If one thing at Apple was certain, or that the new iPhone always comes out in September. But not the iPhone 18. You can read this and more in this week’s iPhone news overview.
iPhone 18 comes much later than expected (and this is when)
According to usually reliable Apple connoisseur Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is going to slide the release of the iPhone 18 back. Normally the new iPhone is always presented by Apple in September, but the company now seems to get off.
We will tell you when you can expect the iPhone 18.
→ That much later comes the iPhone 18
Apple unveils iOS 19 next month (with these functions)
Apple will present iOS 19 soon! The WWDC 2025 takes place from 9 June to 13 June, that week, Apple reveals the most important software updates of the year. Apple then announces iOS 19, iPados 19, Watchos 12 and MacOS 16.
The expectations are high, because it seems that Apple brings many new functions and a redesign to iOS 19 and iPados 19. We put the expected features for you.
→ These are the functions
There is a handy hidden function in Apple cards-that’s how it works
iOS 18 has brought a number of useful improvements to Apple cards. This way you can now easily and quickly add a location to your library. You do that by tapping a location and then on the plus sign at the top right of the information star.
Because of this you will find the place much easier later and moreover the place is shown more clearly on the map. However, storing locations has a third, much less well -known function …
→ Discover this handy function
Google Maps secretly scans screenshots on your iPhone: that’s how you turn it off
Another update for Google Maps is coming! The search giant has previously announced that the navigation service will be expanded this year with a series of new functions. One of those new features will soon be added, which gives Google Maps access to all screenshots on your iPhone.
With the help of Google Gemini, these screenshots are searched at possible locations for Google Maps. You don’t want that? Understandable!
→ Can you turn that off?
Purchase advice: This is the iPhone that you can best buy in 2025
When Apple releases a new iPhone series, this causes considerable changes and the prices of all previous models shift. In the spring of 2025, another introduction influenced the product range in a different way. Apple introduced the iPhone 16th and thus abolished the iPhone SE line.
The result is that it has become more difficult for people who are looking for a cheap iPhone, because the prices of the different versions are now much closer together. As a result, the question arises which iPhone you can best buy in 2025.
→ This is our advice
Apple is working on battery cover due to poor battery in this iPhone
The iPhone 17 series appears in September and according to a new rumor there is one iPhone that does not have such a good battery and therefore not a great battery life. In the meantime, to compensate for this, Apple is already working on a special accessory that the company had already canceled. You need to know this.
→ View it yourself
Discover even more tips and tricks for your iPhone: This is how you do it
On iPhoned You will find useful tips and smart functions for your iPhone every day. This way you get even more out of your iPhone, but maybe you want more. More clarity, more depth, and above all: more tricks to get even more out of your favorite Apple device.
That is why we have something special for you: the first magazine of iPhoned, iPhone Tips & Tricks 2025 – Made in collaboration with our friends of Icreate.
→ Read more about it
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