iPhone 18 Pro teardown: modular camera, harder repair path
iFixit's provisional 7 out of 10 credits a screwed-in battery tray and a swappable main camera, and stays provisional while parts and pairing checks are unfinished.
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iPhone 18 Pro
4 articlesContinuing coverage tagged iPhone 18 Pro.
Apple promised the biggest battery jump ever. The lab got 33 minutes
Browsing tests put the iPhone 18 Pro Max 3% ahead of last year and the 18 Pro 6% ahead, against Apple's 15% video-playback claim. Reviewers were more impressed by the Face ID camera hidden under the screen.
MobileTech DeskThe iPhone 18 Pro's boldest moves are mechanical: blades on the camera, memory off the die
The A20 Pro moves memory off the hot silicon and the main camera gains six mechanical aperture blades - but EU buyers get two headline features switched off.
MobileTech DeskiPhone 18 Pro Max may get the aperture blades. The smaller Pro may not
Leakers and Mark Gurman now point the first iPhone variable-aperture camera at the Pro Max only. The stills pitch is oversold. The video job is the one that might matter on 9 September.
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