Marques Brownlee’s iPhone 18 Pro Review

· Daring Fireball · John Gruber

He takes the same “ this is pretty much exactly what Apple used to label an ‘S’ year ” angle I did, so, unsurprisingly, I think his review is spot-on. Brownlee emphasizes one point that I should have, but didn’t: according to Apple’s published specs, the regular iPhone 18 Pro gets longer battery…

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