{"id":262657,"date":"2026-02-01T15:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262657\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:58:15","slug":"the-iphone-18s-delay-is-reconfirmed-by-another-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262657\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone 18&#8217;s delay is reconfirmed by another report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve already heard a few times that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/report_apple_to_split_iphone_unveil_in_two_phases__fall_and_spring-news-70320.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple plans to delay the vanilla iPhone 18<\/a> until next spring, not releasing it alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max this fall.<\/p>\n<p>This rather unusual delay, representing an important shift in Apple&#8217;s release strategy, is now confirmed by yet another report from Asia. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_might_borrow_a_camera_feature_for_the_iphone_18_pro_and_pro_max_from_oppo_and_vivo-news-71289.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max<\/a> will launch on time in the fall, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_fold_5g-13804.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Fold<\/a> will be announced alongside them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" alt=\"iPhone 17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1769961495_27_gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><br \/>\niPhone 17<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 18, according to this new report, is only scheduled to come out at some point in the first half of next year. The move &#8220;is intended to optimize resources and maximize revenue and profits from premium models amid surging prices for memory chips&#8221;, multiple sources have told <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/technology\/apple-to-prioritize-premium-iphone-launches-in-2026-amid-memory-crunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nikkei Asia<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_air_2_might_come_with_improved_battery_life_and_camera-news-71050.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The next iPhone Air<\/a> may arrive alongside the iPhone 18 in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also apparently critical for Apple to &#8220;minimize any potential production hiccups while mass-producing its first-ever foldable iPhone&#8221;, according to the same people. The shift in the release strategy could help Apple better manage supply chain resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve already heard a few times that Apple plans to delay the vanilla iPhone 18 until next spring,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-262657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}