Name: iPhone 18 Pro + Fold Leaked! New Features Revealed!
Uploaded: 2026-03-14T14:22:14.000Z
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2026 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years for the iPhone in history.

And today I want to go over all of the latest leaks and rumors for the iPhone 18 Pro and the all new iPhone fold.

Apple's been working on some huge camera upgrades.

The battery life is said to be record breaking on both phones and the iPhone fold's alleged final design has also surfaced with some really interesting changes.

But before we get into the iPhone fold, I want to start off with the iPhone 18 Pro.

As a source has now officially coined this as an S year for the pro model.

This means that as expected, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will not be seeing any significant design changes, although they have been said to come in a new red or maroon colorway which Apple has never done on the pros before and I think would look pretty good instead.

Pretty much all of Apple's focus has been on what you can't see, like the camera system on the back.

At first, the 18 Pro looks pretty much one to one with what we have now, but

according to a pair of new reports, Apple is planning three major upgrades on this generation that without a doubt will be the biggest camera upgrades that the iPhone has ever seen.

that's Apple putting a variable aperture on the main lens which will allow you manual control of how much light enters the camera and therefore touches the sensor.

This will once again elevate the iPhone to near DSLR quality, offering improved depth of field between objects in the foreground and the background highlights in direct sun will look better.

Nvidia will also come across as less choppy and more cinematic.

It's Apple bringing over a high end feature from expensive lenses to where you can manually adjust how much light enters the lens.

And now you're going to be able to do that with the iPhone in your pocket, which is pretty cool.

Second, Apple is also upgrading the telephoto zoom lens on the iPhone 18 Pro by increasing its fixed aperture on here.

So you will not have as much flexibility as the new variable on the main lens.

But Apple's making the fixed type larger so it allows more light in and could improve low light shooting.

And most importantly, it could enable the third camera upgrade which is double the zoom potentially.

So one report now says that Apple is planning to to use a teleconverter as part of the iPhone 18 Pro telephoto camera.

And essentially a teleconverter is this piece of equipment from traditional photography that you place in between the lens and the camera sensor.

To increase your effective focal length or overall zoom capability.

On the iPhone, it could turn a 5x optical zoom into an 8 or a 10x optical zoom just by enabling a toggle that puts this piece into place.

The only catch here is that teleconverters greatly cut down on light, so generally you couldn't just put this in the iPhone.

But with Apple increasing the aperture, allowing more light in in the first place, these could actually be working together in order for Apple to accomplish this.

Not to mention, Apple's also rumored to upgrade the front camera as well from 18 to 24 megapixels.

So across the board cameras are going to be the main thing Apple markets for these phones, and

Following that, iPhone 18 Pro batteries are getting bigger too.

With one port already specifically telling us exactly how much battery life the 18 Pro Max is going to have, we're hearing it'll sit between 5100 and 5200mAh, which is only a 2% increase over the 17 Pro Max.

This slightly larger battery will be paired with Apple's A20 chip, which is based off a 2 nanometer architecture that sources are saying is up to 30% more efficient than the chip in the iPhone today.

So by upgrading both of these components in unison, this source says it would push 18 Pro Max Max rated battery life to over 40 hours for the first time.

Of course, the regular size Pro would also see proportionate battery life increases, but

On the 18 Pro series, the best battery life is always on the Pro Max, and

However, it's also no secret that Apple's a 20 chip is going to cost a lot more to produce.

And especially at a time where RAM memory pricing is literally insane because of the demand from AI companies buying all of it up, people were wondering, will this impact the price of the luckily, according to one report, the answer is no, and

that while it does confirm that Apple's cost on their end will be increasing in 2026, they will not be passing this on to the consumer.

And pricing from the iPhone Air at $999 all the way to the 18 Pro Max at do $1,199 will remain stationary at the same time, I'm sure Apple's icloud storage will also continue to remain the same price, which can be kind of expensive if you have a lot of photos and other data on your phone.

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That is, unless you buy the iPhone fold which has been widely rumored for months to cost a minimum of $2,000 and sources are not backing down, the iPhone Fold will be the most expensive Apple has ever made by nearly double.

Which unfortunately does make sense as the iPhone fold is essentially two iPhone Airs placed side by side and connected via a central hinge in the middle.

Recently a source has actually filled in all of the blanks for the design details we didn't know about and now we have our best look yet at this product.

The outside of the iPhone F is going to have this small 5.3 inch display with a small dynamic island up at the top.

Actually the same size dynamic island that we're going to be seeing on the iPhone 18 Pro.

And then when you open it up you're greeted with a massive 7.8 inch screen that also has another dynamic island in the same spot.

Still pretty small, but it's not going to have face ID inside of this.

Once again touch ID is confirmed and Apple is baking in the authentication to the power button on the right side of the phone that will look something like this.

Right below that Apple is putting the camera control buttons so they will give you some advanced camera functionality on the fold too.

But there was a question about the volume buttons.

I mean, if you open this up, how would you have these in a central location so that they work both folded and unfolded?

Well, it sounds like Apple is borrowing a page from the iPad mini by placing the volume buttons on the top right of the device, just like they're arranged on their smallest iPad.

And as there have been continued comparisons of the iPhone fold to the iPad mini, it makes a lot of sense, but

One detail we've learned is that the camera plateau on the back will not be color matched to the rest of the product.

Instead, regardless of what color you opt for, it's going to be black and it will stand out dramatically, especially if you go for the white and silver.

Right now, we have no idea why Apple would be doing this, but

potentially they want their foldable design to really stand out in the wild.

And considering it does look pretty different, you could look at that and immediately say, yeah, that's Apple's foldable, and

But here's the thing with the iPhone fold.

And a couple of new reports have shared the details for how Apple is getting there.

First, we've known for a while that the main screen breakthrough on the iPhone fold will be the fact that it doesn't have a visible crease, giving you an uninterrupted view of content and achieving something that nobody else has done.

And now, in addition to that, we're hearing that Apple is experimenting with a new CPI or clear polymide coating that would give the screen improved surface hardness and better scratch resistance, too.

And its durability has been a key issue with a lot of other foldables out there.

The last thing Apple wants is to release this really expensive iPhone that breaks easily.

They have put so many millions of dollars of R and D into this, lasting a long time.

And the same thing is true about the hinge.

Specifically, we had heard about Apple's use of a liquid metal material using titanium and stainless steel together for something that can bend thousands and thousands of times without fatiguing.

Well, we've now learned that's exactly why Apple is using liquid metal, as this custom concoction will hold up longer over time compared to a standal metal.

And again, contribute to Apple's messaging that their foldable isn't just nicer looking, it doesn't just have a better display.

It'll also last way longer than the others too.

That's the Whole vibe of the iPhone fold in general is breaking records.

And when you look at the size of this thing, it'll also break a record in the battery life department too.

According to a new rumor, because there is so much space here, the iPhone fold will have Apple's largest physical battery ever coming in at over 5,500 milliamp hours, which is about 8% bigger than the current biggest iPhone battery.

Now, would this give the iPhone fold something like two full days of battery life?

We don't really know because keep in mind some parts are more power intensive.

Like this massive 7.8 inch screen is essentially powering two iPhone screens at once instead of one.

All I expect right now is that battery life will not be a concern on this product, just as it's not a concern on any iPad that Apple has made.

Now, finally, with Apple releasing the iPhone fold later this year, there's been some questions about whether they would ever do another folder design something like the candy bar flip style that we've seen from Samsung or Motorola, where it flips down from the middle of the phone and turns into a square in your pocket.