#ICYMI: iPhone 18 Pro is now the world's 2nd highest rated camera phone at DXOMARK

DXOMARK recently published its camera rating for the new iPhone 18 Pro Series, weeks ahead of its October 16 Philippine release.

File photo: The new iPhone 18 Pro Series at Apple Store Hongdae, Seoul, South Korea

New camera beast

iPhone 18 Pro camera scores at DXOMARK

Their findings? This camera phone is a BEAST. In fact, it achieved the 2nd-highest overall camera score in their rankings. The phone had a whopping 171 Photo score and the top-scoring 176 video score, achieving an average of 172 points.

In comparison, this is one point higher than the vivo X300 Pro and 2 points ahead of the OPPO Find X9 Ultra and vivo X300 Ultra. In the top 5, only the HUAWEI Pura 80 Ultra is ahead with 175 points—a position it has held since August of 2025.

According to DXOMARK, the Apple iPhone 18 Pro scored 172 points, delivering excellent overall camera performance with wide dynamic range, improved contrast and skin tones, effective stabilization, and a strong texture‑noise balance. Its variable aperture enhances sharpness in complex scenes, autofocus is reliable, and flare control is improved over the previous generation, though green spots may still appear.

To recap, the iPhone 18 Pro packs a 48MP Fusion main sensor with variable aperture (f/1.48–f/4.0, 4 presets), a 48MP f/2.2 ultra‑wide with autofocus and macro, and a 48MP tetraprism periscope telephoto offering 4x optical and up to 8x lossless zoom.

In the Philippines, the iPhone 18 Pro starts at PHP 94,990, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max comes with a PHP 99,990 starting price.

Source: DXOMARK