iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max arrive with A20 Pro chip, smaller Dynamic Island and variable aperture main cams
Apple has launched the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, featuring the 2nm A20 Pro chip and a new variable-aperture main camera system. The devices also include improved thermal management and a refined, narrower Dynamic Island design.
Why it matters
As a flagship consumer electronics release, these updates signal the current trajectory of mobile hardware performance and photography capabilities.
The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are here, and they may look a lot like their predecessors , but they also bring enough new additions under the hood. On the outside, we have three new colors and a smaller Dynamic Island, while the internals bring the A20 Pro chip, larger batteries and variable-aperture main cams.
Burgundy is the new hero color, and it is joined by glacier (blue), black and silver.
The new Pros get the same 6.3 and 6.9-inch LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED panels with the same resolution, refresh rates and brightness as the outgoing models. The new bit is the narrower Dynamic Island, which allows you to fit up to three live activities at a time. No upgrades to the selfie camera, though; it’s the same 18MP module.
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