The information comes from Kuo's latest post on Medium, where he outlined how upcoming products such as the ‌iPhone 17‌ "Slim," M5 MacBook Pro, and ‌iPhone‌ 18 will affect Apple supplier Sunny Optical. Kuo believes that Sunny Optical and Luxshare ...

Since at least the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple's Pro model iPhones have featured a fixed aperture lens of f/1.78 on the main camera. A variable aperture enables the camera to control the amount of light entering the lens, which would be helpful in a variety of lighting situations and may bring huge improvements to low-light shooting.

Apple is planning a major camera upgrade, but it might not arrive until 2026. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is working on adding a variable aperture main camera to its iPhone 18 Pro series.

Apple is rumored to be incorporating a variable aperture lens into its iPhone 18 Pro Max, slated for release in 2026. This technology, already present