Apple may be about to break one of its longest-running iPhone launch habits.

The company’s supplier Pegatron recently teased a major schedule change for a key smartphone client. As reported by Economic Daily News and MacRumors, Apple plans to stick to a September launch for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, but will hold off on releasing the base iPhone 18 until Q1 2027.

If accurate, this would be a pretty significant change from Apple’s recent iPhone strategy. The standard iPhone has traditionally launched alongside the Pro and Pro Max models in September. That has been the case from the iPhone 11 through the iPhone 17.

Supply constraints could…

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