The iPhone 18 Pro’s big camera update is all about the small gains

<figure> <img alt="Blue iPhone 18 Pro on blue background." data-caption="Ice cold. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268735_iPhone_18_Pro_AKrales_0335.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Ice cold. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">Last week, Apple announced an iPhone unlike any it has made in the past. An iPhone that has seemingly already led several other phone manufacturers to pursue entirely different designs for their flagship products. A remarkably distinct device with the kind of "I can't believe they did that" software touches that Apple sometimes pulls off when it's at the top of its game.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That phone is not the iPhone 18 Pro. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The 18 Pro and Pro Max are in the unusual position of being the second-most interesting iPhones that Apple is launching this year. The foldable <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/993300/iphone-duo-hardware-software-android-samsung-oppo">iPhone Duo</a> stole the show at Apple's launch event, but it's not arriving until next month. …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/995945/iphone-18-pro-max-review-camera-aperture">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>