iPhone 18 live blog: On the ground at Apple’s biggest event

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="John Ternus, now Apple’s CEO, at WWDC in 2019 as the company’s VP of hardware engineering. | Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2292460584.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> John Ternus, now Apple’s CEO, at WWDC in 2019 as the company’s VP of hardware engineering. | Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It's not just time for any old Apple event, but one that's expected to usher in a new era for the company. This is the first iPhone keynote to be led by Apple's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/915272/apple-john-ternus-tim-cook">newly anointed CEO John Ternus</a>, and all signs and rumors have been pointing to it being the one that also debuts a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/907856/iphone-fold-dummy-design-delay-production">foldable iPhone</a>. Ternus has <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/987583/apple-john-ternus-staff-memo">already billed this as</a> "a huge launch . . . that's going to be phenomenal." What bigger and flashier way to step into the limelight than with a new halo product of an iPhone?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We're also likely to hear about OS updates, Apple Watches, and possibly some AirPods. But this might be an unconventional event in more ways than one. It's also possible …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/989658/iphone-18-duo-pro-fold-apple-watch-airpods-keynote-live">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>