Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip

苹果 iPhone 18 Pro 新增可变光圈与更强劲芯片

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro is an iterative update that—as usual—focuses heavily on both performance and new camera features. This time around, many of the new camera features are oriented around giving the user more direct control of the image, rather than depending entirely on Apple’s computational photography assumptions.

加利福尼亚州库比蒂诺——苹果新款 iPhone 18 Pro 是一次迭代更新，一如既往地侧重于性能提升和全新的相机功能。这一次，许多新相机功能的重点在于赋予用户对图像更直接的控制权，而不是完全依赖苹果的计算摄影算法。

As usual, the new iPhone has a new chip. It’s called A20 Pro, and it’s the first 2 nm chip for the iPhone. It has a 6-core CPU, with two super-cores that are up to 20 percent faster, and four efficiency cores. A 7-core GPU offers up to 40 percent improved performance and increased bandwidth. The A20 Pro also has a new Neural Engine—the machine-learning processor on the system-on-chip—which the company says is basically two Neural Engines on one chip.

和往常一样，新款 iPhone 搭载了全新的芯片。它被称为 A20 Pro，是 iPhone 首款 2 纳米芯片。它拥有 6 核 CPU，包括两个速度提升高达 20% 的超大核和四个能效核。7 核 GPU 提供了高达 40% 的性能提升和更高的带宽。A20 Pro 还配备了全新的神经网络引擎（片上系统中的机器学习处理器），苹果称其本质上是将两个神经网络引擎集成在了一块芯片上。

Apple spent a significant chunk of the iPhone presentation talking up Apple Intelligence, arguing that the iPhone is a perfect place to establish and maintain the context for effective AI features—for example, with access to your calendar and daily habits—but of course tried to differentiate on the basis of privacy within that context. The company also discussed the previously announced new LLM-driven capabilities of Siri. Siri AI, as Apple calls it, will arrive in October.

苹果在发布会上花费了大量篇幅宣传“Apple Intelligence”，认为 iPhone 是建立和维护有效 AI 功能背景的完美平台——例如通过访问用户的日历和日常习惯——当然，苹果也试图在这一背景下强调其隐私保护的差异化优势。公司还讨论了此前宣布的由大语言模型（LLM）驱动的 Siri 新功能。苹果将其称为 Siri AI，该功能将于 10 月推出。

Back to the hardware: Apple also put an emphasis on improved thermals with this release, which, if effective, ought to help with those situations where your phone gets too hot—like when driving on a hot day without A/C in the car.

回到硬件方面：苹果此次发布还重点强调了散热性能的改进。如果效果显著，这将有助于解决手机过热的问题，例如在炎热天气下开车且车内没有空调时的情况。

The 18 Pro and Pro Max are slightly smaller than their predecessors, but Apple says they offer similar battery life, in part thanks to a new battery usage model based on data about how people use their phones. The Dynamic Island—the little black oval at the top that expands or shrinks with notifications and that houses the front-facing camera and Face ID—has been redesigned to be a bit smaller, too.

18 Pro 和 Pro Max 比前代产品略小，但苹果表示它们的续航能力相当，这部分得益于基于用户手机使用数据构建的全新电池使用模型。灵动岛（Dynamic Island）——即顶部那个随通知展开或收缩、并容纳前置摄像头和 Face ID 的黑色小椭圆区域——也经过重新设计，变得更小了一些。

The 48-megapixel main camera’s flagship new feature is a variable aperture. The aperture will adjust based on the scene, offering more precisely tailored settings for varying levels of light in the room. There’s also an emphasis on giving the user more manual control over the settings when taking a photo: Users can manually adjust the aperture, set a specific shutter speed, and so on.

4800 万像素主摄像头的旗舰级新功能是可变光圈。光圈会根据场景自动调整，为室内不同光线水平提供更精准的设置。此外，新功能还强调赋予用户在拍照时更多的手动控制权：用户可以手动调节光圈、设置特定的快门速度等。

As is the custom for many iPhone launches, there’s a new color: burgundy. The phone starts at $1,199, and the Max size starts at $1,299. Storage can be upgraded to as much as 2 terabytes. Preorders start September 12, and the phone ships September 18.

按照许多 iPhone 发布会的惯例，此次推出了一款新配色：勃艮第红。该手机起售价为 1199 美元，Max 版本起售价为 1299 美元。存储空间最高可升级至 2TB。预购将于 9 月 12 日开启，9 月 18 日正式发货。