Apple's variable aperture might capture better photos, but is near impossible to fix if it breaks.

Fixit takes apart the iPhone 18 Pro to uncover its biggest internal changes and the secret behind the smaller Dynamic Island.

Cramming that mechanism into the same main camera footprint as the iPhone 17 Pro series models is impressive, with iFixit describing Apple’s variable aperture lens as “a feat of precision engineering.

Replacing the battery is easy - getting the display is off is the problem.

Apple’s first variable-aperture iPhone camera is a feat of miniature engineering. It is also essentially unfixable at the component ...

It’s actually pretty good for an iPhone, given Apple’s long-standing reticence to make its products repairable.

Fixit's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max teardown finds a nearly unrepairable variable aperture and a provisional 7/10 ...