iPhone 18 Pro Review: All About that Chip

Marques Brownlee · 16:35 · Sep 16, 2026

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phone fәun n. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language camera 'kæmәrә n. equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) new nju: a. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered focus 'fәukәs n. the concentration of attention or energy on something difference 'difәrәns n. the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

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So if this were back in 2011, this is what we would call an S update.

如果是在2011年，这会被我们称为S系列升级。
The iPhone 18 Pro is basically an iPhone 17 Pro with a chip update, a camera upgrade, and better battery life, plus some new colors to make sure people know it's the new one.

iPhone 18 Pro基本上就是iPhone 17 Pro换了个芯片、升级了摄像头、提升了电池续航，再加上几种新配色，好让大家一眼看出这是新款。
That's an S update if you've ever seen one, and I think it's tempting to be disappointed in that.

这绝对是典型的S系列升级，我觉得大家对此感到失望也很正常。
But after using it for the past week, I actually think it's underrated.

但在过去一周的使用后，我反而觉得它被低估了。
For two straight years now, the Pro iPhone has gone under the radar and sort of lived in the shadow of Apple trying their riskier new ideas on other phones.

连续两年，Pro系列iPhone一直处于被忽视的状态，活在苹果在其他机型上尝试激进新技术的阴影下。

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