Apple iPhone 18 Pro smartphone 6.3" 2 TB 5G, silver

The display has 2622 × 1206 pixels at 460 ppi, a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio and typical brightness of 1000 cd/m², 1600 cd/m² in HDR and up to 3000 cd/m² outdoors. HDR video plays in Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+ or HLG, and ProMotion adapts the refresh rate to keep scrolling smooth. The Always-On display and the Dynamic Island show notifications and ongoing activities, and the front glass is Ceramic Shield 2 with an oleophobic coating.

The A20 Pro has two performance and four efficiency cores, and its seven-core GPU offers hardware-accelerated ray tracing. Two 16-core Neural Engines are there for AI tasks, and Apple lists support for Apple Intelligence and the new Siri. When the phone processes long video or runs a game, a next-generation vapour chamber helps spread the heat. The Apple C2 modem manages cellular, the Apple N1 chip handles Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the system is iOS 27.

The rear cameras are a 48 MP Fusion Main (variable aperture up to f/1.48, 24 mm), a 48 MP Fusion Ultra Wide (13 mm, 120°) and a 48 MP Fusion Telephoto (100 mm, f/2.8, 8× closer optically). ProRes video, Apple Log 2 and DNG photos take far more space than ordinary HEVC and JPEG, which is where 2 TB pays off: footage does not have to be moved to a computer every day. Video records in up to 4K, slow motion in 4K at 120 frames per second, and the front camera is 18 MP.

The battery holds 4056 mAh, which Apple rates for up to 34 hours of video and 31 hours of streaming. It charges over USB-C with USB Power Delivery (4.5–45 W) or wirelessly at up to 25 W, and there is a magnet array on the back. Data over USB-C runs at USB 3.2 Gen 2 speed, which helps when a large amount of material from the 2 TB storage needs backing up to a computer in one go. A USB-C cable is in the box; the power adapter is separate. Battery endurance is 1000 charge cycles.

The phone supports 5G (including mmWave), 4G and 3G and takes two SIMs: a nanoSIM and an eSIM. Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC and Thread are built in, and location comes from GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and NavIC. It unlocks with face recognition; there is no fingerprint reader. For emergencies there is Crash Detection and SOS via satellite, while the Camera and Action buttons speed up everyday tasks.

The 2 TB iPhone 18 Pro suits photographers, videographers and travellers who shoot ProRes and DNG and do not want to keep moving files to the cloud or a computer. Three 48 MP cameras, 8× optical zoom and the A20 Pro chip fit into a 6.3″, 211 g body, and IP68 lets you keep working in the rain. The silver aluminium body works as well for a work phone as for a personal one.