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iPhone 18 Pro adds variable aperture camera and A20 Pro chip at $100 higher price
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Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max introduce a 48-megapixel variable aperture camera with manual pro controls, A20 Pro silicon with a new vapor chamber, and contextual Siri AI, with prices starting $100 higher than last year's models.
The variable aperture camera with manual controls for shutter speed, aperture, white balance, and histogram pushes mobile photography closer to dedicated camera functionality, which matters for any app processing or capturing images. The A20 Pro chip and redesigned vapor chamber address thermal constraints that affect sustained workloads on mobile hardware. The $100 price increase on both models raises the cost barrier for developers and teams deploying on Apple's latest platform.
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The 48-megapixel camera with variable aperture uses six thin blades and adds manual controls for white balance, shutter speed, aperture, and histogram.
Both Pro models run Apple's A20 Pro chip with a redesigned vapor chamber for improved cooling and battery life up to 36 hours video playback on the Pro and 45 hours on the Pro Max.
New Siri AI with contextual on-screen intelligence launches in English beta alongside iOS 27, with French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish support arriving in October.
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