Apple's Holiday Gift Guide Highlights iPhone Duo and More

Apple this week updated its homepage in the U.S. and other countries to start promoting holiday gift suggestions as the shopping season approaches. The website has colorful, festive imagery featuring Apple devices, along with suggestions on what you can buy for your loved ones and friends. Apple's top highlighted products are its newest devices: iPhone 18 Pro - $1,199 Apple Watch Series 12 - $399 MacBook Pro - $1,999 Apple HomeView - $299 iPad mini - $699 iPhone Duo - $1,999 Apple Watch Ultra 4 - $799 PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ - $2,899 Apple also suggests personalized gifts that can be engraved, like the AirPods Pro 3, AirTags, and iPad. The company suggests you can pick out an Apple Watch and band to match their style, or customize a Mac by choosing the chip, memory, storage, and color. There are new holiday accessories Apple is promoting in pink, navy, gray, purple, light blue, and yellow (though Apple calls it green). The blues, yellow, and pink match the low-cost MacBook Neo. Accessories are from frequent Apple collaborators like Tech21, Herschel, Mophie, and Belkin. If you want to gift someone an Apple device or accessory, it might be best to wait. Apple is expected to hold its annual Black Friday shopping event, and in past years, it's offered gift cards up to $250 with device purchases. Retailers are also offering discounts on Apple products, including some of the newest releases. You can see all the discounts in our Black Friday roundup, which we'll keep up to date as the big shopping event approaches. Apple's extended return policy started last Friday, so you can buy gifts now and the recipient will still be eligible to return them in January. Most products sold in Apple Stores and the online Apple Store are eligible for the extended return period. Popular StoriesApple Retail Staff Told to Warn Against iPhone Duo Walk-In PurchasesSome Apple retail employees have been told to warn customers against visiting to purchase an iPhone Duo without a pre-order on Friday, October 23. Apple Store employees told MacRumors that they have been advised that there will likely be no iPhone Duo stock available for walk-in purchases on launch day. Staff have been instructed to discourage customers without pre-orders from coming in...Here's What Apple's Apps Look Like on the iPhone DuoTuesday October 20, 2026 11:12 am PDT by Juli CloverWith just three days to go until the iPhone Duo is released, Apple is getting ready for the launch. Behind the scenes, the App Store now has screenshots of Apple's built-in apps running on the Duo. We've seen some apps in marketing materials, but images of the ones we haven't seen give us an idea of what it will be like using the iPhone Duo day to day. Many apps are shown in landscape...Crackgate? iPhone Duo Owners Report Screens Breaking Along the HingeFriday October 23, 2026 11:05 am PDT by Juli CloverSome iPhone Duos are already experiencing hinge issues that cause display cracks, based on photos shared on Reddit and the MacRumors forums. Almost all of the display faults are right along the hinge, and most result in a line of bright pixels across one side of the screen. An iPhone Duo owner in Australia said his device cracked after being opened fewer than 20 times, and there was no...