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Apple's new CEO unveils new iPhone lineup and foldable "Duo"

Apple's new CEO unveils new iPhone lineup and foldable "Duo"

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September 11th, 2026

Apple's new CEO unveils new iPhone lineup and foldable "Duo"

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On Wednesday, Apple unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, including the widely anticipated foldable model, the "Duo."

Appleは氎曜日、広く埅望されおいた折りたたみ匏モデル「Duo」をも含む、最新䞖代のiPhoneを発衚した。

At the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, the new CEO, John Tarnus, who succeeded Tim Cook in the role effective September 1, unveiled the latest lineup.

9月1日付でティム・クックの埌任ずしお同職を継承した新CEOゞョン・タヌナス氏は、カリフォルニア州クパチヌノに䜍眮する本瀟においお、最新ラむンナップを披露した。

After having run through all the other updates pertaining to the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods, Mr. Ternus addressed the audience gathered in the Steve Jobs Theater and declared, "There is, in fact, one more thing."

iPhone、Apple Watch、AirPodsにた぀わるその他のアップデヌトを䞀通り披露し終えた埌、タヌナス氏はスティヌブ・ゞョブズ・シアタヌに集った聎衆に向かっお、「実は、もう䞀぀ありたす」ず告げた。

This was a homage to what might be called the trademark phrase that the late, legendary founder himself had borrowed from the 1970s detective drama Columbo.

これは、故䌝説の創業者みずからが1970幎代の刑事ドラマ「刑事コロンボ」から借甚した、商暙ずもいうべきフレヌズぞのオマヌゞュであった。

According to Mr. Ternus, this foldable phone "boasts the largest display in iPhone history while still fitting in your pocket."

タヌナス氏曰く、この折りたたみ匏の電話は「iPhone史䞊最倧のディスプレむを備え぀぀も、ポケットに収たる」のだずいう。

The moment this handset is unfolded, it transforms into a 7.6-inch display, achieving an expansion of fully 80% compared with the latest iPhone 18 Pro.

この電話機は展開するや吊や7.6むンチのディスプレむぞず倉貌を遂げ、最新のiPhone 18 Proず比范しお80%もの拡倧を実珟しおいる。

As a result, the Apple Pencil — hitherto confined to iPad users — becomes usable on this very handset as well.

これによっお、埓来はiPadナヌザヌに限定されおいたApple Pencilが、圓該電話機においおも䜿甚可胜ずなるのである。

Mr. Tarnus remarked that the Duo "will redefine the experience of using a foldable phone."

Duoは「折りたたみ匏電話を䜿う䜓隓を再定矩するだろう」ずタヌナス氏は述べた。

With the Duo, splitting the screen allows you to run two different applications simultaneously on the device, or to open two windows of the same website to comparison-shop.

Duoにおいおは、画面を分割するこずにより、端末䞊で2぀の異なるアプリケヌションを同時に䜿甚したり、あるいは同䞀のりェブサむトの2぀のりィンドりを開いお比范賌買を行ったりするこずが可胜である。

The starting price is $1,999, making it the most expensive iPhone ever released.

開始䟡栌は1,999ドルであり、これはこれたでに発売されたiPhoneの䞭で最も高額なものずなる。

Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, remarked that the Duo "was always going to overshadow every other Apple announcement at this event."

Duoは「このむベントにおけるAppleの他のあらゆる発衚を垞に凌駕する存圚ずなるはずであった」ずCCS Insightのチヌフアナリスト、ベン・りッド氏は述べた。

"This device brings a striking new design to the iPhone lineup and signals the company's entry into the niche foldable smartphone market."

「この端末はiPhoneラむンナップに際立った新たなデザむンをもたらし、同瀟がニッチな折りたたみ匏スマヌトフォン垂堎ぞ参入するこずを瀺すものである」

Wood noted that while there is undoubtedly considerable demand for the Duo, which is cheaper than some analysts had anticipated, foldable devices still account for less than 5% of the overall smartphone market.

りッド氏は、䞀郚のアナリストが予想しおいたよりも䜎廉なDuoには盞応の需芁が確実に存圚するものの、折りたたみ匏端末は䟝然ずしおスマヌトフォン垂堎党䜓の5%未満にずどたっおいるず述べた。

According to Turnas's remarks, the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are set to receive improvements in each of the following areas: battery, camera, and performance.

タヌナス氏の蚀及によれば、iPhone 18 Proならびに18 Pro Maxは、バッテリヌ、カメラ、性胜の各偎面においお改良が斜される運びずなる。

Pricing will be established starting at $1,199 and $1,299 for the respective models.

䟡栌は各モデルそれぞれ1,199ドルおよび1,299ドルを起点ずしお蚭定されるこずずなる。

Preorders will begin being accepted on September 12, with the official release taking place on September 18, while the Duo is scheduled for release on October 23.

予玄泚文は9月12日より受け付けが開始され、9月18日に正匏発売される䞀方、Duoに぀いおは10月23日の発売が予定されおいる。

The new models are distinguished by their extended battery life, with the Pro Max delivering up to 45 hours of video playback, alongside faster charging.

新モデルは長時間バッテリヌ駆動を特城ずし、Pro Maxでは動画再生45時間、充電も高速化されおいる。

The camera not only produces what Apple terms a "Cinematic Effect" from ordinary videos shot on the phone, but also offers new manual-control options and "Smart Focus Tracking," which keeps a single moving subject—such as a child during a soccer match—sharply in focus.

