iPhone 18 Pro Already Rumored to Have These Seven New Features

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While the iPhone 18 Pro models are inactive astir a twelvemonth and a fractional distant from launching, determination are already respective aboriginal rumors astir the devices.

Below, we recap immoderate cardinal iPhone 18 Pro rumors, arsenic of May 2025.

Under-Screen Face ID

In April 2023, show manufacture expert Ross Young shared a roadmap showing that iPhone 17 Pro models would diagnostic under-display Face ID. In May 2024, however, Young said helium heard this alteration had been delayed until 2026. If so, that means that under-screen Face ID could debut connected the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max adjacent year.

Citing its ain sources, The Information this period also reported that the iPhone 18 Pro models volition apt beryllium equipped with under-screen Face ID.

Top-Left Front Camera

With under-screen Face ID expected, the study from The Information said the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max volition person lone a small pinhole successful the top-left country of the screen, to accommodate the front-facing camera.

The study said the devices volition nary longer person a pill-shaped cutout astatine the apical of the screen, but it is unclear if the Dynamic Island volition beryllium discontinued.

Variable Aperture

The main 48-megapixel Fusion camera connected some iPhone 18 Pro models will connection adaptable aperture, according to expert Ming-Chi Kuo.

With adaptable aperture, users would beryllium capable to power the magnitude of airy that passes done the camera's lens and reaches the sensor. The main cameras connected iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro models person a fixed aperture of ƒ/1.78, and the lens is ever afloat unfastened and shooting with this widest aperture. With the iPhone 18 Pro models, users would beryllium capable to manually alteration the aperture, according to this rumor.

A adaptable aperture connected iPhone 18 Pro models should supply users with greater power implicit extent of field, which refers to however crisp a taxable appears successful the foreground compared to the background. However, fixed that iPhones person smaller representation sensors owed to size restraints, it is unclear precisely however meaningful this betterment would be.

Samsung Image Sensor

Samsung is processing a caller three-layer stacked camera sensor that Apple is expected to usage for iPhone 18 Pro models, according to DigiTimes. This precocious representation sensor would marque the iPhone 18's camera much responsive, and connection different benefits similar reduced sound successful photos, accrued dynamic range, and more.

The nonstop exertion is called "PD-TR-Logic," according to a leaker known arsenic "Jukanlosreve", and it refers to a camera sensor with 3 layers of circuitry affixed to it.

Sony has agelong been the exclusive supplier of representation sensors for iPhone cameras, truthful Samsung entering the fray would beryllium notable.

In July 2024, Kuo said helium expected Samsung to begin shipping 48-megapixel Ultra Wide camera sensors to Apple for iPhones arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2026, which is erstwhile the iPhone 18 Pro models are expected to beryllium released.

12GB of RAM

iPhone 18 Pro models volition beryllium equipped with 12GB of RAM, according to Kuo. Increased representation bandwidth has besides been rumored for the devices.

iPhone 16 Pro models are equipped with 8GB of RAM, portion iPhone 17 Pro models and adjacent the iPhone 17 Air are rumored to person 12GB of RAM.

C2 Modem

Apple debuted its custom-designed C1 modem successful the iPhone 16e a fewer months ago, arsenic portion of a multi-year program to modulation distant from Qualcomm modems.

Apple's second-generation C2 modem volition debut successful the iPhone 18 Pro models adjacent year, according to Jeff Pu, an expert who covers companies wrong Apple's proviso chain. Unsurprisingly, expect the C2 modem to beryllium faster than the C1, and for it to gain mmWave support successful the United States. Further powerfulness ratio improvements are apt too.

A20 Pro Chip (2nm)

Apple's A20 Pro spot for the iPhone 18 Pro models will beryllium manufactured with TSMC's 2nm process, known arsenic N2, according to Kuo.

Apple's latest A18 and A18 Pro chips for the iPhone 16 bid usage TSMC's second-generation 3nm process, portion the A19 and A19 Pro chips for the iPhone 17 bid are expected to usage TSMC's third-generation 3nm process.

The determination to a 2nm process starting with the A20 chips would let for much transistors successful each chip, which would boost performance. Specifically, reports bespeak that A20 chips should beryllium up to 15% faster and up to 30% much powerfulness businesslike than A19 chips.

An overview of existent and expected chips: