Our first take on the iPhone 18 Pro: Intelligent photography
THE SO WHAT
AI-first photography on iPhone 18 Pro means the default camera is now a real-time editor and art director, not just a sensor. Any consumer app touching images has to assume users arrive with heavily processed, metadata-rich photos — build features that leverage that context instead of fighting it.
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