Feb 6, 2024BF3-0669Right

What camera does the iPhone 18 have?

Instant Digital: iPhone 16 Capture Button acts as shutter

The Capture button should detect multiple pressure levels and work like a two-stage camera shutter.

A Weibo leaker known as Instant Digital reported that the iPhone 16 lineup's new Capture Button would detect multiple pressure levels, emulating the two-step shutter button found on dedicated digital cameras.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe Capture button should detect multiple pressure levels and work like a two-stage camera shutter.
  2. Who said it, and whenInstant Digital reported it on Feb 6, 2024 in MacRumors.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 18 was announced on Sep 9, 2024, 216 days after this report. From our product record · source
  4. The verdict, and whyRightIt turned out the way this report said.Why: Apple's announced product details match the substance of this prediction.
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Reported by
Instant Digital
We read it in
MacRumors
Product
Apple iPhone 18 · reported as “iPhone 16 lineup”

The story of this report

  1. Feb 6, 2024Instant Digital reported it · MacRumors
  2. Sep 9, 2024Apple iPhone 18 was announced · from our product record
  3. VerdictRightWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Instant Digital · Leaker

27 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 6 we have checked, 3 held up. The other 21 are not part of that number: 2 never settled, 2 not comparable, 17 no outcome yet.

Every report from Instant Digital

What we know now

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Other reports about Apple iPhone 18

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Questions about this report

What camera does the iPhone 18 have?
Right. It turned out the way this report said. Apple's announced product details match the substance of this prediction.
Who reported it first?
Instant Digital reported it on Feb 6, 2024 in MacRumors.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 216 days before Apple iPhone 18 was announced on Sep 9, 2024.