Apple is about to unveil its flagship new iPhones: iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra . Price will be an obvious advantage for the Pro line, but here are several other ways iPhone 18 Pro will have an edge over the more expensive Ultra model.
iPhone 18 Pro is rumored to get big changes to its Main camera, including a variable aperture upgrade. But the Pro line—specifically iPhone 18 Pro Max—will still offer the best battery life in an iPhone. iPhone 18 Pro Max is reportedly getting a 10% larger physical battery than iPhone 17 Pro Max. But the ultra-thin design and smaller physical battery will no doubt keep it from matching iPhone 18 Pro Max. So in the authentication department, iPhone 18 Pro will have a clear advantage.
And expectations are that iPhone Ultra won’t get the feature. As a result, it’s believed that the ultra-thin iPhone Ultra will miss out. iPhone Ultra should offer solid battery life, per regulatory leaks . As a result, battery life should easily be the best ever in an iPhone.
The components required to enable variable aperture are expected to be larger than the current Main camera. It will also benefit from efficiency gains in the A20 Pro and C2 chips. With the unique form factor of a foldable, it’s hard to judge iPhone Ultra’s battery life based on specs alone. Apple reportedly couldn’t make enough room in the thin iPhone Ultra design for the Face ID components. Proper support would have required double the components, too: one set for the outer display, and another for the inner one.
