iPhone 18 Pro is coming this fall, and three new features could be among the top upgrade motivators for Apple’s latest flagship model.

Mark Gurman recently said that iPhone 18 Pro will include “some of the biggest camera hardware upgrades in the lineup’s history.”

Rumors so far point to at least a few specific features:

Variable aperture might be Apple’s biggest upgrade. It’s expected to enable users to adjust depth of field to perfectly suit the kind of shot they’re taking. My colleague Ben explains:

You can have a shallow DoF when you want to isolate the subject from the background, a medium DoF when you want isolation while ensuring the background is still recognizable, or a deep DoF when you want everything in shot to be in focus.