With the iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple has made some major changes to the camera hardware. For the first time, the company has introduced a variable aperture on the iPhone 18 Pro series, allowing the main camera to switch between f/1.48 and f/4.0.
This means the camera can physically control how much light enters the sensor, which should result in better photos across different lighting conditions. Or at least that's the theory.
But as Android smartphones have shown us time and again, iPhones don't necessarily take the best smartphone photos. I've had the chance to use the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max for the past two weeks, and after capturing more than 200 photos with both phones, I think it's pretty clear that despite the new hardware, Apple still has quite a bit of catching up to do.
Before we get into the camera samples, it's worth quickly going through the camera hardware on both the iPhone 18 Pro Max and Oppo Find X10 Pro Max.
The iPhone 18 Pro Max features a new 48MP Fusion main camera with a variable aperture ranging from f/1.48 to f/4.0. Alongside that, you get a 48MP ultrawide camera with a 120-degree field of view and a 48MP telephoto camera offering up to 4x optical zoom.
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max, on the other hand, is the first smartphone to feature a triple 200MP camera setup. 5 main camera using a sensor co-developed with Samsung, a 200MP ultrawide sensor with a 124-degree FoV, and a 200MP periscope telephoto camera offering up to 3x optical zoom.
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