iPhone 18 Pro will be unveiled next month, and many iPhone users might be asking: what’s going to be truly different this year? Here are some key ways Apple plans to differentiate iPhone 18 Pro from prior models, per the latest rumors.

Big changes for Main camera

Every year, Apple upgrades the iPhone’s camera system in various ways. But it’s rare for big changes to impact the Main camera.

iPhone 17 Pro brought an overhauled front camera and improved Telephoto. With iPhone 18 Pro, Apple is rumored to have even more Telephoto upgrades, but also big changes for the Main camera. Leaker Fixed Focus Digital recently hinted as much.

He says the iPhone 18 Pro line’s Main camera upgrade is “confirmed” and results in a more than 2mm increase in the “aluminum alloy back panel.” In other words, the camera plateau may be getting even thicker this year than what had previously been rumored.