Apple’s smartest move was not joining the AI race. Now it’s in a better position to charge $200 more for the iPhone 18 Pro

The iPhone—including the maxed-out iPhone 17 Pro Max—simply isn’t the go-to phone choice for those among us who crave mobile AI above all. There’s no denying that and it’s all Apple’s fault. Cupertino has deliberately failed to hop on the AI hype train and users have to go to the Galaxy S26 Ultra and the Pixel 10 Pro for the deepest artificial