{"slug": "iphone-18-release-date-spring-delay-boosts-autumn-iphone-18-pro-sales", "title": "iPhone 18 Release Date: Spring Delay Boosts Autumn iPhone 18 Pro Sales", "summary": "Apple's delay of the iPhone 18 release until spring 2027 will push buyers toward the AI-ready iPhone 18 Pro, according to Forbes senior contributor Ewan Spence. The spring launch of the base model forces consumers to choose between maintaining older hardware or upgrading directly to the Pro version later that autumn.", "body_md": "# iPhone 18 Release Date: Spring Delay Boosts Autumn iPhone 18 Pro Sales\n\nBy Ewan Spence, Senior ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Apple’s delay of the iPhone 18 release until spring 2027 forces buyers to choose between maintaining older hardware or jumping straight to the AI-ready iPhone 18 Pro.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iphone-18-release-date-spring-delay-boosts-autumn-iphone-18-pro-sales", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/iphone-18-release-date-spring-delay-boosts-autumn-iphone-18-rmqj", "published_at": "2026-07-25 16:30:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-25 16:56:50.573478+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Apple", "iPhone 18", "iPhone 18 Pro", "Ewan Spence", "Forbes"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iphone-18-release-date-spring-delay-boosts-autumn-iphone-18-pro-sales", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iphone-18-release-date-spring-delay-boosts-autumn-iphone-18-pro-sales.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iphone-18-release-date-spring-delay-boosts-autumn-iphone-18-pro-sales.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iphone-18-release-date-spring-delay-boosts-autumn-iphone-18-pro-sales.jsonld"}}