Some new Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch Series 12 owners are reporting their devices rebooting unexpectedly, and diagnostic logs suggest the crashes are related to the Apple Neural Engine. Reports have been posted in the MacRumors forums since the new models launched on Friday. Users describe their watches suddenly displaying the Apple logo and restarting while they were interacting with the device, doing things like using Siri AI, editing watch faces, opening Maps or the App Store, starting phone calls, and recording workouts. Some reboots have even occurred when the watch was apparently idle. Notably, at least four owners have shared "panic-full" diagnostic logs showing the same Neural Engine timeout. In each case, the Apple Neural Engine appears to hang for around two seconds before a firmware watchdog triggers a kernel panic and forces the watch to restart. The problem has been reported on both the original watchOS 27.0 build and the day-one update that devices downloaded during the setup process. Some users have experienced reboots despite erasing their watches and setting them up as new, and one Series 12 owner said a replacement unit also suffered the same Neural Engine panic. Around 30 owners have reported random reboots in the MacRumors forums thread so far. Users have also taken to Reddit and Apple Community Support to share similar experiences, so it looks like the problem is pretty widespread. Apple has yet to acknowledged the issue. Have you experienced the problem on a new Apple Watch Ultra 4 or Apple Watch Series 12? Let us know in the comments. Related Roundups: Apple Watch 12 , Apple Watch Ultra 4 Buyer's Guide: Apple Watch (Buy Now) , Apple Watch Ultra (Buy Now) Related Forum: Apple Watch This article, " Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Owners Report Unexpected Reboots " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
iFixit today published an iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max teardown in both article and video formats, providing a closer look inside the new devices. The teardown confirms the battery capacities for the eSIM-only models: iPhone 18 Pro: 4,288 mAh (+0.8% vs. 4,252 mAh for iPhone 17 Pro) iPhone 18 Pro Max: 5,567 mAh (+9.4% vs. 5,088 mAh for iPhone 17 Pro Max) eSIM-only models of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are sold in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait. The devices have a SIM card tray in all other countries. Battery capacities for iPhone 18 Pro models with SIM card trays surfaced previously . The teardown also provides an in-depth look at the new variable aperture system on both models, the larger vapor chamber for cooling, and more. NAND now sits inside the dual-layer logic board, which makes storage-related repairs less convenient, according to iFixit. In addition, the screen's plastic frame cracked or broke away on three of the four iPhone 18 Pro models it opened, which is a new issue that it did not face with previous models. However, iFixit said further testing is needed. Related Roundup: iPhone 18 Pro Tags: iFixit , Teardown Buyer's Guide: iPhone 18 Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: iPhone This article, " iFixit Shares iPhone 18 Pro Teardown With Inside Look at New Features " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
A shorter Apple Pencil for the iPhone Duo was in development, but Apple scrapped it due to "technical problems ahead of mass production," according to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman . Instead, Apple said the iPhone Duo will gain support for the existing USB-C version of the Apple Pencil later this year. Related Roundup: iPhone Duo Tags: Apple Pencil , Mark Gurman Buyer's Guide: iPhone Duo (Coming Soon) Related Forums: iPhone , iPad Accessories This article, " A Shorter Apple Pencil Was Supposed to Launch Alongside iPhone Duo " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
