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Variable aperture is coming to iPhones... eventually.
That’s according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who doubled down on previous claims that the wide rear camera will be upgraded for the iPhone 18 in 2026 in his latest blog post.
Kuo says Dutch manufacturer BE Semiconductor will supply the aperture blade assembly equipment, allowing iPhone users to manually control how much light passes through the camera’s lens for the first time.
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