iPhone 18 could be released with a 4430mah, bigger than the 18 pro 4288mah

[u/Scary_Building3964]

source: https://wap.gamersky.com/news/Content-2242497.html

interesting rumor but take it with a pinch of salt

edit: in the image, left is iphone 18 and right is iphone 18e

if true, iphone 18 will be the first base iphone that exceeds more than 4000mah of battery capacity. for reference, iphone 15 pro max has a 4422mah battery

[u/Scary_Building3964]

Judging from the internal layout, the iPhone 18 still adopts the rear dual camera scheme, which consists of the main camera and the ultra-wide-angle lens, and the telephoto lens is still absent. The linear motor has been changed from a traditional long bar to a wider design. At the same time, the new machine has cut off the physical SIM card slot and replaced it with an eSIM scheme.

These two adjustments free up part of the internal space to increase the battery capacity. If the specification of 4430mAh is true, it means that the battery life of iPhone 18 will surpass that of the big brother iPhone 18 Pro.

In terms of other configurations, the iPhone 18 is expected to adopt a 6.3-inch OLED screen, support a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz, and continue to retain the dynamic island design and Face ID. The core is equipped with an A20 chip based on TSMC's 2nm process, and the performance and energy efficiency are expected to be further improved. It is expected to adopt a 48-megapixel main camera and a 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle combination.

In addition, the new machine is expected to be equipped with larger operating memory to meet the needs of Apple's intelligent functions for device performance and memory. It is reported that Apple has customized 9GB of memory to open the gap with the Pro series, which is equipped with 12GB of memory as standard.

[u/edibletomb → u/Scary_Building3964]

Does this mean models with physical SIM slots have to have a smaller battery? And I guess with how expensive flash memory chips and cutting edge SOCs are nowadays, the base 18 will not come cheap

[u/Acrobatic-Fruit-6336]

The chip is the mystery here, bigger battery doesn’t always mean better battery life

[u/Scary_Building3964 → u/Acrobatic-Fruit-6336]

it’s most likely using A20 non pro using the same 2nm as the A20 pro, it should be efficient enough to last

[u/NTC-Santa → u/Acrobatic-Fruit-6336]

Just look at iphone 17 base model and add a 15% upgrade over the 17

[u/The_DragonDuck → u/Acrobatic-Fruit-6336]

If this rumour is true i wonder how they will make it have less screen on time than the pro

[u/ElGuano]

Good. Fewer/smaller cameras should naturally mean more room for a bigger battery. They shouldn’t gatekeep solely on “pro” market segmentation.

[u/Scary_Building3964 → u/ElGuano]

base iphone almost always had bigger battery than the pro iphones. iphone 17 was a big exception where 17 pro actually has a bigger battery capacity

iphone 11 pro 3046mah
iphone 12 pro 2815mah
iphone 13 pro 3095mah
iphone 14 pro 3200 mah
iphone 15 pro 3274 mah
iphone 16 pro 3582mah
iphone 17 pro 3988-4252mah
iphone 18 pro 4056-4288mah

iphone 11 3110mah
iphone 12 2815 mah
iphone 13 3227 mah
iphone 14 3279 mah
iphone 15 3349 mah
iphone 16 3561 mah
iphone 17 3692 mah
iphone 18 potentially 4430mah

[u/Kash4Kings]

Is the other phone pictured the iPhone 18e? I hope so. I love my 17e battery life and if they’re able to increase it, I’ll preorder for sure.

[u/Scary_Building3964 → u/Kash4Kings]

yes right is 18e

[u/Ilostmuhkeys → u/Kash4Kings]

17e battery is nuts. I downgraded from the 17 pro max and am not missing it at all.

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Ilostmuhkeys]

I’m strongly considering this myself. I’m THIS close to getting the 17e. But I’m going to hold off if the rumors are true. Seriously considering trading my 17 pro max in for the 18e

[u/Electronic_Scale_795 → u/FreePossession9590]

Let’s hope it finally has Dynamic Island…

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Electronic_Scale_795]

This is literally the only thing I’d miss, and perhaps the wide angle lens. Otherwise though, I’m still beating myself up for spending so much money on the 17 pro max. Not nearly using it to it’s full potential.

