iPhone 18 Pro: Three new features could make you want to upgrade

iPhone 18 Pro is coming this fall, and three new features could be among the top upgrade motivators for Apple’s latest flagship model.

#1: New camera improvements

Mark Gurman recently said that iPhone 18 Pro will include “some of the biggest camera hardware upgrades in the lineup’s history.”

Rumors so far point to at least a few specific features:

Variable aperture Main camera

Telephoto camera with wider aperture

Redesigned Camera Control button

Variable aperture might be Apple’s biggest upgrade. It’s expected to enable users to adjust depth of field to perfectly suit the kind of shot they’re taking. My colleague Ben explains:

You can have a shallow DoF when you want to isolate the subject from the background, a medium DoF when you want isolation while ensuring the background is still recognizable, or a deep DoF when you want everything in shot to be in focus.

A wider aperture for the Telephoto camera will enable better low-light performance with the iPhone’s 4x and 8x zoom options. And Apple’s redesign of Camera Control could prove that less is more.

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