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  "id": 8930026,
  "title": "Sensitive camera blades and thermal chainmail surface in iPhone 18 Pro teardown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/sensitive-camera-blades-and-thermal-chainmail-surface-in-iphone-18",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-21T13:34:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
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    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/09/21/sensitive-camera-blades-and-thermal-chainmail-surface-in-iphone-18-pro-teardown"
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  "summary": "The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max are very repairable devices, but while the new variable aperture camera is interesting to look at, it does make for a tricky repair. iPhone 18 Pro has a variable aperture camera that is hard to repair After the introduction of new iPhone models on the market, the inevitable teardowns start to surface. In one of the more detailed of its type, repair outfit iFixit took…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Teardown details the iPhone 18 Pro’s mechanical camera",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/teardown-details-the-iphone-18-pros-mechanical-camera",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:57:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "iPhone 18 Pro teardown lifts the lid on Apples latest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iphone-18-pro-teardown-lifts-the-lid-on-apples-latest",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:12:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "iPhone 18 Pro teardown reveals the ins and outs of the latest iPhone models — including one annoying repair issue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iphone-18-pro-teardown-reveals-the-ins-and-outs-of-the-latest-iphone",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:21:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "iPhone 18 Pro teardown highlights mechanical camera aperture and a major thermal redesign",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iphone-18-pro-teardown-highlights-mechanical-camera-aperture-and-a",
        "published": "2026-09-21T15:42:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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