It’s not that there were no Apple software updates last week. Anyone who bought the new iPad Pro, which went on sale on Wednesday, Oct. 22 alongside the latest MacBook Pro and Apple Vision Pro, had to update to a new version of iPadOS. But that was iPadOS 26.0.1 and was a new build for the latest model only.

Apple may have created a problem with the latest version of iOS.

The iPhone 16 and 17 have a lot in common, but some key differences set Apple's newer phone apart. Is it worth the higher price?

Choose 512GB storage and instead of the original new price of $1,299 from Apple, and Amazon has this model in natural titanium and black titanium for $869 in renewed premium condition, around $90 less than the renewed premium price in late August, and $430 lower than the original price new.

Users have been reporting issues with iOS 26's keyboard, with one YouTube creator showing that the keyboard misregisters inputs when typing.

Another change ushered in by iOS 26 is the introduction of an expanded Visual Intelligence tool, part of Apple Intelligence. It leverages AI to analyze what’s on your phone screen, or what your camera is looking at—so you can use it to identify objects, for example, or pick out a date and time from a flyer and add it to your camera.

Phone 16 is an excellent deal, offering strong specifications and several major iOS upgrades still in line for the future.