iFixit teardown reveals hair-thin blades inside iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture lens

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Repair and teardown specialist iFixit has published a detailed breakdown of the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max's new variable aperture camera system. The main camera features a mechanical iris with six overlapping leaf-shaped blades, each approximately as thin as a human hair. The iris opens and closes magnetically to regulate the amount of light reaching the sensor. Apple managed to fit this mechanism within the same camera footprint used by the iPhone 17 Pro series. The teardown also highlights several repair considerations that users and technicians should keep in mind.

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