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iPhone 18 Pro

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iPhone 18 Pro is Apple’s smartphone in the company’s recent iPhone lineup updates, positioned alongside the iPhone 18 Pro Max and announced for preorders with a September 18, 2026 availability date. Recent coverage highlights its A20 Pro processor and camera changes, including a mechanical variable aperture, as well as new photo-authenticity capabilities via Apple Reference Image that uses signed sensor data processed through Private Cloud Compute to provide an unalterable reference image for verification. Apple has also described preorders as allowing buyers to select exact color and storage configurations before launch.

Updated 21 October 2026

Latest developments

The iPhone Duo is now available to preorder at $1,999 The Verge · 1 week ago · 1

Fortune Tech: How much are people willing to pay for a smartphone? Fortune · 21

Where to preorder the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max The Verge · 1 month ago · 23

We unfolded the iPhone Duo The Verge · 1 month ago · 46

Apple Reference Image: How the iPhone Will Prove a Photo Is Real Trending Topics · 1 month ago · 48

The variable aperture isn’t the cool part of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera The Verge · 1 month ago · 8

Apple events page (Siri and Apple Intelligence references) Apple · 1 month ago · 35

There aren’t AirPods with cameras yet and I hope it stays that way The Verge · 1 month ago · 25

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Apple announces iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max with a variable-aperture main camera and a new Photo verification feature Product launch

Apple unveiled and began pre-orders for its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, alongside iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods, and Siri/Apple Intelligence updates Product launch

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Apple deploys this technology · 5 sources
Integrated with A20 Pro · 2 sources
Integrated with Apple Intelligence · 1 source
Apple Reference Image deploys this technology · 1 source
Reference Image integrated with this technology · 1 source
Apple develops this technology · 1 source

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TLDRocket 26 October 2026

Anthropic’s IPO filings turned today into a referendum on what AI companies will look like when they grow up—and how much control they’ll keep. In its SEC S-1, the Claude maker set out a five-class structure designed to concentrate voting power: one founder LLC share class (Class F) grants 50.1% of the votes with no economic rights, and that control flips only if fewer than three co-founders remain for 90 days. The financials are similarly blunt. Anthropic reported $16.3 billion in first-half 2026 revenue but a net loss of $80.7 billion, with net losses since 2023 of about $132.5 billion. It also signaled a compute spending spree: $542 billion to $567 billion for future infrastructure, including “Anthropic Direct” data centers to reduce dependence on major cloud suppliers—while warning investors about upfront cash outflows and power-delivery risk. Even enterprise go-to-market shows up in governance terms: Claude Code’s top 5% of users spend about 20× the average, pushing Anthropic to sell agents as software embedded across first-party apps.

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