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Apple Unveils iPhone 18 Pro With Variable Aperture Camera

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC · How we work

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iPhone 18 Pro Unveiled

Apple unveiled iPhone 18 Pro in United States, featuring a physical variable-aperture camera.
The 48-MP main sensor offers four apertures—f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8, and f/4.0.
Apple’s A20 Pro chip, built on a 2 nm process, promises up to 40 % faster GPU performance.
A redesigned vapor-chamber triples surface area, improving heat dissipation and sustained performance.
Apple claims up to 36 hours video playback on iPhone 18 Pro and 45 hours on Pro Max.

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Apple Launches Secure Imaging

Apple’s Reference Image mode signs raw pixel data at capture, creating a cryptographically protected digital negative.
Private Cloud Compute verifies signatures, demosaics the DNG, and returns a JPEG signed with RSA-3072 and ML-DSA-87.
At launch Reference Image works only on the main camera and creates 8-10 MB files.
The feature is not available in the EU or China at launch due to regulatory limits.

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iPhone 18 Pro Unveiled

Apple unveiled iPhone 18 Pro in United States, featuring a physical variable-aperture camera.
The 48-MP main sensor offers four apertures—f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8, and f/4.0.
Apple’s A20 Pro chip, built on a 2 nm process, promises up to 40 % faster GPU performance.
A redesigned vapor-chamber triples surface area, improving heat dissipation and sustained performance.
Apple claims up to 36 hours video playback on iPhone 18 Pro and 45 hours on Pro Max.

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