iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrades Move Into Active Production

iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrades Move Into Active Production Apple's supply chain has begun manufacturing components for a variable-aperture main camera expected in the iPhone 18 Pro, with three named suppliers now in active production, Cult of Mac reported two weeks ago, citing ETNews. The development adds hard supply-chain evidence to a rumor that analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station had already flagged separately. Apple has never implemented a variable aperture on an iPhone, MacRumors noted last week, making the iPhone 18 Pro camera upgrades a meaningful departure from the fixed-aperture hardware the company has shipped for years. Sunny Optical has started manufacturing the actuator mechanisms that physically move the aperture blades, while LG Innotek is installing dedicated equipment at its Gumi, South Korea facility ahead of module assembly scheduled for June or July, Cult of Mac reports. Camera modules of this complexity typically enter full production two to t