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This week: iPhones are officially in SPACE! 🚀… but it almost didn’t happen. We break down the wild story of how the iPhone barely made it onto a NASA mission and the insane approval process behind it.
Plus: Apple’s cooking up something just as shocking—a folding “iPhone Ultra” that WILL cost over $2,000.
Plus plus: Apple’s long-term iPhone strategy and the strange struggles of the iPhone Air. From Cupertino… to the Moon 🌕—this one’s a ride.
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Stories
Apple's Three-Year Plan to 'Reinvent' the iPhone is Underway
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/apple-three-year-plan-to-reinvent-iphone/
iPhone Ultra's Price Range Revealed
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/iphone-ultra-price-range-revealed/
Apple is Reportedly Facing a 'Massive Dilemma' With the MacBook Neo
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/07/macbook-neo-massive-dilemma/
Leaker: Apple Will Release iPhone Air 2 No Matter How Badly It May Sell
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/iphone-air-2-to-launch-no-matter-what/
Apple Had to Heavily Discount the iPhone Air to Sell It
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/09/iphone-air-needed-discount-to-sell/
How NASA approved the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the Artemis II space mission
iPhone's iconic space photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55187293546/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55187189317/in/photostream/