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Following this week’s Apple event, new Apple CEO John Ternus and marketing SVP Greg Joswiak sat down for an interview to talk more about the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo.

In the interview with Tom’s Guide and TechRadar, Ternus and Joswiak discussed why Apple decided that now was the time to enter the foldable market. Ternus also touched on his feelings after his first week as Apple CEO.

Benjamin and Chance react to the September Apple event in this bumper special episode, featuring our first impressions (and Chance’s initial hands-on from the ground at Apple Park) with iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, AirPods 5 and the new Apple Watch lineup. 

And in Happy Hour Plus, even more thoughts on the iPhone Duo, and how Apple presented John Ternus’s first event as CEO. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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Apple is extending free access to its satellite features for existing iPhone users for another year, the company revealed in a footnote to its iPhone 18 Pro press release. Here are the details.

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Apple’s new iPhone Handoff feature, which lets users share a single phone number across two iPhones, will cost $5 per month on T-Mobile. Here are the details.

The DOJ has won a temporary pause on an order requiring it to respond to Apple’s requests for documents from 14 federal agencies, while the government appeals the ruling in its ongoing antitrust case against the company. Here are the details.

Developers can now submit apps built for iOS 27 and Apple’s other new operating system releases, ahead of their official rollout next Monday. Here are the details.

Premiering October 2, The Last First: Winter K2 promises “an unflinching look at the industry of extreme mountain climbing and its changing culture.” Watch the trailer below.

A new TrendForce report says the iPhone Duo is expected to capture 24,8% of the foldable smartphone market in 2026 alone, countering a 20% slump in the segment. Here are the details.

If you missed yesterday’s “Surprise and Shine” event and don’t feel like watching the entire hour-plus-long video, Apple’s YouTube Channel has got you covered. Watch the event recap below.

iPhone Duo was unveiled this week, but won’t ship until October. And Apple reportedly has many other new products set to debut in October too, here’s what’s coming.

Apple is giving the Apple TV Remote app experience a lot of love in iOS 27. That’s as good a sign as any that a new Apple TV 4K box is on the way.

Following the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo announcement this week, Apple has started accepting iPhone Air and iPhone 17 trade-ins for credit. However, the iPhone Air offer is a bit of a sore spot, especially after this week’s price increases.

Apple TV has a strong fall lineup coming up, including four weeks straight of big premieres that kick off next week with critical hit Slow Horses. Here’s what’s coming.

Apple unveiled its new Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch Series 12 lineup yesterday, plus the all-new AirPods 5. They hit shelves next Friday, September 18.

Ahead of that launch, Apple’s new lineup is now available to pre-order on Amazon.

• Pre-order AirPods 5
• Pre-order Apple Watch Series 12
• Pre-order Apple Watch Ultra 4

Look, no offense to Apple Vision Pro. I’m sure Apple Vision Pro is a very nice person. But iPhone Duo and Apple Vision Pro are not the same.

There’s a take that the iPhone Duo may have the Apple Vision Pro problem. The idea is that due to its price and device-specific software, it may be a miss and not a hit. The two things are not the same.

iPhone 18 Pro packs lots of camera upgrades (great rundown here), with the tentpole addition being variable aperture. But there’s one other Main camera change that users like me might deem their favorite.

Now that the iPhone Duo is official, how do its hardware specifications compare with the similarly sized Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8? Let’s find out.

This week alongside its iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo unveilings, Apple launched a brand new Wrist Strap accessory for iPhone. Here are the details.

When iPhone Duo arrives next month, many third-party apps might not work as well as Apple’s built-in apps. There’s a reason for that, at least initially, though the situation should improve over time.

Those with very long memories might have spotted a resemblance between the iPhone Duo and a prototype device seen way back in 2009, the Microsoft Courier.

My headline is, of course, tongue-in-cheek: Microsoft never got any further than the prototype, and abandoned the project less than a year later. All the same, it is remarkable now to look back at it and see just how similar it is in terms of the integrated user-interface …

Apple launched two new Watch models yesterday: Apple Watch Series 12 (pre-order) and Apple Watch Ultra 4 (pre-order). And new findings reveal that they each have a surprise upgrade not mentioned by Apple: double the RAM of their predecessors.

Snap is launching a new mobile app feature called Snapchat Plans. While it may sound like a new subscription service, Plans is actually a set of features that encourages hanging out in person.