Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Debuts A20 Pro Chip, Variable Aperture Camera
The Pro starts at $1,199, the Pro Max at $1,299, and the camera now shifts across four aperture settings, ƒ/1.48 to ƒ/4.
- A20 Pro chip, built on 2-nanometer process, drives a 7-core GPU 40% faster than the A19 Pro.
- New Apple Reference Image feature checks whether a photo was actually captured by the camera.
- Preorders open September 12; phones ship September 18 in 65 countries, storage runs to 2TB.
Why it matters: A camera that certifies its own photos as authentic makes Apple the arbiter of what counts as real.