iPhone 18 · Release dates & roadmap
Yes and no. Apple split the iPhone 18 generation in two, which is why the Pro models are on shelves while the standard iPhone 18 is still months away. Here is what you can buy today and what is coming in 2027.
Rumor, not fact. Everything here is reporting and speculation. Apple has announced none of it. Each claim is rated by how good its sourcing is.
This site reads Apple's retail catalog directly to power its stock checker, so that last row is not a guess: the iPhone 18 Pro family is there, and a standard iPhone 18 is not.
Launch-window supply is tight, and the newest finish, Burgundy, goes first. If you are heading to a store, check pickup availability before you travel.
It is not late so much as rescheduled. For years Apple launched every iPhone in a single September event. It now splits the range: the expensive models in the fall, the more affordable ones the following spring.
For Apple, that spreads revenue across the year and gives each group of phones its own moment. For buyers it means “the new iPhone” no longer arrives all at once — and that the standard model of any generation is now about six months behind the Pro.
Bloomberg's roadmap puts the standard iPhone 18 and the lower-cost iPhone 18e in spring 2027 — roughly six months after the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max and iPhone Duo, which are on sale now.
A lot of the searches around iPhone 18 are for models that were rumored under one name and shipped under another — or never existed.
All of this comes from one source, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, in a report dated September 4, 2026. He has the strongest track record on Apple's product plans, which is why we rate most of it likely — but a roadmap is a plan, and plans move.
The second-generation iPhone Air is expected in 2027 with three upgrades: an Ultra Wide camera, a faster chip and longer battery life.
A second-generation foldable iPhone is "already well into testing." A new chip is the only detail reported so far.
A third-generation foldable is planned for 2028, with slightly larger front and inner displays.
Our read: Two product cycles out. Plans at this distance change often.
The headline act of 2027 is the 20th-anniversary iPhone, widely called iPhone 20, expected that September with curved glass around every edge.
Everything we know about iPhone 20 →Partly. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max launched in September 2026 and are on sale now, along with Apple's foldable, iPhone Duo. The standard iPhone 18 is not out yet. It is expected in spring 2027.
The Pro models are already available. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports the standard iPhone 18 and the lower-cost iPhone 18e will arrive in spring 2027, roughly six months after the Pro launch.
Apple has moved to a staggered release schedule. Premium iPhones launch in the fall and more affordable models follow the next spring, instead of the whole range arriving in one September event.
Spring 2027, alongside the standard iPhone 18, according to Bloomberg. Until then iPhone 17e is Apple's lowest-priced current iPhone.
No. Apple's thin model is simply called iPhone Air and is on sale now. Its successor, iPhone Air 2, is expected in 2027 with an Ultra Wide camera, a faster chip and longer battery life.
No credible report describes either. iPhone Air took the Plus slot in Apple's lineup. Apple no longer sells any Plus model: iPhone 16 Plus, the last one, was dropped when the iPhone 18 Pro launched.
Those were pre-launch names for Apple's foldable, which shipped as iPhone Duo. It has a 7.6-inch inner display, comes in Night Sky and Star White, and starts at $1,999.
iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 and iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299 in the US. No price has been reported for the standard iPhone 18 or iPhone 18e.
iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max come in Black, Silver, Glacier and Burgundy. Colors for the standard iPhone 18 have not been credibly reported yet.
If you want a non-Pro iPhone and can wait about six months, yes. If you need one now, iPhone 17 is the current standard model and iPhone 18 Pro is the newest hardware you can buy today.