{"id":7371,"date":"2026-09-21T11:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7371"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:24:46","slug":"apple-iphone-18-pro-max-camera-ifixit-teardown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7371","title":{"rendered":"Get a closer look at the iPhone 18 Pro\u2019s mechanical camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">iFixit\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/News\/119329\/inside-the-tiny-unfixable-eye-iphone-18-pro-and-pro-max-teardown\">latest device teardown<\/a> shows us the inner workings of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/993155\/variable-aperture-iphone-18-pro-photography\">variable aperture lens<\/a> inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/986331\/apple-iphone-18-pro-max-september-2026-event\">Apple\u2019s iPhone 18 Pro<\/a> and 18 Pro Max, alongside some repair concerns to be mindful of. The adjustable mechanical iris opens and closes magnetically, controlling how much light should pass through to the sensor, featuring six leaf-like overlapping blades that are each about as thin as a human hair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">You can see that scale comparison yourself below in a side-by-side image that iFixit took using a Evident DSX2000 microscope. Cramming that mechanism into the same main camera footprint as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/779265\/iphone-17-pro-max-review\">iPhone 17 Pro<\/a> series models is impressive, with iFixit describing Apple\u2019s variable aperture lens as \u201ca feat of precision engineering.\u201d That said, in our own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/995945\/iphone-18-pro-max-review-camera-aperture\">iPhone 18 Pro review<\/a> we found it made a \u201cgenerally marginal\u201d improvement on overall photography, so novice snappers may not even notice any difference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The downside is, that mechanism itself probably can\u2019t be fixed if something breaks. Doing so would require specialist tools, techniques, and knowledge that few people possess, making this as close to \u201cimpossible\u201d to repair as it gets, according to iFixit. That means users will likely have to replace the entire camera assembly, which is thankfully easy to access. Apple hasn\u2019t released components for its latest iPhone models yet, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/selfservicerepair.com\/en-US\/iphone-17-pro\/camera\">iPhone 17 Pro camera assembly<\/a> is $249, so we can probably expect the fancy variable aperture lens to increase the repair price for the 18 Pro and Pro Max versions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/998108\/apple-iphone-18-pro-max-camera-ifixit-teardown\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iFixit\u2019s latest device teardown shows us the inner workings of the new variable aperture lens inside Apple\u2019s iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, alongside some repair concerns to be mindful of. 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