Punjab, Sept. 10 -- Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on September 9. The headline changes are a variable-aperture main camera, a smaller Dynamic Island, the A20 chip, and Apple's own C2 cellular modem. Apple says the pair deliver the longest battery life in iPhone history.

India pricing and dates

Both Pro models carry a $100 increase over the equivalent iPhone 17 Pro in the United States.

The variable aperture is the real camera news

Every iPhone until now has had a fixed aperture: the lens opening never changed, and depth of field was simulated in software. A variable aperture physically changes how much light reaches the sensor and how much of the frame is in focus.

In practice that means two things. In low ligh...