Apple’s first foldable iPhone is just a couple of months away.
A foldable phone is novel for Apple, but it’s not creating an entirely new category. Samsung, Honor, Oppo, and others have already been there.
This raises the bar for Apple. The iPhone Fold needs to blow the others out of the water to justify Apple’s late entry. Great hardware alone won’t cut it; iOS 27 must fully embrace the foldable form factor, or it risks feeling like just another iPhone that happens to bend.
Price makes the challenge even steeper. At a rumored $2,500, Apple isn’t just competing with other foldables—it has to deliver something truly different.
But Apple has a reputation for arriving late and redefining everything that went before.
We’re optimistic, based on the leaks and rumors, but there are still some big unanswered questions.
Also in this edition of The Weekender:
Crashing apps? Weird freezes? 20-minute battery? All part of the fun of running the iOS 27 beta. If you’ve got regrets, here’s how to roll it back to a stable OS.
Here are all the changes and new features in the latest iOS 27 beta 3. All this stuff is coming in the first public beta, which should be launched any day now.
After many many years, Apple’s finally ending support for the Mac OS Extended (HFS+) file format. Better check your old drives.
This sounds pretty incredible. A startup claims it got a server-level AI model running on an iPhone 17 Pro — and Apple is talking to them.
I think ChatPlayground AI is really interesting. It offers lifetime access to dozens of the top AI models for one payment of $60. Seems like a great way to check them all out.
We had a couple of really good reviews this week. First up is a great Bluetooth speaker from two of the biggest names in speakers: Fender and Teufel. Our reviewer loves it. We also reviewed a beefy 15-in-one USB-C dock/charging station that comes in a single, compact package.
Enjoy your weekend!
— Leander Kahney, EIC
Feature story
How-tos
A message from Adapt
Give everyone an AI coworker in Slack
Adapt is your company's AI coworker. Add it to Slack and it becomes your company brain and the agent that runs on it. Tag it into conversations to answer questions, execute tasks, build internal tools, and more.
