Apple iPhone 18 Pro: These five new features are rumored
The most significant change probably won’t be the iPhone 18 Pro or the missing iPhone 18 base model, but the very first foldable iPhone, which may be called the iPhone Fold. Still, the direct successors to the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will also get some upgrades, and more than six months before the expected launch in September, at least five of them already seem fairly certain.
These upgrades have now been outlined by the well-known analyst Jeff Pu. Some of these changes might be familiar, as they have already appeared in other leaks and rumors that revolve around the iPhone 18 Pro series. The fact that there now appears to be an industry-wide agreement points to the plausibility of these rumors and leaks.
Dynamic Island
The most noticeable change will likely be the smaller display cutout on the new iPhone 18 Pro, as Apple will apparently hide some Face ID components under the display. This is only an intermediate step on the way to an iPhone display that has no cutouts at all. This feature could arrive with the anniversary iPhone in 2027.
Variable aperture
The second new feature should be especially welcome for photographers, since a variable aperture would bring a creative tool from traditional cameras to the next 48MP iPhone camera. It would allow better control over light intake but also depth of field, and effects like starbursts are easy to achieve with a variable aperture. This feature has been available on Android flagship phones for quite some time, although some manufacturers such as Honor and Xiaomi have recently opted against it, while Huawei currently continues to use variable apertures across its flagship lineup.
Apple A20 Pro
For the first time in years, the Apple A20 Pro is expected to be significantly more efficient thanks to a new 2nm process. This time Apple is not expected to be first, as the Samsung Exynos 2600 could be the first 2nm chipset and debut with the Galaxy S26 generation in late February. Qualcomm is also expected to introduce the 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 this fall, which will be manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan.
Apple N2
The fourth update is also an Apple chipset. The successor to the Apple N1, which powers the WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity in the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. It’s unknown which upgrades the Apple N2 will get.
Apple C2 modem
Finally, a second version of Apple’s in-house 5G modem is also expected to debut and could potentially beat Qualcomm’s modems in terms of performance. The first Apple C1 modem in the iPhone 16e was more efficient than competing modems but still lagged behind in speed. The C1X in the iPhone Air was an intermediate step, which was already twice as fast as the C1 according to Apple.
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