Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro Max is set to deliver a meaningful jump in battery capacity, according to a new leak reported by MacRumors

An alleged photo of a battery pack intended for the Chinese model of the iPhone 18 Pro Max lists a capacity of 5,391 mAh. That figure represents a nearly 12% increase over the 4,823 mAh battery found in the equivalent Chinese-market iPhone 17 Pro Max. The image, which shows a unit that includes a SIM card tray, was shared on the Korean platform Naver and is said to have originated on the Chinese social media site Weibo.

The same 5,391 mAh capacity previously appeared in a regulatory filing last month, lending additional weight to the claim.

For the U.S. version of the iPhone 18 Pro Max — which lacks a physical SIM tray and therefore has more internal space — the leak points to an even higher capacity of 5,567 mAh. That would mark a nearly 10% year-over-year increase from the 5,088 mAh battery in the U.S. iPhone 17 Pro Max.

By contrast, the smaller iPhone 18 Pro is not expected to see significant battery gains. The U.S. model is reportedly set to use a 4,288 mAh battery, representing less than a 1% increase over the 4,252 mAh unit in the current iPhone 17 Pro. Earlier rumors that the iPhone 18 Pro Max will be thicker than its Pro sibling may help explain the disparity in capacity increases.

Regional differences in battery size stem from Apple’s decision to retain physical SIM trays in certain markets while making U.S. (and some other) models eSIM-only. The extra space freed by removing the tray allows for slightly larger batteries in those configurations. Since the iPhone 17 generation, the list of eSIM-only markets has expanded beyond the United States to include Canada, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and several other countries and territories.

If the leaked figures prove accurate, the iPhone 18 Pro Max should offer noticeably improved battery life when it arrives later this year. As always with unconfirmed rumors, official confirmation will have to wait until Apple’s formal announcement.

MacDailyNews Take: Sold! (Oh, wait, we have to see what the foldable offers first!)

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Após o rumor de que a Apple teria cancelado o desenvolvimento do projeto de um iPhone comemorativo de 20 anos da linha, o jornalista Mark Gurman afirmou em nova publicação na Bloomberg que os planos da empresa para esse suposto futuro aparelho seguem mais do que de pé.

Como ele já havia relatado anteriormente, a ideia da Apple é lançar os modelos Pro do ano que vem (chamados internamente de V73 e V74) com um design majoritariamente de vidro — material que estará tanto na parte frontal quanto na traseira, bem como na lateral, que será curva.

Essa lateral deverá contar com uma faixa metálica adicional para lhe dar suporte — uma adição que teria ocorrido no meio do projeto, depois que a Apple passou a enfrentar problemas na tentativa de conectar os dois painéis de vidro sem qualquer material intermediário.

Em resumo, o roteiro de produtos planejados pela Apple não teria mudado — os iPhones de vidro já estariam em fase avançada de testes e praticamente finalizados — e fontes na empresa afirmaram que ela espera “causar impacto” com a mudança no ano que vem.

Antes desse lançamento, no entanto, a Apple deverá lançar neste ano o primeiro iPhone dobrável (junto aos novos modelos Pro, com visual semelhante aos da geração atual), bem como o “iPhone 18”, o “iPhone Air 2” e o “iPhone 18e” — estes, porém, apenas no início do ano que vem.

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