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This week in Apple: iPhone 9 could be mad cheap, ‘AirPods Pro Lite’ possible
August 18, 2025
This week in Apple news we heard more about pricing for the upcoming iPhone 9 (or iPhone SE 2, take your pick). The mid-range entry in the iPhone lineup is expected to launch in just a few months, and the price tag could pit it against theGoogle Pixel 3a.
Elsewhere, we heard Apple news related to some sort of “Lite” variant of the Apple AirPods Pro, the FTC making some big moves investigating Apple and other tech companies, and how the HomePod is really not doing well at all in the smart speaker market.
See the Apple news roundup below for all the latest.
The top Apple news stories of the past week:
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