iFixit, the company known for completely tearing apart just about every product and device it can, has fully disassembled a brand new iPhone 18 Pro. The goal is to understand how all the parts fit together and find ways to fix anything that might break.
\n\nIn the company’s post and teardown video, iFixit showed off how it took apart the latest iPhone, and what people who may someday need to fix theirs should look out for.
\n\nIt gave the iPhone 18 Pro a repair rating of 7/10, citing easy-to-remove camera and battery assemblies. This matches the rating it gave the iPhone 17 Pro in 2025. That doesn’t mean the iPhone repair process is simple.
\n\nThe Achilles heel of the iPhone 18 Pro may be a new feature: a variable aperture lens in the phone’s main 48-megapixel camera. It is the first variable aperture in an iPhone (though not the first in a smartphone). It uses six rotating aperture blades the width of a human hair to allow for different apertures for photo and video.
\n\nThe problem with the aperture is that Apple is introducing moving parts—therefore more parts that might need repair. Given the size and intricacy of how the…
Original source: https://www.wired.com/
