Overview
- Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Wednesday and confirmed preorders open September 12 with store availability beginning September 18.
- The Pro models start at $1,199 and $1,299 in the U.S. and add a new 2TB storage option for users who need extra local capacity.
- The phones use a 48MP Fusion main camera with a physical variable aperture made of six laser-cut blades and a new rotor that changes light intake and depth of field.
- Apple introduced Pro Controls, a manual camera interface that lets users set aperture, shutter speed, white balance, live histograms and Smart Focus Tracking, and it exposed aperture control through a developer API.
- The iPhone 18 Pro lineup runs on Apple’s 2nm A20 Pro chip with a vapor chamber cooling system that Apple says enables longer sustained performance and its longest iPhone battery life to date while some carrier-dependent features will roll out gradually by carrier and region.