iPhone 18 Pro

The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are Apple's latest flagship smartphones, which were introduced alongside the foldable iPhone Duo that's coming in October. The iPhone 18 Pro models are Apple's most advanced smartphones with the fastest performance and upgraded camera system.

Apple didn't change the size of the iPhone 18 Pro models, and they have the same dimensions as the iPhone 17 Pro models. The iPhone 18 Pro has a 6.3-inch display and the iPhone 18 Pro Max has a 6.9-inch display. Both devices are slightly heavier than their predecessors due to upgraded batteries and a new cooling system.

The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max have a unibody aluminum frame that covers the sides, the camera area, and some of the back. There is a cutout for MagSafe charging and Apple made some small adjustments to the design. There is no longer a stark color difference between the aluminum and the glass, with Apple eliminating the two-tone design. The MagSafe cutout is made from a Ceramic Shield material that's more durable than glass.

The camera plateau has a three-lens setup that spans the back of the device, with antenna bands that wrap around it. An Action button is next to the volume buttons, while the Camera Control button that activates the camera is on the right side of the device. A USB-C port at the bottom is available for charging. The iPhone 18 Pro models come in Silver, Black, Glacier, and Burgundy.

Durable Ceramic Shield 2 protects the display, and the display itself now has a smaller Dynamic Island that takes up less screen space. The Dynamic Island now supports three Live Activities instead of two. Display features include 120Hz ProMotion refresh rates, 3,000 nits peak brightness when outdoors, 1-nit minimum brightness for Always-On Display, and an anti-reflective display coating. There's a front-facing 18MP Center Stage selfie camera and a TrueDepth camera system for Face ID biometric authentication.

A new A20 Pro chip built on Apple's latest 2nm process powers the iPhone 18 Pro models. It has a 6-core CPU with two super cores and four efficiency cores, a 7-core GPU with Neural Accelerators for each core, and a dual 16-core Neural Engine for faster AI performance. Apple says the A20 Pro CPU is up to 20 percent faster and the GPU is up to 40 percent faster than the A19 Pro. It has 50 percent more memory bandwidth, and new packaging puts the die next to the memory for improved cooling. The vapor chamber cooling system has three times more surface area than the cooling system in the iPhone 17 Pro, and it supports up to 40 percent better sustained performance. There's 12GB of RAM in the iPhone 18 Pro models, the same as the iPhone 17 Pro models.

The iPhone 18 Pro models are equipped with a 48MP Fusion Main camera with a variable aperture. It has four stops: f/1.48, f/1.8 (the default setting), f/2.8, and f/4.0. The variable aperture works with new Pro controls in the Camera app that allow for manual adjustment of aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and more. The Main camera uses an upgraded sensor that lets in more light for better pictures in low light.

Along with the 48MP Fusion Main camera, there's a 48MP Ultra Wide camera with support for macro photography and a 48MP Telephoto camera with 12MP 8x optical zoom. The iPhone 18 Pro models support a new Apple Reference Image feature where the sensor signs every pixel to verify that an image was captured with the device and has not been edited.

Updated Photographic Styles add texture, grain, and color adjustments at the camera level, and Apple added a smart focus tracking feature that uses on-device intelligence to make sure the subject of a video stays in focus. 4K 120 fps Dolby Vision video is supported, and Cinematic effects can now be applied after a video is captured, and on videos shot at up to 60 fps. There's a new 4K Dolby Vision time-lapse option, and Audio Mix supports music isolation. Pro features like ProRes RAW, Apple Log 2, Genlock, and Dual Capture continue to be available.

Battery life has improved in both models. The iPhone 18 Pro lasts for up to 24 hours of typical use and up to 36 hours of video playback, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max lasts for up to 30 hours of typical use and up to 45 hours of video playback. Maximum battery life is limited to eSIM-only models, as devices with a physical SIM have smaller batteries. eSIM-only iPhone 18 Pro models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and other countries.

Charging is faster, and the iPhone 18 Pro models can charge to 50 percent in around 15 minutes using a 60W power adapter with AVS. Five minutes of wired charging gives seven hours of video on the Pro Max. 25W MagSafe and Qi2 wireless charging are also available.

Most of the new iPhone 18 Pro models use an Apple-designed C2 modem, but iPhone 18 Pro Max models sold in the United States have a Qualcomm modem. The C2 supports faster uploads than the C1X, and it now offers mmWave 5G in the United States.

An Apple-designed N1 networking chip adds Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread, plus there's a second-generation Ultra Wideband chip.

Pricing on the iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 for 256GB of storage and $1,299 for the iPhone 18 Pro Max. 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage upgrades are available, with 2TB new to the 6.3-inch iPhone 18 Pro this year.

Pre-orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max started on Saturday, September 12 at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and the new devices launch in more than 65 countries on Friday, September 18.