The real story of the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera
He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade.It’s one of the most fascinating years in a while when it comes to iPhone camera upgrades. The big story of the iPhone 18 Pro is the variable aperture main lens, which lets you open the aperture up wider for better low light shots and make the aperture smaller for better depth of field in group photos. But all I can get anyone to talk about is the software upgrades: it turns out, they’re a lot more useful day to day than the aperture on a camera this small.This week on The Vergecast, David Imel and Allison Johnson are here for a deep dive into the iPhone 18 Pro’s camera.
- ▪He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade.It’s one of the most fascinating years in a while when it comes to iPhone camera upgrades.
- ▪The big story of the iPhone 18 Pro is the variable aperture main lens, which lets you open the aperture up wider for better low light shots and make the aperture smaller for better depth of field in group photos.
- ▪But all I can get anyone to talk about is the software upgrades: it turns out, they’re a lot more useful day to day than the aperture on a camera this small.This week on The Vergecast, David Imel and Allison Johnson are here for a deep dive
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