Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in September. The devices will have a lot in common, but the latest leak suggests that the Pro Max model will take an even bigger step forward in regards to battery life. According to new filings in a Chinese regulatory database , it appears that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will be equipped with a 5,567mAh battery in the U.S., while the iPhone 18 Pro will seemingly have a 4,288mAh battery. It is no surprise the Pro Max has a larger battery, but its year-over-year gains in battery life look to be particularly significant this year. If the leaked capacities are accurate, the iPhone 18 Pro Max would have nearly a 10% larger battery compared to the iPhone 17 Pro Max, while the size of the iPhone 18 Pro's battery would only increase by less than 1% over the iPhone 17 Pro. It was previously rumored that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will be thicker than the iPhone 18 Pro . If so, that might be to accommodate the larger battery. In some years, the Pro Max gets some camera features before the Pro , but that is not expected to be the case this year. The main 48-megapixel Fusion camera is rumored to get variable aperture on both the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. Of course, the Pro Max will remain larger and heavier than the Pro, but the devices should be identical beyond that and the bigger gap in battery life. Related Roundup: iPhone 18 Pro This article, " Here's How the iPhone 18 Pro Max Will Compare to the iPhone 18 Pro " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple is doing it again, it is coming late to the party. But it will eventually dominate AI because of how it thinks about users and about use cases where rivals consider only technical issues. Hopefully this is just a beta issue, but this Siri AI error comes up a lot. Even when testing the betas of Siri AI on the same or similar devices, everyone at AppleInsider is having different experiences. For instance, I found that in the first developer beta on both the Mac and the iPhone , Siri AI could be staggeringly irritating and sometimes no better than the old Siri. With the third developer beta of macOS Golden Gate , Siri AI would sometimes just abandon any request I make of it, but was always fine for everyone else. Across all of the betas, though, we are all finding that there are things Siri AI can do that are exceptional, and better than its rivals. Those irritations will surely be fixed before the public release, too. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
New Chinese regulatory certification filings appear to confirm the battery capacities of Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max models. According to new filings in China's C3 database, spotted by the leaker known as " Digital Chat Station " on Weibo, the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ is seemingly rated for 4,056mAh in China and 4,288mAh in the U.S., up modestly from the iPhone 17 Pro 's 3,988mAh and 4,252mAh. The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max shows a bigger jump, rated for 5,391mAh in China and 5,567mAh in the U.S., compared with 4,823mAh and 5,088mAh on the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max, an increase of nearly 500mAh. ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ China China Difference U.S. U.S. Difference iPhone 16 Pro 3,582mAh +308mAh 3,582mAh +308mAh ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ 3,988mAh +406mAh 4,252mAh +670mAh ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ 4,056mAh +68mAh 4,288mAh +36mAh ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max China China Difference U.S. U.S. Difference ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro Max 4,685mAh +244mAh 4,685mAh +244mAh ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max 4,823mAh +138mAh 5,088mAh +403mAh ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max 5,391mAh +568mAh 5,567mAh +479mAh The devices in the filings are not directly named the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, but are highly likely to relate to these models. The China and U.S. capacities differ because Apple has continued to include a SIM tray on iPhones sold outside the United States, while U.S. models have been eSIM only since the iPhone 14 lineup. Without a physical tray taking up internal space, Apple can fit a slightly larger battery into the U.S. version of each device. The certification listings cover battery models S2232 and S2233 for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and 2235L/2235 and 2236L/2236 for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, and also show rated energy figures of up to 21.751Wh and a 4.520V charge limit voltage, and list all four batteries as valid through May or June 2031. The numbers line up with Digital Chat Station's report from June , which gave identical figures for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌. In a separate post the same day, Digital Chat Station said supply chain information from months earlier had already pointed to the China model landing in the "5,000mAh" range , and suggested that a 5391mAh cell paired with the 2nm A20 Pro chip could deliver a noticeable battery life improvement. The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models are rumored to feature a smaller Dynamic Island , a variable aperture main camera , the C2 modem outside of the U.S. , and more. The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max are expected to launch in September alongside Apple's first foldable iPhone. Related Roundup: iPhone 18 Pro This article, " iPhone 18 Pro Battery Capacities Revealed by Regulatory Filings " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
