iPhone 18 Pro teardown flags difficult screen repairs
An iFixit teardown found that most iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max repairs required removing the screen, whose plastic frame backing was described as delicate. Reports from CNET, MacRumors and 9to5Mac also highlighted the phones' variable-aperture mechanism and confirmed battery capacities for eSIM-only models overall.
Why it matters
Repair complexity can raise ownership costs and complicate independent servicing of Apple's newest flagship phones.
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