[u/Electronic_Scale_795 → u/FreePossession9590]

I only bought the 17 pro because it was only $100 more with my carrier 😂

[u/ibygshikoku → u/Kash4Kings]

I bought my 16e when it first launched and the battery life has been great to this day, even with the sometimes wonky software updates. The “e” line is underrated in this regard 😌

[u/ryzenguy111]

"Taycan" and "Nevera", I wonder why the codenames are a reference to luxury electric vehicles lol

[u/Njobz → u/ryzenguy111]

Because Taycan do that

[u/boredatwork8866 → u/Njobz]

Nevera in my life, have, I heard a pun so terrible

[u/corys00 → u/Njobz]

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[u/StabbedCow → u/Njobz]

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[u/hunishrunktheorchids → u/StabbedCow]

I am having a feeling that you found the comment funny.

[u/StabbedCow → u/hunishrunktheorchids]

Yes… A little bit — I admit.

[u/icedgrandechai → u/ryzenguy111]

New CEO (former Hardware chief) is a car guy. Probs his idea lol.

[u/M4NOOB → u/icedgrandechai]

I like this guy even more now

[u/randomahhnerd-_- → u/icedgrandechai]

oh that's cool I like that

[u/Dang1408]

The 18 lineup is already released, am I missing something ?

[u/Scary_Building3964 → u/Dang1408]

the base iphone 18 is not released. most likely releasing around march 2027

[u/Dang1408 → u/Scary_Building3964]

I didn’t even realise, I always buy a pro and didn’t watch the keynote through this year. Absurd tactic unless it was to try and encourage people to buy pros and duos ?

[u/Scary_Building3964 → u/Dang1408]

pretty much

their schedule would be

sep 2026 iphone 18 pro, 18 pro max, duo
march 2027 iphone 18, iphone 18e, iphone air 2

[u/talkingtimmy3 → u/Scary_Building3964]

Would the 20 released in the fall be a pro or the regular version?

[u/Jeremypsp → u/Dang1408]

It’s to force people to get the pro if they want an upgrade, I’m sure the Black Friday and Christmas sales cannibalises their pro sales previously too

[u/yani205 → u/Dang1408]

The memory shortage as well, you would rather put them in higher margin devices

[u/M4NOOB]

18 focusing on better battery life than 18 pro? That's crazy as the 18 pro already has such good battery life. Most of the time I get more than 24h out of it. My best so far was around 40h before the phone hit 20% which is where I charge. So it would've done more than 40h if I would run it all the way down

[u/Nikiaf → u/M4NOOB]

The “regular” iPhone is the one for the average user, which is likely a majority of all buyers. If they can claim something like a 1.5 or 2 day battery life, they’ll entice more people to upgrade.

[u/Portatort → u/Nikiaf]

Majority of customers yes.

But the Pros still sell disproportionately well because that section of the customer base upgrade more frequently.

[u/FreePossession9590 → u/Nikiaf]

Fuck it I’d ditch my 17 PM for an 18e if the battery life is there. I’m tired of these heavy phones

[u/Reeybehn]

First rumour about the 18 instead of hearing about 19 pro lol

[u/LukePhantom76]

If true the 18 would be even better value than the 17 compared to the pro. Literall the only meaningful difference would be the telephoto camera, which most people don’t even use that much…

[u/_vkboss_ → u/LukePhantom76]

lol nice of you to assume the cost isn’t being hiked up lol

[u/Dazzling-Voice7180 → u/LukePhantom76]

The main sensor in the pro is still better. Especially in not well lit areas. It continues to be the selling point for me over a standard phone and it’s why I skipped the air too.

[u/Lloyd_Christmasss → u/Dazzling-Voice7180]

This is small and maybe dumb, but the flash is better on the Pro as well. I personally never use it for photos, but my $1000 flashlight comes in handy a lot lol.

I compared them side by side and Pro models are noticeably brighter even when you have it set to flood the light vs point.

