iPhone 18 series

The iPhone 18 Series has three flagships, two Pro models and Apple’s first foldable phone. That means you’re not picking between good and budget. You’re just picking your favourite. Here's a quick rundown of each:

• iPhone 18 Pro Max for people who want the lot and want it to last. The beefiest Apple’s ever gone, with the sharpest cameras and a battery that laughs at a heavy day. This is the flagship with nothing held back.
• iPhone 18 Pro for the full flagship experience without the full-size stretch. All the grunt of the A20 Pro chip and the pro-grade cameras, all in a phone you can still use one-handed on the train.
• iPhone Duo, as Apple’s first-ever foldable and the one you’ll catch yourself showing people. Pocket-sized when it's shut, iPad mini energy when you open it up.

Every model comes dressed to impress, too. The headline act is the Dark Cherry finish, a deep wine-red that steals the show, backed by Sky Blue (Light Blue), a sharp Dark Grey and the classic Silver. Loud or low-key, there’s a finish that’s you.

Not fussed on the top end? No rush. We’re expecting the iPhone 18, iPhone Air 2 and iPhone 18e to land early 2027, with the iPhone 18 bringing Apple’s new C2 modem to the mix.

Heaps. The A20 Pro chip in the iPhone 18 Pro Max drops to a 2nm build from TSMC, which in plain English means more speed on less battery. The GPU tears through graphics-heavy games without cooking in your hand, so long sessions stay buttery-smooth. That power efficiency pays off all day, so a massive day won’t have you hunting a power point by three.

The camera copped a proper rethink too:

• A variable aperture main camera that opens and shuts to control light, like a real lens
• An ultrawide lens that fits the whole crew in frame, with nobody cropped out
• A camera control button you just press, no menu digging

Add a shrunken Dynamic Island that hands screen real estate back to your show, plus a Ceramic Shield 2 front built for pocket life, and you’re set.

Two generations back or more? Absolutely. Coming from an iPhone 16 Series, you’ll feel the jump on day one in speed, camera and how long the battery hangs on. Still on an iPhone 17 Pro Max or iPhone 17 Pro? Yours has barely broken a sweat, so it pulls real trade-in value when you’re ready to move up.

The bigger shift is what the phone does for you. It runs iOS 27, and this is the first iPhone built around Apple Intelligence from the ground up. That means the smart stuff happens right there in your hand instead of pinging off to the cloud and back.

Ask Siri AI to dig through an old email or sort your morning, and it actually keeps up. Apple Pay, tap to unlock, tap through a busy Monday. The longer you have it, the more it learns your rhythm, and the less you find yourself fighting it.

Go for the foldable iPhone if you want a phone and a tablet in one device. It slips into your jeans like any phone, then unfolds into an iPad mini-sized screen. Flip it open, and two apps sit side by side, so replying mid-episode stops being a compromise.

It’s the one to grab if you:

• Watch, read or game on your phone and always wish the screen were bigger
• Juggle two apps at once, like maps and messages or email and a video call

The iPhone Duo runs Touch ID in place of Face ID. It’s also eSIM only, so there’s no SIM tray at all. Just scan a code, and you’re on LTE and 5G in minutes.