This Week in Apple: The shape of things to come

It’s a new year, so let’s look ahead to new iPhones and new iPhone accessories as well as how some other Apple products may fare in 2026.

That new iPhone smell

In addition to computers, Apple also makes what they call “smart phones”, so called because they are required to provide at least three hours of educational programming a day.

Ha-ha!

If only.

Apple will be shipping a number of new phones this year, some of which may or may not interest you. Let’s look ahead.

While Apple is expected to deliver a low-cost iPhone 18e in the spring, the average selling prices for iPhones in 2026 go up substantially after that. In the fall, Apple will ship the iPhone 18 Pros and a new foldable iPhone, highly expected to cost a million dollars.

One thing you won’t get this year is a base model iPhone 18.

“No iPhone 18 Launch This Year, Reports Suggest”

As has been widely rumored, Apple is widely expected to widely leave those of us who buy the base model phones in the lurch until 2027.…