The iPhone 17 is doing incredibly well for Apple, but a leaker saying that the iPhone 18 launch has been moved because of that is just wrong. For years as regular as clockwork, Apple has released its main batch of iPhones in the fall. Many rumors have claimed that Apple will stop doing that this September, releasing the iPhone 18 Pro models but holding back the iPhone 18 to the following spring . However, one Weibo leaker believes the decision was strategic to take advantage of the massive popularity of the iPhone 17 . It's a belief that is, quite frankly, wrong. In the May 5 post , leaker Fixed Focus Digital talks about how Apple is "truly aiming to wipe out Android" thanks to a "very clever market adjustment mechanism." This mechanism is the rumored delay of the iPhone 18 into the spring of 2027. That model will have downgraded memory due to the ongoing RAM supply crisis , but Apple chose to delay the release.…