Apple's iPhone 18 to see manufacturing downgrades: Report

Apple is downgrading the planned specifications of the standard iPhone 18 in a cost-cutting measure, according to a new post on Weibo. The ‌iPhone 18‌ features "certain manufacturing downgrades" that bring it more into line with the low-cost iPhone 18e model. The standard ‌iPhone 18‌ may launch months after iPhone 18 Pro as part of an all-new split launch strategy.