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10 Reasons to Wait for Apple's iPhone 18 Pro

mansplains said:
I think stereo speakers are what I’d miss most on Air.
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Yes indeed I’m surprised that Apple with all their resources, brilliant designers and engineers, would fail to include two speakers and two cameras for that matter.

Being an enthusiast working in a cross platform environment, I purchased a Samsung S25 Edge. It’s almost exactly the same size and equally thin as an iPhone Air, but has dual speakers, dual cameras, a larger battery and a larger 6.7” display. Samsung proved what’s possible and Apple could have done the same.

Yet I still find iPhone Air a good phone, just not Apples best effort.
 
Karma*Police said:
I want a foldable iPhone. It looks like we’ll have to wait for Samsung to innovate and create a creaseless foldable screen for Apple to tout the next big thing.
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I scoffed at a folding phone with a crease. But then a colleague showed me his Samsung Z Fold7.

Immediately I noticed that there were so many good features that I overlooked the crease. So I bought one and found that after a week I no longer found the crease as an issue.

I’d like a folding iPhone, yet rumors suggest it will be smaller and a different shape than my Z Fold7, which is the minimum size for me.
 
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Apple's iPhone development roadmap runs several years into the future and the company is continually working with suppliers on several successive iPhone models at the same time, which is why we often get rumored features months ahead of launch. The iPhone 18 series is no different, and we already have a good idea of what to expect for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.

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One thing worth noting is that Apple is reportedly planning a major change to its iPhone release cycle this year, adopting a two-phase rollout starting with the iPhone 18 series. That means the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Fold will be released in September 2026, followed by the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e in spring 2027.

Overall Design
iPhone 17 Pro Style
Rumors suggest the iPhone 18 Pro lineup will largely retain the same design as the iPhone 17 Pro models. The rear camera system will look identical to the current generation, featuring a raised "plateau" with three lenses arranged in a triangle. Display sizes are also expected to remain unchanged, with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max continuing to use 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch panels, respectively – the same dimensions introduced with the iPhone 16 Pro series. iPhone 18 Pro models could drop the current two-tone look of the rear casing found on the iPhone 17 Pro in favor of a more seamless aesthetic. For the next-generation models, Apple has apparently updated the back-glass "replacement process" to minimize the color difference between the Ceramic Shield 2 glass and the aluminum frame, resulting in a more unified appearance.

Next-Level Battery Life
Thicker Chassis
The iPhone 18 Pro Max will feature a bigger battery for continued best-in-class battery life, claims a Chinese leaker. The Weibo user known as "Digital Chat Station" said that the ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro Max will have a battery capacity of 5,100 to 5,200 mAh. (The iPhone 17 Pro Max has the biggest ‌iPhone‌ battery to date at 5,088 mAh. Apple says it has a battery life of up to 39 hours.) According to another rumor, the body of the iPhone 18 Pro Max will be slightly thicker than the iPhone 17 Pro Max, raising the device's weight to around 243 grams. That would make the iPhone 18 Pro Max approximately 3 grams more than the iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is currently the heaviest model Apple has produced. A larger battery is the most likely cause.

Smaller Dynamic Island
Under-Screen Face ID?
Rumors continue to circulate about whether the iPhone 18 Pro models will introduce under-display Face ID, but reports remain divided on when the technology will actually arrive. The feature would move the TrueDepth camera system beneath the display, eliminating the need for the current Dynamic Island cutout.

According to Wayne Ma of The Information, Apple is targeting a design without a Dynamic Island, replacing it with a single pinhole camera in the upper-left corner of the screen. However, other sources dispute that claim. Display analyst Ross Young believes under-display Face ID is possible for the iPhone 18 Pro, but says a smaller Dynamic Island will still be present. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has echoed this view, reporting that the new models will feature a slimmed-down Dynamic Island rather than removing it entirely. Apple is also said to be testing new camera miniaturization technology to reduce the size of the front-facing camera currently located within the Dynamic Island.

The Weibo leaker "Ice Universe" has claimed the Dynamic Island cutout on the iPhone 18 Pro models will be approximately 35% narrower than it is on the iPhone 17 Pro models. Specifically, they said it will have a width of around 13.5mm, down from around 20.7mm

Meanwhile, Chinese leaker Instant Digital has offered yet another version of events, saying the Dynamic Island will shrink in size, but that under-display Face ID and camera technology won't debut this year. Overall, the consensus suggests Apple may be refining the Dynamic Island before fully transitioning to an all-screen design in future generations.

A20 Pro Chip
2nm Process
The iPhone 18 Pro models will use Apple's A20 chip, based on TSMC's 2nm process for power and efficiency improvements. A move to 2nm fabrication increases transistor density, which will enable higher performance. The A20 series is expected to deliver roughly a 15 percent speed gain and about 30 percent better efficiency compared with the A19 series used in Apple's iPhone 17 models.

