Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro has a dynamic-aperture main camera

Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max at its event on Wednesday. The 18 Pro and Pro Max come in deep black, silver, “glacier,” and burgundy, with color-matched back glass. They also have a new A20 Pro chip and purportedly the longest battery in an iPhone. The new phones follow a major redesign introduced with the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max in 2025. That redesign dropped titanium in favor of an aluminum body, introduced a vapor chamber to help keep the phone cool, and added a camera bar (which Apple calls the “plateau”) that stretches across the back.

The 17 Pro line also launched in a bold orange color that was good and well timed, a nice silver, and a great deep blue. And last fall’s iPhone refresh brought the 18-megapixel Center Stage front camera that lets you take wide selfies even when you’re holding the phone in portrait mode. Apple is introducing the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max at its first event with John Ternus as CEO. He replaced Tim Cook on September 1st, with Cook moving into an executive chairman role on Apple’s board.

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