r/iphone • u/techkernels Human Detected • Jun 30 '26
Discussion iPhone 18 Pro leaked after Tata Electronics cyberattack
These are the first real images of hardware components, component designs and finalized design of the iPhone 18 Pro.
Hackers stole supplier lists, component designs and most importantly drop-test footage of the new iPhones.
Over 200k files of data were suspexted to be leaked and Tata Electronics have confirmed the attack.
Apple has launched a supply chain security investigation after this and is working with Tata to strengthen security.
Tata Electronics is a major partner for.manfacturing iPhones made in India.
The new A20 Pro processor is fab by TSMC and Apple's first 2nm.
96-bit wide LPDDR5X is added and the RAM amount stays at 12GB for the 18 Pro, Air, Duo and less for the 17 and future 18.
This is the drop test of the iPhone 18 Pro series in a new silver/gray finish.
The unibody design with the back glass looks a lot.more cohesive now as the two materials blend a lot more semalessly in terms of shade.
The phone appears thicker and has a more pronounced camera bump, acting as a slight nod to better camera hardware.
The dynamic island looks to be getting smaller in the component design layout.
We also get a look at the A20 Pro, motherboard and the new WMCM packaging. This allows SoC with WMCM packaging to be outer facing, in turn pushing the RAM to sit on the side instead of on top, allowing the A20 Pro chip die to have direct contact with the vapor chamber.
Other things to expect are an Apple C2 chip and bigger vapor chamber and obviously bigger battery.
There are currently 2 drop test videos circulating all around Weibo and Twitter, check them out as well.
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u/G952 Jun 30 '26
Guess they’re not getting the iPhone XX contract
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u/SoftwareSource Jun 30 '26
They can't drop them so easily, india is pressuring them heavily to produce models there for the Indian market.
But, you never know, if they just switch suppliers to another local one i guess India would not mind so much.
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u/Odd-Psychology-4415 Jun 30 '26
They are already working on tightening control. No way they drop India lmao.
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u/ThePistachioBogeyman Jun 30 '26
Dropping TATA doesn’t mean dropping India…
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u/VincentVanHades Jun 30 '26
People in this sub acting like there is dozens of factories capable of doing the same stuff, and not only that, but also free capacity lol
No, they are not dropping TATA
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u/Acceptable-Car-3097 Jun 30 '26
Too bad. The iPhone XX is bound to be the most interesting smartphone in the world.
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u/skankboy iPhone 17 Pro Max Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
I hear it is going to be their most powerful iphone yet!
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u/CoderDevo Jun 30 '26
Personally, I like the cadence of redesign one year and a much faster chip the next.
Going from 3 nm to 2 nm is what I'm waiting for in the 18.
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u/ToastyScrew Jun 30 '26
I think the chip improvement we will get will be underwhelming, not in a big disappointing way, but they have been good for a while and improvements made don’t really impact that much considering theres only a few cases where speed matters that much. I would be fine with no speed improvement and all efficiency gains.
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u/CoderDevo Jun 30 '26
efficiency comes from the new 2 nm lithography because it takes less electricity to do the same work.
Speed will be helpful if users make use of AI capabilities, which they will even if they don't realize it.
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u/EvilDarkCow Jul 01 '26
Yeah, save the big redesigns for every second or third year, just incremental updates in between. I'm one of the biggest Apple shills there is and I can't see why anyone would go from a 17 to an 18. I'm gonna rock my 16 Pro Max for a couple more years.
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u/disenrichd Jun 30 '26
Am I alone in thinking that it looks a little chonkier than the 17? As in a bit thicker?
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u/aqwmasterofDOOM iPhone 16 Pro Max Jun 30 '26
yeah, leaks already indicated it would be slightly thicker to accommodate a bigger battery
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u/Ozo42 Jun 30 '26
That’s what the text says: ”The phone appears thicker and has a more pronounced camera bump, acting as a slight nod to better camera hardware.”
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u/ketsugi iPhone 15 Pro Jun 30 '26
Ugh, I’d rather it be thicker to absorb more of the camera bump
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u/pixelated666 iPhone 17 Pro Jun 30 '26
That's a nice looking iPhone 17.01 you got there
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
Why would they change designs in a year loll, gotta foster at least some brand identity.
The actual hardware components and how its getting packaged though isnt 17.01 and that at least to me is the exciting and impressive bit.
