iPhone 18 Pro

This is the time of year when many design details are being finalized for next fall’s flagship iPhones. Now, a new leak on Weibo corroborates what we’ve heard before: under-display Face ID is planned for the iPhone 18 line.

Supply chain leaks indicate Apple is currently finalizing details for next fall’s iPhone 18 line, and the latest reporting says the new iPhone 18 Pro will come with at least two key design changes.

Even though the iPhone 17 Pro just recently launched, Apple is already finalizing many of the key details of next year’s iPhone 18 Pro, and recent leaks highlight two user wishes that might be addressed by the new model.

While Apple’s decision to include a bold orange colour in the iPhone 17 Pro lineup seems to have proven surprisingly popular, there was one design element that attracted more criticism: the two-tone look of the back casing.

A leaker with a decent track record suggests that the company is going to fix that problem in next year’s lineup …

A leaker with a good track record on iPhone camera matters has backed earlier reports that the iPhone 18 Pro will get a variable aperture lens, something not yet seen in an iPhone.

It’s not yet clear whether both the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will get the upcoming feature, or whether it will be exclusive to the latter …

While Apple and SpaceX have no direct arrangement over Starlink satellite-based internet connectivity, a new report highlights two reasons why that could change in the future. The report also highlights a hardware change that could arrive with next year’s iPhone 18 Pro.

Apple has long been rumored to be working on a significant improvement to the main iPhone camera in the form of a variable aperture lens. Some reports claimed that this would be introduced in the iPhone 17, but this of course didn’t happen.

Ming-Chi Kuo first reported plans to introduce the feature in the iPhone 18, and this has now been corroborated by a supply chain report which says that work is already underway on the new hardware …

Once upon a time, there was just a single iPhone. Today, things are rather more complicated, with a choice of four new models plus two older ones remaining on sale directly from Apple.

Next year may see the most fragmented iPhone lineup we have ever seen in the company’s history – and that could be bad news for some of us …

iPhone 18 Pro rumors have already started, including one that says Apple may be changing the most polarizing design element of iPhone 17 Pro: the glass cutout on the back of the device.

Sure, the iPhone 17 lineup hasn’t even shipped yet, but that doesn’t stop the news cycle rolling on. A new report details the chipset we can expect to find inside the iPhone Fold and the iPhone 18 Pro models.

This will of course include the A20 chip, the first to be made using a 2-nanometer process, but the report suggests we can expect mobile data speeds to be faster thanks to a new Apple modem chip …

Apple has long been working on embedding Face ID into the display, with recent report suggesting that this will finally happen in the iPhone 18 Pro.

That idea today got a big boost in credibility, with a new development making the end of the Dynamic Island seem almost a done deal …

Apple has long pursued the goal of eliminating bezels and notches to create a truly uninterrupted iPhone display—without compromising features like Face ID or the front-facing camera. That journey has brought major design changes over the years, and the next steps may introduce some unusual choices as Apple iterates toward its all-display vision.