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Kuo: Apple's Foldable iPhone Could Follow iPhone X Playbook — Announced With Other Models, Ships Later

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There’s a pattern in how Apple launches its most technically ambitious products. The original iPhone X was announced alongside the iPhone 8 series in September 2017, but customers couldn’t buy one until November. The delay wasn’t a marketing tactic — it was a manufacturing constraint. The OLED panels and the new Face ID system were simply too hard to make at scale.

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the foldable iPhone is about to follow that same script.

iPhone 18 Pro Max battery capacity leaks — 5,187mAh cell photographed

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Leaker @phonefuturist posted photos of what appear to be actual battery cells destined for Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Max, giving us the most concrete look yet at the hardware inside next year’s flagship.

The images show two cells manufactured by Sunwoda Electronic Co., a major Apple supplier based in Shenzhen. One of them, model A3166, is rated at 3.903V with a 5,187mAh capacity. That’s actually smaller than two other iPhone 18 Pro Max battery capacities that leaked yesterday — a 5,425mAh version (for the dual-eSIM US model) and a 5,235mAh version (for European models that still include a physical nano-SIM slot).

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro uses slower flash memory in its most expensive models

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There’s an uncomfortable irony brewing in Cupertino: the more you pay for an iPhone 18 Pro, the slower the storage gets.

Apple's Latest Camera Patent Kills Tilted Horizons with a Rotating Image Sensor

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Every smartphone photographer has been there: you snap what feels like a perfect shot, only to find the horizon tilted by a few degrees. Today’s fix is digital — crop, rotate, lose pixels. Apple’s latest patent proposes a hardware solution instead: physically rotate the image sensor.

IT-NEWS, July 2 — Tech site PatentlyApple reported Tuesday that a newly granted Apple patent describes a camera module that physically rotates the image sensor to correct tilt caused by camera roll during handheld shooting.

Camera roll — when the camera rotates around its optical axis — is what makes horizons look tilted and vertical objects lean against the edges of the frame. It happens whenever you twist your wrist slightly while taking a photo or recording video. Most phones correct this by cropping and rotating the frame digitally, throwing away image data. Apple’s patent skips that entirely.

Siri AI Isn't Moving the Needle for iPhone Upgrades, UBS Survey Suggests

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Apple bet big that smarter Siri and “Apple Intelligence” would give people a reason to buy a new iPhone. So far, the data says the bet isn’t paying off.

UBS Evidence Lab surveyed more than 7,500 smartphone users across the US, UK, Germany, China, and Japan to gauge whether Apple’s AI push has shifted purchasing behavior. The results, published Tuesday by Wccftech, show the opposite of what Apple would have hoped: only 24% of respondents said they would upgrade their device specifically for the new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features. That’s down 5 percentage points from last year’s survey.

iPhone 18 Pro 'Cherry Red' Color Leaked — Silver Gray and Light Blue Also Expected

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro lineup may arrive in three new colors — cherry red, silver gray, and light blue — if a freshly leaked SIM tray is any indication.

Leaked Renders Reveal iPhone Air 2 With Dual Cameras and a Smaller Dynamic Island

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Apple’s thinnest iPhone is getting a real camera upgrade. New renders shared by leaker @earlyappleleaks show what appears to be the iPhone Air 2, and the most noticeable change is on the back — a dual-camera setup sitting inside a pill-shaped bump, with two sensors and an LED flash. The original iPhone Air launched last October with just a single rear camera, a compromise many noted at the time.

The render, posted to X on June 29, is reportedly based on a design Apple is currently testing. A second leaker, @phonefuturist, separately shared an image suggesting the iPhone Air 2 will also shrink the Dynamic Island — Apple’s software-integrated cutout that replaced the notch on newer models.

Under the hood, the iPhone Air 2 is expected to run the standard A20 chip, paired with a 6.55-inch 1.5K 120Hz LTPO OLED display — slightly larger than the current generation’s 6.5-inch screen.

Apple's 2027 Lineup Leaks: iPhone 19 Pro and Ultra 2 Foldable Enter Mold Testing

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There’s something quietly revealing about seeing a phone company’s product roadmap two years out. Most of what ships in 2027 hasn’t been announced — but it’s already being carved into metal and glass in factories across Asia.

This week, leaker @数码闲聊站 posted what appears to be Apple’s 2027 iPhone lineup, and it includes some notable changes. The base models get incremental upgrades: the iPhone Air 2 gets a 6.55-inch 1.5K 120Hz LTPO OLED panel, the iPhone 18 keeps the 6.3-inch display with the same high-refresh-rate LTPO tech, and the budget iPhone 18e sticks with a 6.12-inch 60Hz LTPS OLED. Nothing radical there — but two names stand out.

Apple's First Foldable iPhone to Enter Mass Production in Late July, September Launch on Track

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:24:00 +0800

Apple’s first-ever foldable iPhone is set to enter mass production in late July, keeping the device on track for its highly anticipated September debut, according to a new report from Korean outlet The Elec. The timing quells recent speculation that hinge-related engineering challenges might push the launch into 2027.