A[A quick overview of Apple’s 2026 autumn conference: Apple releases its first foldable screen iPhone Duo, priced from 15,999 yuan in China] On September 10th, Apple held its autumn conference at 1 a.m. Beijing time on Thursday to launch the iPhone 18 Pro series of mobile phones and its first foldable screen iPhone Duo. Here’s a quick look at the content:
1. Apple releases its first foldable screen flagship phone, iPhone Duo. When unfolded, the iPhone Duo is the thinnest iPhone in history and will be equipped with dual cameras. When unfolded, iPhone Duo features a 7.6-inch Super Retina XDR display, which is 50% larger than the iPhone 18 Pro Max. iPhone Duo will support Apple Pencil. The global version of iPhone Duo only supports eSIM.
2. The starting price of Apple iPhone Duo is US$1,999; the starting price in China is 15,999 yuan, and four storage versions are available: 256GB for 15,999 yuan, 512GB for 17,999 yuan, 1TB for 21,499 yuan, and 2TB for 26,499 yuan. The new product will be available for pre-order at 8pm on October 16th and will be officially released on October 23rd.
3. Apple launches iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 and the iPhone 18 Pro Max starts at $1,299; orders will begin on September 12 and shipping will begin on September 18.
4. Apple releases the A20 Pro chip based on 2nm process technology. The A20 Pro chip will use a six-core CPU, including two "desktop-level" ultra-large cores and four energy-efficiency cores; it will be equipped with seven GPU cores. The A20 chip will be equipped with two neural engines with a total of 32 cores to improve end-side artificial intelligence performance.
5. Apple released AirPods 5, priced starting at US$129, with new open-type active noise reduction; Apple released Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, starting at US$399 and US$799 respectively.
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