iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrades You Won’t Find on the iPhone Duo

Discover the biggest iPhone 18 Pro camera upgrades missing from the iPhone Duo, including variable aperture, telephoto zoom, Pro controls, and more.

The iPhone 15 Pro has dazzled with its foldable format, but there are 12 things in which the iPhone 18 Pro clearly has an advantage: I’ll tell you.

Apple has presented its new generation of mobiles and is just a few days away from putting the iPhone 18 Pro on sale, but a lot of attention has been paid to its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, a model that, however, will not have many of the most striking functions of its traditional flagship.

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This first foldable from the Californian brand will be launched globally on October 23, so we will still have to wait a little for its arrival, but features such as its wrinkle-free screen, the under-screen selfie camera, or the iOS 27 software adapted for the format and inspired by the iPad may make many give it a try, despite the 2,57,956.62 Indian Rupee it costs at least.

We have compiled the 12 main differences between the two phones, focusing on the aspects in which the iPhone 18 Pro has the advantage over the iPhone Duo and that you may miss if you finally choose the foldable.

The vast majority of these differences are centered around the camera, but there are other aspects that you should also take into account if you are hesitating between the 2 new smartphones.

8 Things Where the iPhone 18 Pro’s Camera Outperforms the iPhone Duo

If you buy the iPhone Duo and come from an iPhone Pro, you will miss several things from day one, but if you hesitate with the iPhone 18 Pro, the difference is even greater.

The first of these is the action button. This key has been present since the iPhone 15 and can be programmed for different options, such as camera zoom, although the volume or power mode can also be controlled. It will be present on the iPhone 18 Pro, but not on the iPhone Duo.

Another is the selfie camera. The iPhone Duo has a 12MP selfie camera on the outer screen and another below the inner foldable display, but it falls short of the resolution or sensor quality of the iPhone 18 Pro, which is still the best option for self-portrait lovers.

The main novelty of the iPhone 18 Pro is the main camera with variable aperture, which goes from f/1.4 to f/4.0. This feature is designed to automatically adapt to the amount of light, but it also allows for different creative effects that won’t be accessible on the iPhone Duo, with two fixed-aperture lenses.

Another new feature of the new iPhone 18 Pro is the professional controls of the camera application, which allow you to regulate the aperture, shutter speed, and other parameters manually. This function will not be present in Apple’s first foldable either, nor will the one that identifies that a photo is legitimate to avoid deepfakes with AI.

The iPhone Duo only has two cameras, compared to the iPhone 18 Pro’s 3, and it is precisely the absence of a telephoto lens that is another of the great limitations of the iPhone Duo compared to its traditional brother. Photos with 4x have optical zoom, and up to 8x are lossless on the iPhone 18 Pro, while the iPhone Duo stays at 1x optical and 2x lossless.

In the same way, the first foldable of the American brand will not have support for capturing photos and spatial videos compatible with the Vision Pro glasses, nor will they be able to record in the ProRAW format for professionals, unlike what happens in the iPhone 18 Pro, which also offers better microphones and a quadruple system.

Other differences

The camera isn’t the only thing where the iPhone Duo lags behind the iPhone 18 Pro.

As already rumored, the foldable phone is unlocked by Touch ID from the home button on the side, but it does not have Face ID, the popular facial recognition system that all conventional models have had for almost a decade, including the iPhone 18 Pro.

Don’t expect to find a LiDAR sensor on the iPhone Duo, which allows you to scan three-dimensional objects, or the operation of the app that allows you to measure distances through the camera.

In design, you can choose the iPhone 18 Pro in 3 colors: black, burgundy, and sky blue, while the iPhone Duo is quite limited in that, as it will only be sold in white and dark blue.

Finally, the iPhone Duo will be the first model of the brand to be launched only with eSIM globally, even in Europe, but without a physical SIM card tray.