{"id":166,"date":"2025-08-03T12:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T12:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/?p=166"},"modified":"2025-08-03T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T12:41:39","slug":"apple-announces-iphone-18-will-be-fully-identical-to-iphone-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/2025\/08\/apple-announces-iphone-18-will-be-fully-identical-to-iphone-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Announces iPhone 18 Will Be Fully Identical to iPhone 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IPhone18-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IPhone18-1.png 507w, https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IPhone18-1-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/dailypost.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IPhone18-1-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Cupertino, CA \u2014<\/em> In a bold move described by some as &#8220;philosophically minimalist,&#8221; Apple has officially announced that the upcoming iPhone 18 will be <em>completely identical<\/em> to its predecessor, the iPhone 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve decided not to change a single thing,\u201d said Apple CEO Tim Cook during the keynote address. \u201cWhy improve what is already perfect? Or at least expensive?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts confirm that the iPhone 18 will feature the same dimensions, same processor, same camera, and even the same packaging\u2014though the sticker on the box will now read &#8220;18&#8221; instead of &#8220;17.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers can expect no upgrades, no surprises, and no confusion. \u201cIt\u2019s a phone. It works. Let\u2019s not overthink it,\u201d Cook added, to thunderous applause from an audience largely made up of marketing executives and exhausted developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only real difference? The price tag\u2014now $50 higher, \u201cto reflect inflation, loyalty, and the font redesign in Settings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early reviews are in: \u201cIt feels exactly like my iPhone 17,\u201d said one beta tester. \u201cAnd somehow, I still want it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cupertino, CA \u2014 In a bold move described by some as &#8220;philosophically minimalist,&#8221; Apple has officially announced that the upcoming iPhone 18 will be completely identical to its predecessor, the iPhone 17. \u201cWe\u2019ve decided not to change a single thing,\u201d said Apple CEO Tim Cook during the keynote address. \u201cWhy improve what is already perfect?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,15],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","tag-apple","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypost.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}