SCOUT· 42%1h 29m·2026-09-18·TechnologyThe real story of the iPhone 18 Pro's camera
This week's iPhone 18 Pro discourse made aperture a priority, but today on Vergecast we zoom out to talk about the state of smart phone photography at large. Executive editor Jake Kastrenakes, guest host David Imel and senior reviewer Allison Johnson get into manual controls, "buckets of photons," and Apple and…
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