The iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e are reportedly set to launch in Spring 2027, with the A20 chip as the main upgrade on both. That leaves the iPhone 18 Pro, the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the iPhone Duo as the only new iPhones this fall, and the cheapest of them, the iPhone 18 Pro, starts at $1,199.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has said since November 2025 that Apple will split its iPhone releases between fall and spring, with the iPhone 18, the iPhone 18e and the iPhone Air 2 following around March 2027. He expects the iPhone 18 and the iPhone 18e to get an A20 chip and little else, and Apple has not announced any of the three phones.
iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e get A20
The A20 is built on a 2nm process, while the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17e run the 3nm A19. Gurman expects Apple to keep the fall and spring split for years and to release five to six new iPhone models a year, so spring becomes a regular launch window for the standard iPhone.
The iPhone 18e would move from the A19 to the same A20 as the iPhone 18, which puts Apple’s cheapest iPhone on the same 2nm chip as its standard model. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects 9GB of RAM on the lower-end spring models, up from 8GB.
Leaker Digital Chat Station says the iPhone 18e keeps a 60Hz display and a single 48-megapixel rear camera, which the iPhone 17e already has, and that its front camera may move to 24 megapixels from 12. The iPhone 18e screen leaks disagree on size, with Digital Chat Station listing 6.12 inches and Fixed Focus Digital listing 6.3 inches, against 6.1 inches on the iPhone 17e.
Fixed Focus Digital’s layout leak gives the iPhone 18 and the iPhone 18e the same 4,430mAh battery, a gain of about 20% for the iPhone 18 and about 10% for the iPhone 18e. The same leaker also said iPhone 18 production starts at the end of November and that the stockpile looks large.
The Air 2 targets battery life
Gurman expects the iPhone Air 2 to rely on a 2nm chip instead of a new design, which he says should address the battery life of the original iPhone Air. Leaks also give the phone a second rear camera, though Gurman has said he is unsure Apple will add it.
The iPhone 17 stays on sale
Apple still sells the iPhone 17 from $899 and the iPhone 17e from $699, both with 256GB of storage, after raising each price by $100 in September. One iPhone 18 leak says the phone keeps the iPhone 17’s 6.3-inch 120Hz OLED display and dual 48-megapixel cameras, which would leave the chip and the battery as the differences.
The same leaker expects the iPhone 18 to cost more than today’s $899 iPhone 17 but names no figure, and Apple has not said what the iPhone 18e or the iPhone Air 2 will cost.
