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iPhone hardware and iOS: new features and how to use them, bugs and fixes, buyer's guides and what reviewers found. Reported from Apple's own documentation and release notes, with the leaks marked as leaks.

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19 Sept 20266 min read

The iPhone 18 Pro teardown puts Face ID's infrared camera under the display

A teardown published on 18 September shows the iPhone 18 Pro's Face ID infrared camera sitting beneath the screen, which is how Apple shrank the Dynamic Island.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

19 Sept 20266 min read

The iPhone 18 Pro Max needs Prepare to Ship before you post it, and its battery is why

Apple published a support document on 18 September describing Prepare to Ship, an iPhone 18 Pro Max setting that discharges the battery before the phone is posted.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

19 Sept 20264 min read

iOS 27 adds 32 keyboard languages, and nearly half are Indigenous languages of the Americas

Apple updated its iOS 27 feature availability page on 18 September with 32 new QuickType keyboard languages, taking the total list to 245 entries.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

19 Sept 20264 min read

The US iPhone 18 Pro Max carries a Qualcomm modem, and Apple's spec page quietly says so

A TechInsights teardown published on 18 September found Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80 in the US iPhone 18 Pro Max, the only model in the line not using Apple's C2.

Pinkesh Gajera

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19 Sept 20265 min read

Xcode 27.1 beta adds the iPhone Duo SDK and simulator, 35 days before the phone ships

Apple released the first Xcode 27.1 beta on 18 September, carrying the iOS 27.1 SDK and an iPhone Duo simulator. The phone goes on sale on 23 October.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

17 Sept 20264 min read

iPhone Duo ships on iOS 27.1 on 23 October, and its SDK is not out yet

Apple confirmed iPhone Duo runs iOS 27.1 at launch, with the Xcode 27.1 beta due later this month. That leaves weeks, not months. Here is how we are using them.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

16 Sept 20263 min read

Apple shipped a feature in a beta and told you it is not shipping

The first iOS 27.2 beta contains the rebuilt Health app, and Apple's release notes say it will not ship in 27.2. That is a planning problem.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

16 Sept 20263 min read

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: more rows, not bigger text

Both new Pro phones run at the same pixel density, so the larger one does not magnify your interface. It shows more of it, and that is a design decision.

Pinkesh Gajera

iPhone

16 Sept 20263 min read

The iOS 27 update that says 26.7, and release-day support

Apple's own Software Update screen mislabelled the year's biggest release. It is a good reminder of what launch week does to your support queue.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

16 Sept 20264 min read

Model Context Protocol on iOS: interesting, and not yet a foundation

MCP gives models a standard way to reach tools and data. The idea is sound and the direction is right, but there is a difference between a promising protocol and something to build a client product on.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

16 Sept 20265 min read

When a platform feature slips, do not let it take your roadmap with it

Siri's rebuild slipped across multiple releases. Teams that had designed features around it lost more than the feature - they lost the quarter. There is a structural way to avoid that.

Pinkesh Gajera

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iPhone

16 Sept 20266 min read

Liquid Glass was always going to be mandatory. Plan for forced migrations.

The deferral flags were always temporary, and everyone building on Apple's platforms knew it. The useful question is not whether to adopt but how much a forced change costs you when it lands.

Pinkesh Gajera

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The iPhone 18 Pro teardown puts Face ID's infrared camera under the display

The iPhone 18 Pro Max needs Prepare to Ship before you post it, and its battery is why

iOS 27 adds 32 keyboard languages, and nearly half are Indigenous languages of the Americas

The US iPhone 18 Pro Max carries a Qualcomm modem, and Apple's spec page quietly says so

Xcode 27.1 beta adds the iPhone Duo SDK and simulator, 35 days before the phone ships

iPhone Duo ships on iOS 27.1 on 23 October, and its SDK is not out yet

Apple shipped a feature in a beta and told you it is not shipping

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max: more rows, not bigger text

The iOS 27 update that says 26.7, and release-day support

Model Context Protocol on iOS: interesting, and not yet a foundation

When a platform feature slips, do not let it take your roadmap with it

Liquid Glass was always going to be mandatory. Plan for forced migrations.

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