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iPhone 18: Everything We Know About Apple’s Most Ambitious Lineup Yet
0:00 September’s iPhone launch could look different
0:15 Apple is changing its launch schedule for iPhone 18
0:33 iPhone 18 might not come out until 2027
1:04 iPhone 18 upgrade cycle twist
1:08 New iPhone Pro color rumors
1:08 iPhone 18 Pro cherry color
1:19 New iPhone 18 colors
1:26 No iPhone 18 in Space Black?
1:38 iPhone 18 Pro rumors
1:45 Smaller dynamic island on iPhone 18 Pro
2:10 New iPhone 18 Pro cameras
2:26 Better OLED screen for iPhone 18 Pro
2:33 Apple A20 chip rumor
2:52 Apple’s biggest iPhone battery ever
3:08 iPhone Pro price rumors
3:39 RAM shortages and iPhones
3:43 Folding iPhone Ultra rumors
3:55 A longer wait for standard iPhone 18
4:05 iPhone 18 rumors
4:13 Dynamic Island on iPhone 18 base model
4:20 iPhone camera control button updates
4:35 Could the iPhone 18 launch next year?
4:56 More RAM in new iPhones
5:04 Is iPhone Air 2 on its way?
5:08 New iPhone Air rumors
5:25 When will we get all of the new iPhones?
5:48 iPhone 17 and 17 Pro Max are worldwide best-sellers
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May 22, 2026 at 8:07 am
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iPhone 18: Everything We Know About Apple’s Most Ambitious Lineup Yet
@KervaMaster199X
May 22, 2026 at 5:31 pm
I’ll wait till the iPhone 19/20PM, I have a iPhone 15PM and it’s perfect for me
@MOGO8907
May 22, 2026 at 5:31 pm
sorry i was thinking of the latest Morrisey album.
@johnv3662
May 22, 2026 at 5:33 pm
I’m keeping my 15 pro max
@futurehofer1564
May 22, 2026 at 5:42 pm
A 2 year gap between phone releases would be healthy actually
@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403
May 22, 2026 at 5:51 pm
Nobody will whine. They’ll just keep using their phone until the 18 comes out, or get a 17 Pro on the cheap.
@raarontillery
May 22, 2026 at 6:22 pm
If this does come out to be true, it can make sense well in some ways it might annoy people that have to wait and other others. It makes sense have the higher end models come out first and you capture those people that are going to upgrade right away anyways, and you still make that money as well as the money from people that are impatient and don’t want to wait so maybe you get some of those people and then for the truly value conscious people that can’t afford or refuse or don’t Need any of the extras and only will buy the cheaper ones. They buy them later down the road after you grabbed as much money out of the higher end products first.
Honestly, it’s pretty smart and a kind of fills in some other months of what would otherwise probably be empty release dates
@elmermoreno7681
May 22, 2026 at 6:27 pm
I have a 14pro max might be about time I upgrade 🤔
@PreciousPayne-ie5rs
May 22, 2026 at 6:35 pm
Waiting for an iPhone air next year
@markjakker
May 22, 2026 at 6:37 pm
Today on the Homer Simpson files , I had to return to the grocery store to return two items. Total recovered was $22 today alone. I’m supposed to be getting $200 per week in prisoners allowance. He has been robbing me for $50 the last couple of months; about 6 months. His previous scam was marking things as buy one get one /BOGO and then right the cash register to not give me the discount. So to fix that , I started checking my cart and receipts before I leave the store. 50% of the time I have to return something before I leave the store. That’s the behavior of someone who is running the country in the USA in front of a terminal.
@ms-モギー
May 22, 2026 at 6:53 pm
what you wearing to bed
@paulct91
May 22, 2026 at 6:58 pm
3:39 – I mean its not really a RAM shortage and more a RAM scalpers paradise… making it ‘feel’ like a drought for non-richie riches.
@Adrianek81
May 22, 2026 at 7:01 pm
All iphones we will see in September,please stop with these delays
@gernest20
May 22, 2026 at 7:04 pm
I fail to understand, how is the chip shortage affecting apple? 😅
@DougUnfunny
May 22, 2026 at 7:04 pm
Iphone releases are just fast processor and better camera. Innovation is dead.
@harishFx16
May 22, 2026 at 7:41 pm
It’s only more logical in profit terms if they launch *iPhone 18 pro , 18 pro max and iPhone 18 air* in the opening window and later sell the 18 , 18E , 18 Ultra ! It maintains balance and dumping the later launch with a perception of cheaper iPhones
@YourMom-br2je
May 22, 2026 at 7:50 pm
I recently got a 17 Pro Max for half price through Verizon because my 13 Pro Max was crapping out after only 4 years 😢
@baa_baa_black_sheep
May 22, 2026 at 7:56 pm
iphone fold is probably gonna be 2000 dollars
@TGRRAG01
May 22, 2026 at 7:57 pm
I assume by staggering the launches, they’re doing this to launch cheaper lower margin phones after RAM pricing peaks ~mid-2027. Higher priced/margin phones can more easily absorb the dramatically increasing component prices. Their stuff remains “innovative” while simultaneously protecting their margins and MSRPs. Probably a one time thing due to the projected pricing arc of RAM.
@hermanjohnson9180
May 22, 2026 at 7:57 pm
Ooo, juicy info 🔥
@gregphelps4963
May 22, 2026 at 8:31 pm
I do love the idea of a folding phone, but losing the telephoto lens, Face ID and the magsafe… it’s a sad pass. Hopefully there will be an Ultra Pro Max? lol
@josephanthonyjas
May 22, 2026 at 8:39 pm
Who is picking out these colors?!?!? The orange was cool but generally 👎🏾👎🏾
@ItsAkile
May 22, 2026 at 8:50 pm
I need a Phone, I want a Air 2 meow but I dont know if we gonna see it
@harry6083
May 22, 2026 at 9:19 pm
This is just too much. Only one phone is needed. Because of this I am going back to pigeons and smoke signals for texting with mental telepathy for “phone” calls.
@icazuchi
May 22, 2026 at 9:22 pm
Iphone looking more like a Samsung phone…