The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max went connected merchantability this week successful the US, on with 64 different countries successful the archetypal wave. If you person your eyes acceptable connected an iPhone Duo, you volition person to hold for implicit a period much to get it.
As for the caller Pro models, present is simply a reminder of their prices – they outgo $100 much than the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max did past year. As is tradition, Apple stopped selling the aged Pros erstwhile the caller ones were unveiled – lone non-Pro models past much than a twelvemonth connected Apple.com. But that doesn’t halt third-party retailers from selling older Pros arsenic you’ll spot below.
What utilized to hap each September is this – caller iPhone procreation launches, some Pro and vanilla phones. Then aged Pros get discontinued, aged vanilla models get a $100 terms cut. Well, not this year – first, determination are nary caller vanilla oregon Air models yet, and second, aged models got a $100 terms increase instead. So, adjacent if the iPhone 17 Pro was inactive around, it wouldn’t person made consciousness – it started astatine $1,100 past year and a $100 terms hike would enactment it connected the aforesaid $1,200 terms constituent arsenic the 18 Pro.
Instead, we’ll person a look astatine refurbished units. Amazon’s Renewed Premium people means that determination are nary scratches connected the display, nary cosmetic harm connected the assemblage (at slightest thing that is disposable from 12 inches away), amended than 90% artillery wellness and a acceptable of accessories (either archetypal oregon third-party – basically, conscionable a cablegram and a SIM ejector).
The iPhone 17 Pro was $1,100 for a 256GB portion erstwhile new, but you tin get a refurbished one-year-old 17 Pro for conscionable nether $1,000. The caller exemplary brings Apple’s archetypal 2nm chipset – the A20 Pro is a beast – and it has a smaller punch spread for the FaceTime camera and Face ID system. There’s besides a adaptable aperture and faster charging (50% successful 15 minutes alternatively of 20 minutes). By virtuousness of however fashionable it was, the Cosmic Orange mentation is usually the cheapest.
The iPhone 17 Pro Max was $1,200 past twelvemonth (for a 256GB unit). And a twelvemonth aboriginal a refurbished portion costs $1,200. Wait, what? We checked Walmart excessively and got the aforesaid terms – it’s a brainsick satellite retired determination wherever aged electronics outgo arsenic overmuch oregon much than erstwhile they were new. Anyway, the iPhone 18 Pro Max is the fastest-charging iPhone yet and it tin scope 50% complaint successful conscionable 15 minutes, compared to the 17 Pro Max, which needs 20 minutes.
The iPhone 17, iPhone Air and iPhone 17e are inactive disposable connected Apple.com. After the terms hike, they outgo $900, $1,100 and $700, respectively, for the basal 256GB models. Since we were looking astatine refurbished units anyway, we checked however overmuch they outgo compared to caller – and we’re blessed to study that the refurbished units are cheaper than caller units.
If you bash spell with an iPhone 18 Pro oregon 18 Pro Max, you whitethorn privation to prime up a case. Here are the authoritative Apple cases – TechWoven, Silicone and Clear. All 3 enactment MagSafe.
The caller AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 besides deed store shelves this week.
This lone leaves the iPhone Duo from the caller announcements – again, it’s coming successful precocious October. Meanwhile, Samsung’s 2026 foldables are moving immoderate good discounts, considering that they lone launched successful August.
The Galaxy Z Fold8 is the Duo’s superior rival for the US market. It’s thinner (9.7mm vs. 11.3mm) and overmuch lighter (201g vs. 254g), portion offering fundamentally the aforesaid size of interior screen. The Z Fold8 has a 5.5” 4:3 screen show and is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy. It has a 50MP main (1/1.56”) and a 50MP ultra-wide camera, positive 2 10MP selfie cameras – some utilizing punch holes. Meanwhile, Apple utilized an under-display camera for the interior selfie module connected the Duo. Also, there’s nary stylus support, dissimilar the Duo, which does enactment with a stylus. Another triumph for Apple oregon is it? Would you usage a stylus connected your foldable?
Even the ample Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra is lighter than the Duo – it’s lone 215g, 39g little than the Apple foldable. The squarish 8” interior show has astir 17% much aboveground country inside. Also, the tall-and-skinny 6.5” 21:9 screen show is easier to usage one-handed – the Ultra is 72.8mm wide erstwhile closed, the Duo is 84.1mm. The Ultra besides has a 200MP main camera, a dedicated telephoto lens (10MP 3x/67mm) and a 50MP ultra-wide.
If you privation thing compact, the Galaxy Z Flip8 closes to an 85.7 x 75.4 x 13.1mm puck that weighs 180g. It has a squarish 4.1” screen show and a 6.9” 21:9 interior display. The cameras are not amazing, arsenic you get a 50MP main (1/1.57”) and a 12MP ultra-wide, positive a 10MP selfie.
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