The iPhone’s front camera has been stuck at 12MP for a while now, and it’s starting to show — especially when you compare it to what some Android phones are doing up front. That could change with the iPhone 18 Pro.
Tipster Whylab reckons the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will bump the selfie camera up to 24MP. That lines up with a report from back in November that said the same thing, though that earlier leak suggested the whole iPhone 18 range would get the upgrade. This latest one narrows it down to just the Pro models, which honestly sounds more like Apple’s usual approach — save the good stuff for the expensive ones.
A 24MP sensor would be a genuine improvement for selfies, FaceTime calls, and anything you’re shooting in dodgy lighting. The current 12MP front camera is fine, but “fine” isn’t really what you expect from a phone that costs over a grand.
There’s more to the iPhone 18 Pro than just the selfie camera, too. The Dynamic Island is supposedly getting noticeably smaller, with some of the Face ID hardware reportedly moving underneath the display. If that actually happens, it would clean up the front of the phone quite a bit.
Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in September, and the long-rumoured iPhone Fold should show up at the same event.
