Apple iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max on sale 18 September
Apple's 2nm A20 Pro flagships add a variable-aperture 48MP main camera; pre-orders opened 12 September and retail begins 18 September, from USD 1,199.
The details
- A20 Pro chip built on a 2-nanometre process, with a 6-core CPU, 7-core GPU and a dual 16-core Neural Engine
- 48MP Fusion Main camera with a variable aperture ranging from f/1.48 to f/4
- Redesigned Dynamic Island that can show up to three Live Activities at once
- Battery: up to 36 hours of video playback on iPhone 18 Pro and up to 45 hours on iPhone 18 Pro Max, in eSIM-only configurations
- Fast charging to 50 per cent in about 15 minutes wired, or about 30 minutes wireless
- Four finishes: black, silver, glacier and burgundy
- Storage tiers of 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB
- Pre-orders opened Saturday 12 September 2026 at 5 a.m. Pacific Time on apple.com and in the Apple Store app
- On sale Friday 18 September 2026 in more than 65 countries and regions, with about 20 further regions following on 25 September 2026
- Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4 and AirPods 5 go on sale the same day, 18 September; Mac mini and Mac Studio follow on 22 September
- Ships with iOS 27, released as a free update on 14 September 2026
- US trade-in credit of USD 175 to USD 885 for an iPhone 13 or newer; carrier credit of up to USD 1,200 at AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon for an iPhone 14 or newer
- Apple lists a 24-month iPhone 18 Pro lease at USD 34.99 per month in the United States
Pricing
- iPhone 18 Pro from USD 1,199 (US)
- iPhone 18 Pro Max from USD 1,299 (US)
- USD 34.99 per month, 24-month iPhone 18 Pro lease (US)
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Why it matters
This is Apple's flagship phone for the year and the first shipping device on the 2nm A20 Pro; the variable aperture is the first mechanically adjustable aperture in an iPhone camera, and it is the only fully dated worldwide on-sale date in the current launch window.