The New iPhone 18 Pro Range Is Here – but Who Is It For?
- On Sunday, tech repair site iFixit published its teardown of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, awarding both devices a provisional repairability score of 7 out of 10.
- The new variable aperture lens features six tiny mechanical blades driven by electromagnets. iFixit calls the mechanism 'a feat of precision engineering,' yet warns repairs are 'about as close as it gets' to impossible.
- Apple relocated the infrared camera beneath the display while installing a significantly larger vapor chamber to cool the A20 Pro chip, which now places the silicon die side-by-side with memory.
- During the teardown, the plastic frame surrounding the display broke on three of the four units opened, potentially complicating screen repairs. iFixit noted this design has existed since the iPhone 15 Pro.
- While the camera assembly is accessible, iFixit warns that replacing the aperture mechanism could prove expensive, similar to the $249 cost of the iPhone 17 Pro camera assembly, though the device maintains repairability strengths like the glue-free battery.
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iPhone 18 Pro Teardown Exposes Fragile Variable Aperture and Display Frame Risks
iFixit’s teardown of the iPhone 18 Pro reveals a delicate variable aperture built from six tiny blades that scatter during disassembly, making component repairs impractical. A plastic display frame cracked on three of four units tested, raising new serviceability questions despite a 7/10 repair score. The findings highlight trade-offs in Apple’s latest camera and cooling advances.
iPhone 18 Pro teardown highlights mechanical camera aperture and a major thermal redesign
The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are the first smartphones from Apple to ship with a variable aperture. Samsung experimented with a similar mechanism years ago with some of its Galaxy and Note devices, but that run was short lived. Apple's implementation features six tiny aperture blades that physically...Read Entire Article
The arrival of a new generation of Apple's smartphone always brings ultimate doubt about its durability. The iPhone 18 Pro arrived and one of the first tests focused on this area. Between blades, direct flames and brute force to try to fold the equipment, the device was forced to show how it behaves. But [...]
Deals: iPhone 18 Pros launch, refurbished iPhone 17 Pros are expensive, Galaxy Z8 foldables discounted
The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max went on sale this week in the US, along with 64 other countries in the first wave. If you have your eyes set on an iPhone Duo, you will have to wait for over a month more to get it. As for the new Pro models, here is a reminder of their prices – they cost $100 more than the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max did last year. As is tradition, Apple stopped selling the old Pros when the new ones were unveiled – only non-Pr…
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