Top Stories: 'Surprise and Shine' Apple Event Preview

After years of rumors, the highly anticipated foldable iPhone is almost here, but that’s not all we’re expecting to see at next week’s big event, and we’ve got full coverage of expectations for the "Surprise and Shine" event. Beyond the event, this week also saw John Ternus take over from Tim Cook as Apple CEO, while we learned a bit more about what’s coming in iOS 27 and how Apple has been trying to respond to massive demand for its desktop Macs amid the surge in AI computing, so read on below for all of the details! Top Stories iPhone Ultra, iPhone 18 Pro, and More: Apple’s September 9 Event Preview Apple’s September event will take place on Wednesday, September 9, at 10:00 a.m.

At the event, Apple will announce its 2026 iPhone lineup, and this year is a big one. Along with the slab-style iPhones we’ve been using for years, Apple is going to debut its first foldable device. We’ll also get new Apple Watches, a new set of AirPods, and possibly some other surprises.

Everything we expect to see at the "Surprise and Shine" event is recapped in our event guide and overview video, so make sure to check it out. Read John Ternus’ First Memo to Apple Employees as CEO This week marked the end of an era, with Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO after 15 years and hardware engineering chief John Ternus taking over the reins. Cook will remain active with Apple as Executive Chair.

Labor Day weekend is here with massive sale events now live at both Amazon and AirTag from $20 a pop. Moving over to the Mac and the pre-order discounts on the new M6/M5 Pro Mac mini, we also have $150 off this 13-inch M5 MacBook Air and new Amazon all-time lows on the 2026 Apple Studio Displays.

A new leak coming out of China claims to have figured out some key details about the upcoming Apple A20 Pro chip, which should be at the helm of the iPhone 18 Pro series and iPhone Ultra. Thanks to some clever reverse-engineering of solder diagrams, the leaker says he managed to figure out the chip’s design.

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Leaked Apple A20 Pro diagram (Weibo) The 20 Pro will reportedly stick to a 2+4 CPU structure but upgrade to a 7-core GPU. The “small” power-efficiency CPU cores will reportedly feature 8MB of L2 cache compared to 6MB on the A19 Pro.

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The “big” performance cores will remain with… New leak details Apple A20 Pro chip.

It remains to be seen how much system cache we’ll see with the A20 Pro. Apple will announce the iPhone 18 Pro and Ultra models on September 9, where we’ll hopefully get a detailed breakdown of the new flagship iPhone chip.

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In his first memo to employees as CEO, Ternus thanked employees for a warm welcome, expressed thanks to Cook for his contributions to Apple and assisting with the transition, and shared excitement about the future including "a huge launch" next week. IPhone 18 Pro Pre-Orders May Start at an Unusual Time Following next Wednesday’s event, pre-orders for the new iPhone hardware may start at an unusual time.

Pre-orders for the new iPhone models typically start at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time on the Friday immediately following the event, but this year that falls on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

As it did back in 2015 when pre-orders would also have fallen on the 11th, Apple will reportedly push things back this year and begin accepting pre-orders at midnight Pacific Time on Saturday, September 12. IOS 27 Introduces New ‘iPhone Handoff’ Feature Back at WWDC in June, Apple made the briefest of mentions about iOS 27 offering the ability to share a phone number between devices, and now we know how that feature will work.