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🍎 So, how do you like the new iOS and Golden Gate macOS? What's new, general:

🤪 New Siri – understands on-screen context, in-app actions, and has broader world knowledge (iPhone 15 Pro / 16 and newer) 🛝 Siri Camera – ask questions right from the Camera app, even split a restaurant bill 🖋 Write with Siri – writing help in Messages and Mail, adapts to your personal style 🌼 Photos – Clean Up, Extend, and perspective changes after you've already taken the shot 🧭 Safari – smart tab grouping, page-change tracking, custom extensions on request 🛝 Image Playground – new generation model, including photorealistic style 💠 Shortcuts and Calendar now understand plain natural language for creating things 🔒 More parental control tools 🎛 Liquid Glass is more flexible styling (from fully transparent to fully tinted) 🔋 Better performance and energy efficiency system-wide

P.S. Some Apple Intelligence features are still limited by region and language. @iPhone

🤝 iPhone Duo vs Xiaomi 18 Fold 📰 Xiaomi unveiled the 18 Fold in China on September 7, while Apple announced the iPhone Duo two days later. So this time it wasn't Xiaomi "copying" Apple as it literally beat it to market.

The specs: 🆕 iPhone Duo: unfolds to 7.6", 5.4" outer display, A20 Pro chip, titanium frame, 5.2mm thick, 254g. No Face ID (Touch ID is back, in the side button), no telephoto lens. Starts at $1,999 for 256GB, up to $3,199 for 2T, ships October 23. 🆕 Xiaomi 18 Fold: unfolds to 7.58", 5.38" cover screen, in-house Xring O3 chip, 5mm thick, 219g, a massive 6000mAh battery, up to 1TB storage, triple rear camera with no obvious compromises. Starts at roughly ≈$1,600 (10,999 yuan), topping out around ≈$2,050 for the 16GB/1TB config фтв still China-only for now.

🔎 On paper, Xiaomi looks like the more aggressive package: lighter, slightly thinner, bigger battery. But... @iPhone

🛝 No one's talking about what Apple did with AI 🔜 iOS 27 drops September 14 as an update, and Siri now clever got rebuilt from the ground up. 🧠 Siri now gets things done, not just answers If give her access to your calendar and email, and she'll sort messages, book meetings, and follow a task through inside the apps you already use. Onstage demo : a guy walks through a market talking to Siri, and she builds his shopping list live. 🤖 Other new AI bits: • Record a conversation = it turns into a structured note with action items • Ask Siri to watch a webpage = she pings you when it changes • Apple Watch now estimates biological age and suggests workouts 📆 The catch Siri AI launches in beta, English only with more languages promised later this year. iPhone 15 Pro or newer. Not available in the EU or China at launch. @iPhone

🤡 Samsung trolls Apple using a real guy named Tim Cook 📱 Samsung's New Zealand branch dropped (as usual) a parody video starring an actual resident of Palmerston North named Tim Cook. This full namesake of Apple's former CEO showed up on camera holding a foldable Galaxy Z Fold 8. @iPhone

🆕 foldable iPhone Duo • 2 screens: 7.6” and 5.4” • 48 MP main camera with 2x optical zoom and a wide-angle lens. Front camera with Center Stage, plus an under-display camera • Apple Pencil support (later) • Titanium body • Charges to 50% in 20 minutes • eSIM only 💸 US pricing • 256 GB: $1,999 • 512 GB: $2,199 • 1 TB: $2,599 • 2 TB: $3,199

🔥 Apple's fall lineup in the highlight reel A mini teaser wrapping up everything new from the yesterday's Apple Event:

🆕 iPhone Duo 🆕 iPhone 18 Pro & iPhone 18 Pro Max 🆕 Apple Watch Series 12 & Apple Watch Ultra 4 🆕 AirPods 5 ...and of course, Joz. 😄

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🚨 Apple discontinues iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max 📰 Following today's iPhone 18 Pro launch, Apple has officially discontinued the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max as both removed from the lineup on the website. The devices will still get software updates, and remaining stock is expected at retailers and carriers while supplies last. @iPhone

Ready or not! Here it comes! 💸

😁 Not that bad! Let's give it a chance...

⌚️ The new Apple Watch Series 12 has the same design, but there are new colors They promise it saves lives even better; Plus, they completely overhauled the sensor system on the back of the watch

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📷 Variable aperture is only on the main camera Six blades, a few values: f/1.48, f/1.8, and f/4

🆕 A20 Pro. 2nm, 6-core CPU (2+4), 20% faster performance overall They say it's the fastest chip in the world!

🎨 New @iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Pro Max colors

🔜 Hours left until the good morning from Tim Cook John Ternus Here's a quick rundown of what's rumored to land: 🆕 iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max 🆕 iPhone Fold 🆕 Apple Watch Series 12 & Ultra 4 🆕 AirPods 5 🆕 OLED iPad mini 🆕 HomePod mini 2 🆕 Apple TV 4K (4th gen) 🆕 Apple Home Hub

Specs: iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max • 6.3" / 6.9" OLED, 120Hz ProMotion • Smaller Dynamic Island, Face ID • Aluminum frame, 8.75mm thick • A20 Pro chip (2nm), 12GB RAM • 48MP Wide (variable aperture) + 48MP Ultra Wide + 48MP Telephoto • 18MP front camera, Apple C2 modem, N2 chip • 4,288 / 5,567 mAh battery • Colors: Black, Silver, Dark Cherry, Light Blue • 256GB–2TB, from ~$1,199 / ~$1,299 iPhone Fold • 5.5" outer / 7.7" inner OLED, nearly crease-free • Hole-punch Dynamic Island, Touch ID on side button • Titanium frame — 5.5mm unfolded / 11mm folded • A20 Pro chip, 12GB RAM, dual 18MP front cameras • 48MP Wide + 48MP Ultra Wide • 4,883 mAh battery, Black/Silver • 256GB-1TB, from ~$2,000+

🍿 You can watch a special Apple Event on YouTube and on Apple's website today in 0️⃣8️⃣ hours 3️⃣0️⃣ minutes. @iPhone

📱 Apple TV+ swept the first weekend of the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys with 20 wins That more than any other platform, ahead of HBO Max (16) and Netflix (13).

🏆 The horror-comedy "Widow's Bay" led the pack with 8 awards, including a guest-acting win for Betty Gilpin. "Pluribus" picked up 4, while "Palm Royale" and "Margo's Got Money Troubles" each took 3. Apple TV+ enters the season with a record 89 nominations overall.

📆 The main Primetime Emmys air September 14, handing out the top acting and directing awards. @DailyApple

3️⃣ days left until we see the iPhone Fold Ultra 🔜 It's hard to believe we're actually getting a folding iPhone after all these years of rumors. Are you expecting the worth the price tag or just a flex device for early adopters? @iPhone