It’s the year of smartphone price hikes
It’s the year of smartphone price hikes

Paying more for a new phone seems almost unavoidable after Apple’s event today. The new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max start at $1,199 and $1,299, respectively – a $100 price hike over their predecessors. You can’t dodge the price hike by opting for an older iPhone, either, because Apple raised prices on those by […]

Verge staffers react to the iPhone Duo: What we love and don’t love
Verge staffers react to the iPhone Duo: What we love and don’t love

Apple has just announced its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo. The new phone has a 5.4-inch outer screen and a 7.6-inch inner screen, two back cameras, Touch ID for authentication, an IP68 rating, and all sorts of slick software tricks to make iOS feel more at home on the new device. Preorders start on […]

Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI
Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI

Apple is launching a new way to prove that the picture you took isn’t manipulated by AI. A new feature, called “Reference Image,” will arrive with the iPhone 18 Pro lineup later this month and is supposed to use the device’s new camera sensor to “sign every pixel it sees.” The iPhone 18 Pro and […]

The iPhone 18 Pro Max’s Battery Is a Beast, but Is the Extra Juice Worth the Upgrade?

If your biggest worry is all-day battery life, last year’s iPhone Pro Max still holds up.

Hands-on with the foldable iPhone Duo
Hands-on with the foldable iPhone Duo

The first foldable iPhone is finally here, and following its announcement, we got the chance to try the phone for ourselves. We’ve long been told that Apple would make a foldable iPhone once the tech was good enough – has it been worth the wait? It definitely feels like something different. The inner screen has […]

Apple Watch Series 12 Hands-On: Familiar Design, Different Everywhere Else 

A faster chip, new health sensors, deeper recovery insights and a new AI Audio feature that helps you remember conversations — here’s what’s new for the Apple Watch.

Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,999
Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,999

Apple has made a foldable iPhone. It is called the iPhone Duo, it opens to 7.6 inches, and it starts at $1,999. The price is the news. Analysts expected $2,500. Samsung, which has had this category almost to itself for seven years, sells its Z Fold8 Ul…

Apple completely revamped iOS 27’s controls and apps for the iPhone Duo
Apple completely revamped iOS 27’s controls and apps for the iPhone Duo

Obviously, part of the appeal of a foldable phone is all that additional screen real estate. That gives you plenty of room for some serious multitasking that just isn’t possible, or at the very least is clunky, on a smaller screen. Apple rarely does things without seriously considering all the implications, so it was never […]

The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable
The iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable

Apple has announced its long-anticipated foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, which arrives more than seven years after the first Samsung Galaxy Fold hit the market. Rumors have swirled about a folding iPhone since at least 2017, when it was optimistically reported that production might begin in 2020. Since then, rivals including Samsung, Google, Huawei, Oppo, […]

iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrades: Variable Aperture and Pro Controls

Apple’s camera app is getting manual pro controls for the first time.