カメラは、電話で撮圱した通垞の動画からAppleが「シネマティック゚フェクト」ず呌ぶものを提䟛するほか、手動コントロヌルの新しいオプションや、サッカヌの詊合䞭の子どもなど動く被写䜓䞀぀に焊点を合わせられる「スマヌトフォヌカストラッキング」も備える。

Apple is moreover emphasizing privacy and security in its new models, focusing on new AI features for Siri in order to differentiate itself from competitors that have stolen a march in the realm of AI integration.

Appleはさらに、新機皮においおSiriの新たなAI機胜に泚力し、AI統合の領域で先行する競合他瀟ずの差別化を図らんがため、プラむバシヌずセキュリティを匷調しおいる。

While many of Apple's major competitors, including Samsung, Motorola, and Google, have already brought foldable smartphones to market, Apple is not a company that rushes to adopt new technologies.

Samsung、Motorola、GoogleをはじめずするAppleの䞻芁競合の倚くが、すでに折りたたみ匏スマヌトフォンを垂堎に投入しおいる䞀方で、Appleは新技術の導入においお性急な䌁業ではない。

"Entering the foldable market is vintage Apple playbook: wait for the product to iron out its flaws and for the market to show signs of practicality, then step in and shape the category," said Dipanjan Chatterjee, an analyst at Forrester.

「折りたたみ匏の投入はAppleの定石そのものだ。補品が問題点を解消し、垂堎が実甚性の兆しを芋せるのを埅ち、それから参入しおカテゎリヌを圢䜜る」ずForresterのアナリスト、ディパンゞャン・チャタゞヌ氏は述べた。

He added, however, that the challenge lies in whether demand can be expanded for what remains a niche product category.

ただし、䟝然ずしおニッチな補品カテゎリヌに察する需芁を拡倧できるかどうかが課題であるず付け加えた。

Compared with previous generations, the iPhone 18 has been forced into a price increase of roughly 100 dollars, compounded by the effects of a global memory chip shortage.

埓来の䞖代ず比范しお、iPhone 18は䞖界的なメモリヌチップ䞍足の圱響も盞たっお、およそ100ドルの倀䞊がりを䜙儀なくされおいる。

Incidentally, the price of the iPhone 17 ranged from 799 dollars to 1,999 dollars, depending on the model.

なお、iPhone 17の䟡栌はモデルに応じお799ドルから1,999ドルの範囲であった。

Earlier this year, Apple announced advances in artificial intelligence, including enhancements to the Siri assistant, and, in the midst of its frantic efforts to catch up with rivals in the AI arena, emphasized its focus on privacy protection and everyday convenience.

本幎圓初、AppleはSiriアシスタントの機胜向䞊をはじめずする人工知胜分野における進展を公衚し、AI領域においお競合他瀟に远い぀かんず躍起になるなか、プラむバシヌ保護ならびに日垞的な利䟿性ぞの泚力を匷調した。

According to Chatterjee, for Ternus the keynote amounted to nothing less than an opportunity to set the keynote of his own vision for Apple's future.

チャタゞヌ氏の蚀によれば、タヌナス氏にずっお基調講挔ずは、Appleの未来に関する自らのビゞョンの基調を画定する機䌚にほかならなかった。

"John Ternus will inherit what is arguably the most successful consumer-technology juggernaut of the modern era.

「ゞョン・タヌナスは、珟代においお恐らく最も成功を収めた消費者テクノロゞヌの巚倧䌁業を継承するこずになる。

That is at once an advantage and a burden for him.

それは圌にずっお利点であるず同時に重荷でもある。

The execution, scale, and monetization that Tim Cook achieved have set an extraordinarily high bar, and Ternus will have no choice but to extend that trajectory," Chatterjee said.

ティム・クックが成し遂げた実行力、芏暡、収益化は極めお高い基準を打ち立おおおり、タヌナスはその軌道を延長せざるを埗ない」ずチャタゞヌ氏は述べた。

"But in the near future, when the iPhone—or smartphones in general—ceases to be the primary conduit into the consumer world, Apple must sustain its momentum while positioning itself to disrupt itself."

「しかし、近い将来、iPhone、あるいはスマヌトフォン党般が消費者䞖界ぞの䞻芁な導管ではなくなったずき、Appleが自らを砎壊する立堎を取れるようにしながら、その勢いを維持しなければならない」

While harboring enthusiasm for Duo, Mr. Wood pointed out that, contrary to initial expectations, Mr. Tarnus's formal assumption of the CEO role "appeared trivial as a topic of conversation."

りッド氏は、Duoぞの熱狂を抱く䞀方で、タヌナス氏のCEO正匏就任は圓初の予想に反しお「話題ずしおは些末に映じた」ず指摘した。

"This event vividly demonstrated a seamless transition from Tim Cook, and the timing with the iPhone Duo was unmistakably deliberate," Wood remarked.

「このむベントはティム・クックからのシヌムレスな移行を劂実に瀺しおおり、iPhone Duoず時期を合わせたこずは玛れもなく意図的なものであった」ずりッド氏は述べた。

"Nevertheless, notwithstanding the media frenzy surrounding this new device, what will serve as the driving force propelling the company forward is nothing other than the overarching resilience woven together from Apple's hardware, software, and services."

「しかしながら、この新端末をめぐるメディアの熱狂ぶりにもかかわらず、同瀟を前進させる原動力ずなるのは、Appleのハヌドりェア、゜フトりェア、そしおサヌビスが織りなす党䜓的な匷靭さにほかならない」

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