Apple skips the base iPhone 18 at its fall launch event

Source: The Verge 1 hour ago

The successor to the iPhone 17 isn’t arriving this fall. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Apple is taking the unusual step of skipping the base iPhone 18 this fall. At its "Surprise and shine" event today, the company revealed the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, alongside the new foldable iPhone Duo. But the base iPhone 18 was a no-show. Rumors had suggested Apple would only launch premium iPhones this fall, with the base model slipping to next spring.

Instead of announcing the iPhone 18 today, Apple has raised the prices of its existing iPhone 17 models by $100. Even the older iPhone 16 that's still on sale has gone up by $100 compared to last week, back to its original $799 starting price.

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