Apple To Make Way For The iPhone 18 Pro’s “Biggest Camera Hardware Upgrades” In History By Fattening The Plateau, Three Leakers Warn
Publish Date: 2026-06-22 11:35:00
Source Domain: wccftech.com
Apple’s planned debut of its iPhone 18 Pro lineup is fast approaching, with mere weeks left until the high-profile launch spectacle kicks off in early September.
Naturally, as the proximity to the launch event increases, so does the supply chain’s confidence in what the next-gen iPhone Pro duo would look like, and a consensus now appears to be forming around a thicker camera plateau to cater to the lineup’s advanced camera sensors.
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro duo will likely sport a heftier camera plateau to house a 48MP ultra-large camera sensor that reportedly comes with a variable aperture optionality
We already know that Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will sport a 48MP triple-camera setup, replete with a variable-aperture main camera, an ultra-wide sensor with enhanced optical image stabilization, and a periscope telephoto sensor.
All of these advanced camera sensors, however, come at the cost of precious internal volume, necessitating increased girth for the iPhone 18 Pro duo.
First, the YouTuber Vadim Yuryen detailed back in April that the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro duo will sport a sizable camera bump, with the total thickness (including the camera bump) of the iPhone 18 Pro Max increasing to 13.77mm vs. 12.92mm on the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Then, the Weibo-based tipster, Digital Chat Station, corroborated the increased girth for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, explaining that the “48MP ultra-large sensor with a variable aperture” needs additional housing capacity.
Today, another Weibo-based leaker, Fixed Focus Digital, is out with a fresh corroboration, noting that the iPhone 18 Pro duo’s camera-related upgrades will expand the thickness of the “aluminum alloy back panel,” or the camera plateau, by over 2mm.
Do note that Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman enticed Apple fans recently by disclosing that the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will offer “some of the biggest camera hardware upgrades in the lineup’s…
