The latest iPhone update has landed. Unusually for a minor point update, it includes features that aren’t just security concerns.

In addition to the low-cost MacBook, Apple unveiled the iPhone 17e, which is the entry-level iPhone in the lineup and replaces last year’s iPhone 16e. The new base model offers a few noteworthy improvements over the previous version.

The iPhone 17e, announced March 2, is built around Apple's latest-generation A19 chip — the same processor powering the flagship iPhone 17 lineup. It also adds C1X, a next-generation cellular modem the company says is roughly twice as fast as the modem in the iPhone 16e.

The same report that first mentioned the red iPhone 18 Pro also said that for the first folding iPhone, Apple will “stay away from fun colors,” it said. Instead, the Fold will be revealed in more traditional colors such as black and silver.

Apple's new $599 MacBook Neo features the A18 Pro chip, a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, 16-hour battery life, and fun colors. Check it out!

Apple today provided public beta testers with the third release of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a week after Apple seeded the second beta. After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site,

Apple's new budget laptop comes in blush, indigo, silver, and citrus, and online reactions prove people have been craving colorful tech.

Buying a MacBook Neo or iPhone 17e? Apple offers a basic one-year warranty on new devices, but AppleCare+ takes that protection up a notch. Here's what to consider and how much it'll cost you.