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iPhone 18 Pro is the subject of recent reports covering production timelines, component performance, and consumer feedback. Hitechreports provides summaries of these developments, including testing details and market reactions.
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Apple has refreshed the iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, the A20 Pro chip, IP67 water resistance and a thinner body. Pricing starts at $699, with preorders opening October 28 in the US.
iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max buyers are reporting magenta and green tints or washed-out colors on their screens. Apple sources panels from both Samsung Display and LG Display, and buyers can't choose which one they get.
The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,200 (₹164,900) against the iPhone 16 Pro's $1,000 (₹120,000). The newer phone adds an A20 Pro chip, 12GB of RAM, a 3,000-nit display and a 48MP periscope camera.
Apple has expanded its Self Service Repair Store to cover the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, M5 Mac Studio and M6 Mac mini, letting owners buy genuine parts and rent tools for do-it-yourself fixes.
Apple's iPhone Duo foldable went on sale with reported strong demand, delayed deliveries and queues outside stores in Sydney and other cities, even as early reviews flagged camera and usability concerns. No India pricing or launch window has been confirmed.
The standard iPhone 18 skipped Apple's September event and is now expected around March or April 2027, alongside the iPhone 18e and iPhone Air 2, according to industry leaks and analyst notes.
Hitechreports's coverage of a month of launches and sales shows list prices rising even as retailers push steep, often temporary, cuts.
The $1,999 iPhone Duo launches Friday. A Wired reporter used only its folding 7.6-inch screen for a workday, hitting iOS multitasking limits and patchy app support, but found the battery held up well.
The iPhone 18 Pro launched October 23 at $1,199 in the US and ₹1,39,900 in India, bringing a new A20 Pro chip and a mechanical variable aperture camera.
PCMag's refreshed iPhone buying guide picks the iPhone 17 as the best all-around choice, hands the iPhone 18 Pro Max a battery-life award, and folds in Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, starting at $1,999.
Apple has begun installing giant, covered displays at its Fifth Avenue store ahead of Friday's iPhone Duo launch, while US stores plan limited walk-in stock and some overseas markets offer pickup only.
Macworld compared the iPhone 18 Pro's new native camera controls against Halide Mark III, the paid pro photography app, and found Apple has closed most of the gap except for manual ISO control.
Loop Capital downgraded Apple from Buy to Hold, cutting its price target to $330 after concluding that millions of lost iPhone shipments won't be made up in 2027, even as unit volumes are forecast to rise.
Apple names six US-based suppliers manufacturing core components for the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro — including titanium enclosures, variable-aperture camera films, and VCSEL lasers.
Apple has added the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to its Self Service Repair program — effective immediately. Genuine parts, tools, and repair manuals are now available for both models via Apple’s dedicated online store.
The iPhone 18 Pro is officially on sale — and accessories are shipping now.
Apple’s official iPhone 18 Pro/Max cases are now at Amazon all-time lows: $36 starting price, up to nearly 30% off. Navy Blue silicone and leather models lead the drop. US-only. No end date given.
Apple’s 2027 iPhone roadmap is taking shape: a spring base-model refresh with A20 chip and ultrawide camera, a fall ‘iPhone 20’ redesign with under-display Face ID and glass curvature, and a second-gen iPhone Duo—all unannounced but tracked via supply chain and design sourcing.
iPhone Duo preorders opened at 5 a.m. PT on Friday — and closed in practice two minutes later. By 5:02, every configuration showed delivery estimates slipping past October 23, then past November, then into late January.
The iPhone 18 Pro launches at $1,199 / ₹1,39,900 on October 23. It shares the 17 Pro’s design and display but adds the A20 Pro chip, variable aperture (f/1.48–f/4.0), manual camera controls, and 2TB storage — while discontinuing the 17 Pro outright.
Apple's first foldable, the iPhone Duo, sold through initial stock within hours of preorders opening. Delivery estimates for all storage capacities and colors have pushed back into January 2027.
Apple is dialing back domestic production of the standard iPhone 17 in India after a 20 percent price spike slowed sales, rerouting factory assembly toward export orders instead.
Apple's out-of-warranty repair pricing for the iPhone Duo reaches up to $1,499 for severe damage, turning AppleCare+ into an essential add-on before preorders begin.
Apple is reportedly starting base iPhone 18 production at the end of November, targeting a March launch alongside an iPhone 18e following the earlier release of the Pro models.
Lab testing shows Apple's iPhone 18 Pro hits a base PWM flicker rate of just 60Hz, leaving sensitive users with more eye fatigue than rival Android flagships.
The iPhone Duo’s A20 Pro chip has been benchmarked ahead of its October 16 pre-order launch — and it matches the iPhone 18 Pro’s CPU and GPU core count, clock speeds, and Geekbench 7 scores almost exactly.
Apple has crossed the $5 trillion market valuation again, closing at $342.96 per share as heavy buyer interest in the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max sustains momentum.
Early buyers of the Burgundy iPhone 18 Pro report that its dark aluminum finish is fading into a brighter red within three weeks, prompting questions about Apple's anodizing process.
Apple equipped the iPhone 18 Pro with a variable aperture lens, reviving a delicate camera mechanism that Android manufacturers abandoned after finding the moving parts prone to damage and difficult to repair.