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You'll need your old passcode or Apple Account password. RNGSU/Shutterstock Getting an "iPhone Unavailable" message on your lockscreen is never a welcome sight. The issue is a common one, caused by entering an incorrect passcode too many times. It's a system meant as a safeguard against unwanted access, but it can just as easily be

Apple unfolded its new iPhone this week, and we’re still trying to wrap our heads around it. The folding iPhone Duo, revealed at the tech company’s Surprise and Shine event Wednesday, was far from a surprise — and, in a sense, not all that new, since other phone makers have been folding their phones for

Apple’s “Surprise and shine” on Wednesday featured plenty of callouts to AI, with Apple envisioning its iPhone and the new foldable iPhone Duo as “personal hubs” where artificial intelligence is everywhere, especially the new Siri AI. But one major announcement was notably missing, and it’s especially frustrating for smart home fans. Throughout 2026, I’ve heard reports from

While the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are among Apple’s newest phones, they are the ones that don’t fold. Thankfully, a handful of upgrades, like a fancy new camera tool, will make photographers rejoice! I tried the iPhone 18 Pro in a packed demo area in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park right

We got a host of new iPhones at Wednesday’s Apple Surprise and Shine event. But there were some noticeable absences: base iPhone 18 models, as Apple focused purely on premium devices, and a second iteration of its lightweight iPhone Air. At just 5.6mm thick and weighing only 165 grams, last year’s $999 iPhone 17 Air

Xiaomi took the wraps off its new foldable phone at IFA in Berlin and while I could only see it on a stand behind glass at first, I later managed to actually get my hands on the thing and have a brief play. It’s a nice-feeling foldable with a passport-style foldable that I absolutely love.

The iPhone Ultra will use Touch ID rather than Face ID, reportedly because there wasn't enough room in the thin chassis for a TrueDepth camera system. Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET Key takeaways The foldable iPhone Ultra’s release date will likely be announced on Sept. 9, but it won’t come out that day. Current rumors suggest it will

We’re days away from Apple’s “Surprise and shine” event, where we expect the tech giant to unveil its first foldable iPhone (which could be called the iPhone Ultra), along with the premium models of the iPhone 18. You can expect better battery life and a variable aperture camera. But that’s not what everyone really wants. 

Apple Apple finally launched its long-rumored folding phone, which it unexpectedly decided to call the iPhone Duo, and I'm planning to pre-order one. That isn't a sentence I expected to write. I've tried most of the foldable phones from the past few years, including the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Pixel 11 Pro Fold, Honor Magic

One of the biggest camera rumors for the iPhone 18 Pro announcement at Apple’s fall event on Sept. 9 is the addition of a variable-aperture lens on the main camera. But just what is a variable aperture, and why do photographers rhapsodize about it? We’re already expecting price increases for the iPhone 18 Pro models