A new iPhone is coming soon. It’s a good year to skip it

Macworld This iPhone 18 Pro is just a couple of weeks away, and from what we’ve heard, it’ll be the best iPhone Apple has ever made. I mean, obviously, it doesn’t take an expert to predict that. The question, however, is whether it will be enough of an improvement on the 2025 handsets to be worth the money and the wait. Apple’s annual hardware upgrades are often iterative, which means the differences between one generation and the next are relatively minor. If you’re wondering whether to grab an iPhone 17 Pro now or hang on for the iPhone 18 Pro, for example, the truth is that the latter probably won’t be worth the wait. The changes anticipated in the 18 Pro are unlikely to significantly impact the main feature set you get or the way you use your device each day. That’s not the case every year, however, as we saw with the iPhone X. The overhauled phone instantly stood out, making the same-generation iPhone 8 and previous models look ancient in