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Apple's 2nm A20 application processor and the new C2 modem across the iPhone 18 line.
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 for 256GB where the iPhone 14 Pro started at $999 for 128GB. That is 20 percent more money for twice the base storage, before anyone asks which of four generations of features they will use.
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Apple kept last year's design, so the gains sit in a 2nm chip and a bigger vapor chamber. The one job for app teams: a smaller Dynamic Island that now holds three Live Activities.
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The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 with the same A20 Pro chip as the iPhone 18 Pro, a rear camera Apple branded Dual Fusion instead of Pro Fusion, Touch ID in place of Face ID, and a 7.6-inch inner display no other iPhone has.
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PCMag's review gives both iPhone 18 Pro models the same A20 Pro chip, vapor chamber and camera hardware, and separates them only on battery life and pocketability, with the Max keeping the Editors' Choice.
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PCMag's week with the $1,299 phone found no outward change beyond new colours and an unchanged 6.43 by 3.07 by 0.34 inch body. The weight went up by half an ounce, and US models take eSIM only.
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Apple gave the iPhone 18 Pro a 32-core neural engine and FP8 support, but the figure that decides whether your model runs at usable speed is bandwidth, and it arrives as a percentage with no gigabytes per second attached.
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Reuters says CXMT has begun mass-producing its most advanced mobile DRAM, and the quote it reportedly gave Apple sat at or above Samsung's, so the fourth name in memory arrives as a supply hedge rather than a cheaper part.
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MacRumors reports the standard iPhone 18 slips to spring 2027, leaving September 2026 with three of Apple's most expensive phones and no volume model to sell.
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