iPhone 18 Pro Features Leaked in New Report, Including Under-Screen Face ID

[MacRumors]

Next year's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will be equipped with under-screen Face ID, and the front camera will be moved to the top-left corner of the screen, according to a new report from The Information's Wayne Ma and Qianer Liu.

As a result of these changes, the report said the iPhone 18 Pro models will not have a pill-shaped Dynamic Island cutout at the top of the screen.

Nevertheless, the devices will look similar to the iPhone 17 Pro models, the report said.

Apple is also planning to add a mechanical iris to at least one rear camera on the iPhone 18 Pro models, enabling variable aperture, according to the report.

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said the main 48-megapixel camera on iPhone 18 Pro models will offer variable aperture, meaning that users will be able to adjust the amount of light that passes through the camera's lens and reaches the sensor.

The main cameras on all of the iPhone 14 Pro through iPhone 17 Pro models have a fixed aperture of ƒ/1.78, and the lens is always fully open and shooting with this widest aperture. With the iPhone 18 Pro models, users would be able to manually change the aperture, which would provide greater control over depth of field.

However, given that iPhones have smaller image sensors due to size constraints, it is unclear exactly how meaningful this improvement would be.

iPhone 18 Pro models are widely expected to use an A20 Pro chip fabricated with TSMC's latest 2nm process. The report said Apple plans to use TSMC's Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM) chip packaging technology, and this would result in RAM being integrated directly onto the chip's wafer with the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine, rather than being adjacent to the chip and connected with a silicon interposer.

This packaging change could contribute to a wide range of benefits for the iPhone 18 Pro compared to previous models, including faster performance for both overall tasks and Apple Intelligence, longer battery life, and improved thermal management. The change could also result in the A20 chip having a smaller footprint than previous chips, which could free up some space inside the iPhone 18 Pro models for other uses.

Apple is expected to release the iPhone 18 Pro models in September 2026.

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[MedRed]

So there isn't a fully under screen camera per the article written 4 hours ago?

 

[xARx2]

sounds interesting. will they keep a software dynamic island enabled, disabling it only during videos/games? or will it be nixed entirely?

 

[MayaUser]

Dont trust this...Apple will shrink even more tha faceID island and after that maybe so at least 2-3 more years

 

[Hammerd]

I didn’t think I’d ever say that but I love the Dynamic Island.
It allows quick app switching (GPS..) and controls (music..) that permits to avoid closing the main application that is open which can sometimes make you loose what’s being done on it

 

[carlos916]

Make it right.. give us back a full screen, no island, turn the camera control into touch id and action button into a camera control button.. done!

 

[originalsk]

I remember rumors about under-screen Face ID or under-screen Touch ID from 5+ years ago. Wonder if it comes before AirPower and better Siri.

 

[Kylo83]

How many times do we need to hear about the same leak

 

[Return Zero]

So there isn't a fully under screen camera per the article written 4 hours ago?

That'd start with the foldable in 2026 and then maybe the Pro in 2027. This is talking about the 2026 Pro.

 

[jackietreeh0rn]

How many times do we need to hear about the same leak

macrumors gotta macrumor, man...

 

[macbookj0e]

I didn’t think I’d ever said that but I love the Dynamic Island.
It allows quick app switching (GPS..) and controls (music..) that permits to avoid closing the main application that is open which can sometimes make you loose what’s being done on it

I’m the same, love the Dynamic Island. Has been more useful than I first thought and hope devs keep updating their apps to use it.

 

[sw1tcher]

Next year's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will be equipped with under-screen Face ID, and the front camera will be moved to the top-left corner of the screen

I really don't see that happening. For one, it would make the iPhone look too much like an Android smartphone. Secondly, it would throw off its balanced look.

Trying to keep a balanced look is why the is where it is on the back of the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max

instead of in the center/middle

 

[LionTeeth]

That render is incorrect, the sides still look like premium design phones. The 18 pro will most likely continue hideous 17 pro style. Keeping ugly aesthetic for another year.

 

[ThailandToo]

Cannot wait until the FaceID is not visible. I want a full screen that has no interruptions, but will settle for a camera punch hole.

 

[MrGimper]

So reverting to the "giving side-eye when on a video call", like portrait cameras on ipad in landscape mode.

 

[dontwalkhand]

If there is no Air 2 for a while, I will be keeping this one.

 

[SteveJobs2.0]

I want a bigger main camera sensor after 4 years of the same one. Ideally, a square sensor.

Variable aperture is a nice to have but only after they improve the sensor.

 

[Saturn1217]

If the front camera is moving to the left side I’m glad I’ve got the 17 Pro Max. Count on Apple to mess up something we’ve been waiting years for (under display Face ID and a hole punch camera). I really like Dynamic Island. I hope they keep that software working for those of us who have it.

 

[gimarbazat]

Would be nice if we finally get rid of that notch ‘feature’.

 

[gimarbazat]

I really don't see that happening. For one, it would make the iPhone look too much like an Android smartphone. Secondly, it would throw off its balanced look.

Trying to keep a balanced look is why the is where it is on the back of the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max

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instead of in the center/middle

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Not particularly pretty

 

[gimarbazat]

When was last time when you bought a TV or computer monitor with holes in the screen?

 

[Ctrlos]

Given Samsung abandoned out after one generation in 2018 I don’t imagine it will last very long. Software does a decent enough job of bokeh and night shots look so good now as to be unrealistic (ie they see more than your eye)

Putting macro into the zoom lens would be a better improvement.

 

[Siannath]

Just bring back Touch ID. Why? Because in my experience, Touch ID has been far superior to Face ID. Ideally, a high-end iPhone, given how expensive it is, would include support for both Face ID and Touch ID, so the user could choose which one to use. But really, all I want is for Touch ID to come back.

 

[jz0309]

Just bring back Touch ID. Why? Because in my experience, Touch ID has been far superior to Face ID. Ideally, a high-end iPhone, given how expensive it is, would include support for both Face ID and Touch ID, so the user could choose which one to use. But really, all I want is for Touch ID to come back.

No thank you, as in my experience faceID is far superior to TouchID, case in point: iPad Air TouchID sucess rate about 60% bs iPhone (13PM and now 17PM 99.99%

 

[SmugMaverick]

The island will still be there but just on the left similar to what google does with live notifications, it'll just be smaller than what we have now but bigger than Googles which is good news.