In any other year, I'd find a novel way to say that the iPhone 18 Pro Max is the best iPhone ever. While that's true at the time of writing, it's probably only going to be that for a vanishingly small amount of time.


iPhone 18 Pro Max review: The brand-new model in Silver
This year is the first where the iPhone Pro Max isn't the most exciting model in Apple's lineup. That honor goes to the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable device and one that won't hit store shelves until weeks after this review is published. And that leaves me at something of a disadvantage.

If you're reading this after Friday, October 23, 2026, you already know how the iPhone Duo stacks up. Early reviews will be out, and early adopters will have their new phones in their pockets.


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