iPhone 18 Pro Rumored Features: Under-Screen Face ID, Camera & Design Changes

Quick answer: The most consistently reported iPhone 18 Pro features are a new 2nm A20 Pro chip, a variable-aperture main camera, an LTPO+ display for better battery life, and some form of under-screen Face ID that shrinks the Dynamic Island. The design overall is expected to be an iterative refinement of the iPhone 17 Pro's look rather than a ground-up redesign — but exactly how far the Dynamic Island shrinks is still genuinely disputed between different leakers.

Last updated July 31, 2026. This page covers unconfirmed rumors and supply-chain leaks. Apple has not confirmed any features described here.

This is the most talked-about rumored change, and also the one with the most conflicting details:

• The original claim, reported by Wayne Ma at The Information, was that Apple would move the entire TrueDepth Face ID camera system beneath the display, leaving only a single small pinhole cutout for the front camera — effectively eliminating the Dynamic Island as a hardware cutout entirely.
• More recent reporting has walked this back somewhat. Multiple sources now suggest only one Face ID component (the infrared flood illuminator) will move under the screen, while the front camera and Face ID's infrared camera remain visible — resulting in a smaller Dynamic Island, not its complete disappearance.
• Display analyst Ross Young has said under-display Face ID is plausible for this generation but has specifically stated a smaller Dynamic Island will likely still be present, rather than a single pinhole.
• South Korean publication ETNews has reported that the under-screen infrared technology may be sourced from Samsung.

Bottom line: nearly every source agrees something about Face ID is moving under the screen. Whether that results in a single pinhole camera or a smaller-but-still-visible Dynamic Island is the specific point still unsettled between sources.

• The main 48-megapixel "Fusion" camera on both iPhone 18 Pro models is rumored to gain a variable aperture — letting the camera physically adjust how much light reaches the sensor, similar to a traditional camera lens, for better control over depth of field and low-light performance.
• This rumor has circulated since as early as 2024 (initially predicted for the iPhone 17, where it didn't materialize), and has resurfaced consistently for the iPhone 18 generation, with reports naming LG Innotek and Foxconn as potential component manufacturers and Luxshare ICT / Sunny Optical supplying the actuator mechanism.

• Both Pro models are expected to keep the same physical sizes as the iPhone 17 Pro — 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch — with the same three-camera "plateau" housing on the back.
• The displays are rumored to use LTPO+ technology, a more power-efficient variant of the LTPO panels in current models, which should translate to meaningfully longer battery life without a size or design change.

• The iPhone 18 Pro is expected to be the first iPhone to use a chip built on TSMC's 2-nanometer process, a jump from the 3nm chips in current models.
• This is also the direct driver behind most of the price speculation around this generation — 2nm wafers are reported to cost significantly more to produce than 3nm ones.
• The chip is also expected to be the hardware requirement for full Apple Intelligence and Siri AI features, reportedly needing at least 12GB of RAM to run properly.

• Overall design is expected to be an iterative update, not a visual overhaul — the iPhone 17 Pro's aluminum body (which replaced titanium) and camera plateau are expected to carry over largely unchanged aside from the Face ID / Dynamic Island change above.
• Rumored new colors have shifted across different reporting windows — earlier leaks pointed to a red option, while more recent reports (as of mid-2026) suggest Dark Cherry, Light Blue, Dark Gray, and Silver, with the existing Cosmic Orange and Deep Blue colors potentially being discontinued. Treat the exact color lineup as one of the least settled details, since it's changed across leak cycles.