Apple's A20 chip will be packaged with TSMC's Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM) technology, suggesting at least some A20 chips will have RAM integrated directly onto the same wafer as the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine, rather than sitting adjacent to the chip and connected via a silicon interposer. This could contribute to faster performance for both overall tasks and Apple Intelligence, and longer battery life from improved power efficiency.

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Yes builtin colour change feature like Orange to Pink, Apple call this as Apple Colour AI. Apple Logo will be removed and 4th camera will be placed, will make it more complicated for the consumers to repair the device at ease, this will promote APP+ so 20K more for Apple. Greedy Apple
 
Overall it will be a minor update compared to the 17 Pro/Pro Max. There will be the usual chip upgrades and improvements. Variable aperture will be useful but would like to see a bigger sensor. The 17 Pro/Pro Max are great iPhones and think there is no need to wait for a newer one.
 
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She ain't gonna be cheap this year....

I have a 15 Pro, it may be time for the family hand me down switcheroo, as long as the 18 Pro doesn't weigh a ton, and if the bump on the back gets a slight breast reduction perhaps...
 
Let's add a new color and make a huge thing about it!

Iphone is turning 20 years old next year, no one cares about these negligible upgrades anymore.
 
Just make a iPhone 13 mini sized new iPhone that easily fits in any pocket, with a good battery capacity and without the huge camera bumps. I usually keep my iPhone tugged away in my pocket or in a bag. No compulsive need to flaunt it, fiddle with it and certainly don't want to hold it in my hand permanently like a handbag.
 
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“Rumors suggest the iPhone 18 Pro lineup will largely retain the same design as the iPhone 17 Pro.”

How is ‘nothing is changing’ the first reason I should wait for the iPhone 18 Pro? Or a reason at all?
 
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Funny how the phone is getting thicker with bigger battery at the same time a more power efficient 2nm chip is put in it. I’d rather they just leave the dimensions unchanged for 2-3 years as they used to.
 
zenmacx said:
As one who embraces change and most new features, I find the Camera Control button on my iPhone 16 Pro Max an unnecessary, poorly executed feature.

Understanding the long held internal belief that Apple knows better than their customers, Camera Control is here to stay.

Watching them waste resources trying to improve its functionality when they have deeper holes to dig their way out of, is somewhat entertaining.
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Wrong. The camera control button is excellent as a mechanism to quickly open the camera while directing one's hands into a more stable shooting platform, and as a shutter release is a huge improvement in camera UI. I did not like the CC features allegedly being removed; they denigrated the UI improvement. I expect the coming simplification to be an improvement.

Unfortunately legions of kiddies learned their idea of what camera UI is by using smartphones with their terrible UI. Look at how Nikon et al. evolved camera UI over 100 years and realize that the CC placement puts user's hands in a similar position.. I am a pro photog and use the CC button whenever feasible; more than half the time.
 
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zenmacx said:
Good point!

I did submit a request for removal directly to Apple but my years of observing how they operate caused my skepticism to prevail.

Thanks for the reminder about the keyboards, which also reminded me that after years they began a campaign and replaced the battery on my 15” Mid 2015 MacBook Pro Retina.

Due to work and my heavy reliance on the iPhone Pro Max model, should they remove the button I’m first in line to buy one.
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Why lobby Apple to remove an optional huge improvement in camera UI? If you personally fail to grasp [pun intended] the better camera UI there is nothing stopping you from doing it using the old, poor, smartphone UI. But allow Apple to hopefully train new users how to better stabilize the iPhone camera for proper image capture.
 
Karma*Police said:
I want a foldable iPhone. It looks like we’ll have to wait for Samsung to innovate and create a creaseless foldable screen for Apple to tout the next big thing.

I find it amazing that Steve and Ive could innovate more in 2 years than Apple has during Tim Cook’s 10+ year tenure.
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Yep. Innovation is a completely subjective term.
 
zenmacx said:
I scoffed at a folding phone with a crease. But then a colleague showed me his Samsung Z Fold7.

Immediately I noticed that there were so many good features that I overlooked the crease. So I bought one and found that after a week I no longer found the crease as an issue.

I’d like a folding iPhone, yet rumors suggest it will be smaller and a different shape than my Z Fold7, which is the minimum size for me.
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I should just switch now but my problem is that I’m too lazy lol. At some point I’ll set up my own NAS and ditch the monthly iCloud rent. Once I’m out of that ecosystem I’ll be free to explore other options.

Also, the new iPhone Pros are ugly as sin. It’s almost as if they lost their best designers. Oh wait, they did lol.
 
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