Weekly overview 20: iOS 18.5, Watchos 12 rumors, price increase iPhone and more

Good news! Your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV and HomePod become new again because since last week iOS 18, iPados 18 Watchos 11, MacOS Sequoia, TVOS 18 and HomePodos 18 are now available for download. Last week Apple already released a firmware update for the AirPods.

iOS 18 has various innovations such as brand new control panel, Personalizing Home screen, new photos app, extensions for calculator, passwords application and much more. In the iOS 18 FAQ, the new functions and options are discussed that the new software entails or view our overview with iOS 18 tips.

The best known and also reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo knew for sure last year, 2023 will be the year of the foldable iPhone. But there are more and more indications that this iPhone will be on the shelves later. Display analyst Ross Young says it will probably take until 2025 before we can expect the bendable iPhone, some even think it will never come.

Perhaps the ‘foldable iPhone’ will get an 8-inch OLED screen and, according to KUO, Apple would tackle it completely differently than the current manufacturers of flexible smartphones. These rumors are not new, Jon Prosser also said that Apple is busy developing an iPhone that you can fold, but whether it really comes is not yet entirely clear.

Every spring, Apple gives a taste of their new software updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch with regard to accessibility. Also this year they have announced their first macOS 16 and iOS 19 functions including magnifying glass for Mac, special reading mode and live captions for Apple Watch.

With the magnifying glass for MAC, users can use their iPhone or iPad directly on a Mac to, for example, display text from a book bigger on the Mac screen. In addition, the App Store will receive labels for accessibility, a special reading mode in the reader and live captions to Apple Watch. The new accessibility features will become available later this year together with iOS 19, iPados 19, MacOS 16 and Watchos 12.

We can almost be sure that Apple will increase the prices of the iPhone 17 this fall. A report from The Wall Street Journal states that Apple is considering price increases for the approaching iPhone series. Possibly Trump’s import duties play an important role in this.

Earlier Tim Cook indicated that Trump’s import duties will cost the company $ 900 million. Although Apple will not admit that the price increase will have to do with this, they are considering raising the price of the iPhone.

In this weekly overview we list the most important Apple news for you and you will also find the most popular tips from the past days.

Last week Apple released software updates, including iOS 18.5 and the first iOS 19 functions. In addition, the rumor appeared that the iPhone will be raised in price later this year and we have listed new details about Watchos 12. The foldable iPhone is also coming, but only at the earliest in 2026.

Good news! Your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV and HomePod become new again because since last week iOS 18, iPados 18 Watchos 11, MacOS Sequoia, TVOS 18 and HomePodos 18 are now available for download. Last week Apple already released a firmware update for the AirPods.

iOS 18 has various innovations such as brand new control panel, Personalizing Home screen, new photos app, extensions for calculator, passwords application and much more. In the iOS 18 FAQ, the new functions and options are discussed that the new software entails or view our overview with iOS 18 tips.

The best known and also reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo knew for sure last year, 2023 will be the year of the foldable iPhone. But there are more and more indications that this iPhone will be on the shelves later. Display analyst Ross Young says it will probably take until 2025 before we can expect the bendable iPhone, some even think it will never come.

Perhaps the ‘foldable iPhone’ will get an 8-inch OLED screen and, according to KUO, Apple would tackle it completely differently than the current manufacturers of flexible smartphones. These rumors are not new, Jon Prosser also said that Apple is busy developing an iPhone that you can fold, but whether it really comes is not yet entirely clear.

Every spring, Apple gives a taste of their new software updates for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch with regard to accessibility. Also this year they have announced their first macOS 16 and iOS 19 functions including magnifying glass for Mac, special reading mode and live captions for Apple Watch.

With the magnifying glass for MAC, users can use their iPhone or iPad directly on a Mac to, for example, display text from a book bigger on the Mac screen. In addition, the App Store will receive labels for accessibility, a special reading mode in the reader and live captions to Apple Watch. The new accessibility features will become available later this year together with iOS 19, iPados 19, MacOS 16 and Watchos 12.

We can almost be sure that Apple will increase the prices of the iPhone 17 this fall. A report from The Wall Street Journal states that Apple is considering price increases for the approaching iPhone series. Possibly Trump’s import duties play an important role in this.

Earlier Tim Cook indicated that Trump’s import duties will cost the company $ 900 million. Although Apple will not admit that the price increase will have to do with this, they are considering raising the price of the iPhone.