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Early reviews of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro praise improved thermal management and battery life as the phone's most notable iterative upgrades, even as reviewers note the device is otherwise a modest refresh. Separately, third-party camera apps have begun offering more granular control over the phone's new variable-aperture main camera than Apple's native Camera app allows, revealing that the four-stop limitation in iOS isn't a hardware constraint. The coverage underscores how Apple's latest flagship, while incremental, continues to draw scrutiny over software choices that limit advanced hardware features.