Operating Systems

December 16, 2025, 4:58 PM EST. According to a report from The Information's Wayne Ma and Qianer Liu, the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max will feature under-screen Face ID and move the front camera to the top-left, eliminating the pill-shaped Dynamic Island cutout. The devices may resemble the iPhone 17 Pro, but Apple is adding a mechanical iris on at least one rear camera to enable variable aperture. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said the main 48 MP sensor will also offer variable aperture, granting greater control over depth of field, though the smaller sensor size may limit gains. The iPhone 18 Pro is expected to use an A20 Pro chip on TSMC's 2nm process with Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module packaging, integrating RAM on the wafer for better performance and battery life and improved thermals. Release reportedly targeted for September 2026.