United Kingdom, Jan. 3 -- Apple is reportedly preparing to break with more than a decade of tradition by skipping the launch of a standard iPhone 18 in 2026.

According to multiple reports and supply chain watchers, Apple is planning to move away from its long-standing all-at-once September iPhone reveal.

Instead, the company is expected to split future launches across the year, prioritising higher-end devices in the autumn and pushing more affordable or mainstream models into the following spring.

If that strategy holds, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max - alongside Apple's long-rumoured foldable iPhone - would still arrive in late 2026, while the regular iPhone 18 would not appear until spring 2027 with the 18e and Air 2.

That gap would ...