iPhone 18 Pro Could Be Noticeably Thicker Than iPhone 17 Pro

The iPhone 18 Pro's aluminum framework and camera lodging are some acceptable to turn thicker than the iPhone 17 Pro's, according to caller posts from the leaker known arsenic "Fixed Focus Digital."


In a post connected Weibo today, the leaker said that aluminum alloy mid-frames are "going to beryllium utilized successful straight-edge phones for a agelong clip to come," referring to Apple's continued usage of the worldly introduced with the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ alternatively than a instrumentality to titanium. Citing leaked materials from Tata, the leaker claimed that the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌'s wide assemblage and rear camera plateau, volition beryllium thicker than the existent model, corresponding to a astir 2mm summation the leaker says it tin present corroborate firsthand. The leaker added that the last thickness fig "will so beryllium somewhat surprising."

The station links to 2 of the leaker's earlier claims. In one, Fixed Focus Digital said the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ lineup "will inactive diagnostic an aluminum alloy build" with "indeed excellent" vigor dissipation, portion informing that buyers should beryllium cautious astir the caller colour options fixed the discoloration and aboveground chipping that has affected immoderate ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ units. In the other, the leaker said proviso concatenation feedback confirmed the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌'s main camera upgrade and indicated that the aluminum alloy backmost sheet would turn by 2mm.

That 2mm fig lines up with a separate post the leaker shared connected July 4, which estimated that the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models' wide thickness volition onshore determination astir 9.9–10.9mm. That would people a important leap from the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max, which some measurement 8.75mm thick. It besides builds connected dummy models shared successful April, which suggested the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max's camera plateau would turn to 11.54mm, up from 11.23mm connected the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max.

The added bulk is reportedly tied to a redesigned main camera system. The instrumentality is wide rumored to diagnostic the iPhone's archetypal adaptable aperture, a constituent reported to outgo Apple 50% more than the existent fixed-aperture lens. Production of the caller module is said to beryllium ramping up astatine suppliers including LG Innotek and Sunny Optical.

The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max are expected to motorboat alongside Apple's archetypal foldable iPhone this September.
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