Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple willBE Semiconductor (BESI, BE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRIES), which will provide aperture blade assembly equipment for camera modules for iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, and is expected to introduce a variable aperture design in the camera modules of the new phones.
Prior to this, Guo Mingchi also pointed out that Largan Precision and Sunny Optical will respectively become suppliers of variable aperture modules for the iPhone 18 Pro wide-angle lens. Combined with the news revealed this time, it shows that Apple is very likely to add a variable aperture design to the camera modules of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.
Prior to this, The Information website also pointed out that the iPhone 17 series expected to be launched next year will have at least one model equipped with a variable aperture camera lens based on a mechanical structure design, but there seem to be some changes.
Currently, manufacturers including Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, and OPPO have introduced variable aperture camera features in their mobile phones, which can achieve better image quality and more natural depth of field. Rumors suggest that Apple may add a variable aperture design to its new camera, suggesting that the next iPhone will have a major change in camera design.