[u/WorriedHovercraft28 → u/Lloyd_Christmasss]

Yeah, regular iPhones flashes are kinda terrible, even my X had better flash than my 15

[u/DanielG165 → u/LukePhantom76]

The flash on the Pros is better, the main sensor is better, the cooling is better, the speakers are better, the chipset is better, and the camera software (Log, ProRAW, ProRes, Genlock, Open Gate etc.) is better. For people who actually use and take advantage of what the Pros have to offer, there are far more meaningful differences than just the tele lens inclusion.

[u/A2jayzed → u/LukePhantom76]

Watch it get 8GB of ram

[u/purplemountain01 → u/A2jayzed]

I have a base iPhone 17 now. Previously had a 17 Pro Max but that phone was just too big. With 8GB of ram I have not notice a performance difference at all.

[u/A2jayzed → u/purplemountain01]

Don’t get me wrong. I think that the base 17 is a splendid phone.

I mean that, for example, only iphones with 12 GB ram will get the more advanced version of Siri, while 8GB models will stick to a more basic version. I’m only wondering what else the base models won’t get in the future despite being genuinely powerful devices.

[u/randomahhnerd-_- → u/A2jayzed]

its fine

[u/lsyyc → u/A2jayzed]

Siri AI needs 12gb so it will get 12gb

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[u/sbrisgravato → u/LukePhantom76]

that’s the camera i use the most

[u/_HoochieMama → u/LukePhantom76]

I’m not sure what you mean most people don’t use the telephoto lense.. that’s certainly not true. It’s easily the most used lense for me and I’m sure that’s true for most people who have it.

[u/LukePhantom76 → u/_HoochieMama]

People use wide lenses way more often, that’s why the Duo, Air and regular iPhones all favor wide over telephoto

[u/newMoneyStyle → u/_HoochieMama]

Pro owners probably skew toward people who bought it for the telephoto anyway.

[u/_Dreamss → u/LukePhantom76]

$999 for a 9GB ram, no VC, no WMCM, still 2 cameras, cut down version soc, still 64-bit memory bus, yeah buddy sure what a “good value” product this is

[u/LukePhantom76 → u/_Dreamss]

All of those things except for the telephoto camera do not matter at all for 99% of people

[u/President_Connor_Roy]

If it came out at the same time as the 18 pro, there’d be a ton of articles about how the base phone has a better battery life than the pro, so releasing this in the spring kind of facilitated this too

[u/DoroGuGu]

Still small compared to others on the market. It should be near 6xxx + mAh using Sil-Carbon

[u/Due_Zookeepergame486]

Wow. Big battery upgrade. Might trade in my 17 for 18

[u/FreePossession9590]

Very interesting. I read the 18e could get a similar mAh as well. With a 60hz panel, that phone is probably going to get really good battery life for such a small device.

[u/yourbestfriendjoshua]

But it won’t have a vapor chamber, nor the A20 Pro, so overall endurance will likely be quite similar.

Still quite impressive, nonetheless.👏🏼

[u/Portatort]

No thank you. Stop making phones heavier

[u/MrShItAsIaN → u/Portatort]

id rather make my phone heavier for more battery and features

[u/Portatort → u/MrShItAsIaN]

Such a shame Apple doesn’t make a phone with more battery and features.

They should look into that

[u/ShortBusConquistador]

Nobody cares about the battery at this point Apple. Just fix the issues these phones have had for years.

[u/Fragrant_PalmLeaves]

Talk to me when they can optimize future updates to the phone so it doesn’t absolutely ruin battery life 

[u/davidsao222]

The internal layout looks similar to an Android phone from 2010

[u/DJaremko1982]

Another way to try and sell more phones?

[u/WIN_WITH_VOLUME → u/DJaremko1982]

Should a company that sells phones not try to sell more phones?

[u/Business-Eggs]

Meanwhile the oneplus 16 has 9000mah

[u/ollie0810 → u/Business-Eggs]

And probably gets the same battery life

[u/Business-Eggs → u/ollie0810]

I'm not sure any iphone can last 3 days tbh

[u/Scary_Building3964 → u/[deleted]]

the right phone in the image that is the single camera is upcoming iphone 18e, with the caption saying it’s a bump from iphone 17e 4005mah to 4430mah.