There’s plenty to admire inside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max

An intricate variable aperture, a screwed-in battery tray, and a much larger cooling system make the new iPhone irresistible to our spudgers. There are also some uncomfortable repair tradeoffs.

We triggered the camera lens actuation by putting a magnet near the aperture: it opens and closes.

This year’s updated camera is a good place to start: what does its new mechanism buy you, and how difficult and expensive will repairs be if one tiny blade gets stuck?

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