iPhone release schedule shakeup, iPhone 17 Air battery life, 2025 Pride band

Benjamin and Chance talk about all the big Apple news of the week, including Apple’s latest earnings report, the new 2025 Pride band and wallpaper, and several rumors about the upcoming iPhone roadmap. Apple is apparently going to shift some of its phone releases to the spring going forward, and the 17 Air might not have the battery life we originally hoped.

And in Happy Hour Plus, Eddy Cue makes provocative claims about the future of the iPhone in court testimony. We discuss what he meant. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.

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Chance Miller

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Links

• Apple announces new 2025 Apple Watch Pride band, watch face, and wallpaper
• iOS 18.5 release candidate now available with release notes
• Apple reports Q2 2025 earnings with $95.4 billion in revenue
• Apple says Trump import tariffs will increase its costs by $900 million this quarter
• Tim Cook addresses Apple's delay of personalized Siri features
• Apple just appealed the court ruling that forced big App Store change
• Apple pushes to halt App Store overhaul as Epic Games appeal moves forward
• Apple approves Spotify app update with external payment links
• Kindle’s iOS app just made buying books easier than ever on iPhone and iPad
• Epic Games targets Apple with zero-commission plan and App Store workaround
• Apple may transition to a staggered release schedule with iPhone 18 lineup: report
• Apple to shake up iPhone release calendar with base iPhone 18 launch in spring 2027, six months after Pro models
• iPhone 18 Pro will have a curious design choice if this rumor is true
• iPhone 17 Air will revive discontinued Apple accessory to help with important tradeoff
• Kuo: Apple already working on updated iPhone Air model with larger screen
• Apple to add AI search partners to Safari as Google usage falls
• Apple SVP Eddy Cue says ‘you may not need’ iPhone by 2035
• Google contests Eddy Cue's claim that Apple users are searching less