and closed below it. The rally rests on a foldable iPhone that has not taken a single preorder yet, and a Siri that has only just shipped.

iOS 27 installs on every iPhone from the 11 onward, but the feature list splits into tiers underneath that. Which models get Siri AI, why your battery is draining this week, and when an older iPhone should wait.

Samsung Display’s M16 OLED reaches 10,000 nits in a 1 percent window and 2,800 nits full screen. The headline number is the least interesting part. The second generation polarizer-free structure underneath it cuts panel power draw by up to 30 percent, and that is the change you will actually feel.