The iPhone 18 Pro Max reached its Lock Screen in 12.70 seconds, 0.30 seconds ahead of the iPhone 17 Pro Max and 2.70 seconds ahead of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Apple says a software fix should be available early next week for freezes and reboots on iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max triggered by failed Face ID attempts.
Apple is expected to keep a four-sided bending display for the 20th-anniversary iPhone Pro in 2027 while delaying COE and LTPO+ over cost and readiness.
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5.5 with Fable 5.1-level coding performance, 40% lower running costs on typical workloads and more than 30% faster output than Opus 5.