India, May 25 -- The most talked-about feature of the iPhone 18 Pro isn't the Dark Cherry colour. It isn't a 2nm chip or a narrower Dynamic Island. It's the variable aperture camera, a mechanical iris that moves open and closed as in a professional camera. Not a lot of people are discussing this feature, which Samsung announced as a breakthrough in 2018, and then quietly removed from the Galaxy S10 next year. It's this concept that Apple is now relying on for its flagship of 2026. That deserves attention. The iPhone 18 Pro leak suggests Apple may finally bring back the variable aperture camera idea in a more advanced form than Samsung's earlier attempt.

The Samsung Galaxy S9 variable aperture system switched between two fixed settings, f...