{"id":25272,"date":"2026-10-05T06:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T04:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/apple-iphone-18-pro-review-big-changes-for-small-differences\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T06:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T04:37:39","slug":"apple-iphone-18-pro-review-big-changes-for-small-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/apple-iphone-18-pro-review-big-changes-for-small-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone 18 Pro review: big changes for small differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longer battery life, better screen, upgraded Siri and new variable aperture camera in refreshed design from last year\u2019s model<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s smaller Pro iPhone gets the best kind of spec bump for 2026: longer battery life, faster chips and a fancy new variable aperture for the main camera.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 18 Pro is one of a pair of slab phones launched alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/08\/apple-new-folding-iphone\">Apple\u2019s first folding phone<\/a>, the iPhone Duo, and is the cheapest of the new phones, with a regular iPhone 18 yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screen:<\/strong> 6.3in Super Retina XDR (120Hz OLED) (460ppi)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Processor:<\/strong> Apple A20 Pro<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAM:<\/strong> 12GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage:<\/strong> 256GB, 512GB or 1TB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating system:<\/strong> iOS 27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camera:<\/strong> 48MP + 48MP UW + 48MP 4x, 18MP front-facing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> 5G, wifi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 6, Thread, USB-C, Satellite, UWB and GNSS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water resistance:<\/strong> IP68 (6 metres for 30 mins)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 150 x 71.9 x 8.75mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 211g<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/oct\/05\/apple-iphone-18-pro-review-battery-life-screen-siri-camera-variable-aperture-ios-27\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/58742fd273ee12ce51a1af9f25ed9693ec972212\/517_33_5471_4377\/master\/5471.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8e2d13fc2c59a55082e0e08fa4793df1\" title=\"Apple iPhone 18 Pro review: big changes for small differences\" \/>Longer battery life, better screen, upgraded Siri and new variable aperture camera in refreshed design from last year\u2019s model<br \/>\nApple\u2019s smaller Pro iPhone gets the best kind of spec bump for 2026: longer battery life, faster chips and a fancy new variable aperture for the main camera.<br \/>\nThe iPhone 18 Pro is one of a pair of slab phones launched alongside Apple\u2019s first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, and is the cheapest of the new phones, with a regular iPhone 18 yet to be announced.<br \/>\nScreen: 6.3in Super Retina XDR (120Hz OLED) (460ppi)<br \/>\nProcessor: Apple A20 Pro<br \/>\nRAM: 12GB<br \/>\nStorage: 256GB, 512GB or 1TB<br \/>\nOperating system: iOS 27<br \/>\nCamera: 48MP + 48MP UW + 48MP 4x, 18MP front-facing<br \/>\nConnectivity: 5G, wifi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 6, Thread, USB-C, Satellite, UWB and GNSS<br \/>\nWater resistance: IP68 (6 metres for 30 mins)<br \/>\nDimensions: 150 x 71.9 x 8.75mm<br \/>\nWeight: 211g Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longer battery life, better screen, upgraded Siri and new variable aperture camera in refreshed design from last year\u2019s model Apple\u2019s smaller Pro iPhone gets the best kind of spec bump for 2026: longer battery life, faster chips and a fancy new variable aperture for the main camera. The iPhone 18 Pro is one of a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/apple-iphone-18-pro-review-big-changes-for-small-differences\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple iPhone 18 Pro review: big changes for small differences<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25272"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}