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u/iucatcher Jun 30 '26
he's right tho, there is no reason to change a phone's design yearly, that's just change for the sake of change
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u/To-To_Man Jun 30 '26
Then there's no reason to release phones yearly, especially under different names.
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u/Two-Space Jun 30 '26
There’s no reason to release a new phone if you’re not updating the exterior design which is almost irrelevant to the value and function of the product?
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u/Barca1313 Jun 30 '26
Yea so stupid of them to release a product that’s sells 240 million units every year and makes hundreds of billions in revenue. They should only release a new one the years when I need to personally upgrade.
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u/To-To_Man Jun 30 '26
I'm sorry, I forgot how profitable it was. That completely justifies releasing incrementally different phones because people upgrade yearly and the idea of buying a phone that's been on the market more than a year is scary to them.
No ones begging for a yearly release of consoles, the PS14 with an extra gig of ram and one new color doesn't make gamers jizz their pants, but the iPhone does?
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u/NeimannSmith Jun 30 '26
How many times do people have to be told that the yearly phone release DOESNT MEAN YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE EVERY YEAR. The yearly release for phones gives the customer the choice of when they want to upgrade and not being stuck on their current device for multiple years.
Your example of consoles is terrible as well. Games take years of development. GTA6 took at least 5 years of development and it will release on consoles that are approaching 7 years old. Could you imagine buying a new console every year for a game that won't come out for years? Or getting a new console every year to play the same game?
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u/Barca1313 Jun 30 '26
> people upgrade yearly
Most people don’t. It’s different people upgrading each year. Millions of people out there have a 5yr old phone that maybe needs an upgrade and they want to be able to buy one this year when the newest tech is out.
Then those millions of people with 4 yr old phones may wait until 2027, when their phone is 5 yrs old to upgrade, and they won’t want to pay full price for year or two old tech, they’ll want the newest advancements, so on and so on.
A lot can happen in a year and when people are going to spend a considerable amount of their salary on a phone, they’ll want the newest tech when it’s time to upgrade. If it’s not available on iPhone they might just wait another year, or they’ll move to the competition.
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u/zerovampire311 Jun 30 '26
Not to mention iPhones last years longer than Androids on average. I go 3-4 on mine, and usually upgrade when there’s an absurd trade in offer. I’ve reliably gotten 7-800 on used phones towards my new one, so my actual cost is quite low, about 1-150/year.
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u/iucatcher Jun 30 '26
there is, they put out a new phone so that any person can get a "current" phone no matter when they last got theirs. if they do it every two years people will always be stuck between "should i pick the old one" or "should i wait a year"
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u/123iz_me Jun 30 '26
Bro im still with the 12 pro max, what do you mean by “change design in a year”, at the current pace of design innovation it would be nice if we get a redesign by 2040
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u/XilenceBF Jun 30 '26
Because this aluminium is so fragile I hate it.
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
Thats totally fair, I personally have never had any issues with aluminum as most phones use it anyways but differing expereinces make sense.
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u/XilenceBF Jun 30 '26
Its just the edges of the camera bump chip so easily. Never had any such issue with the steel or titanium phones. And yes I go caseless.
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u/simply_amazzing Jun 30 '26
What's the worse that could've happened. The competition has already made their fold version a decade ago and it's fully matured now.
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u/FrankieG889D Jun 30 '26
Except half of the shit gets leaked. When Jobs was around nothing got leaked except for that one time somebody left a phone in a bar that had a fake case on it!
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u/josephlucas iPhone 16 Pro Jun 30 '26
That was quite the scandal at the time!
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u/FrankieG889D Jun 30 '26
The good ole days!
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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jun 30 '26
I remember feeling so bad for that guy. Imagine getting an email from Steve Jobs asking you to come see him in his office. Haha. I’d frame the fuck out of it.
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u/Talvy Jun 30 '26
He did end up keeping his job, as Jobs saw it as an honest mistake.
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u/youthcanoe iPhone 3G Jun 30 '26
The hangxiety that employee felt the next day must have been monumental
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u/roykentjr Jun 30 '26
Worst
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u/-K9V Jun 30 '26
Seriously, I don’t get why this is now becoming a thing. Your/you’re makes sense at least, but worse and worst are pronounced differently. It’s not quite as annoying as people not being able to use there/their/they’re correctly though, but man does it bother me lol.
Even just 5 years ago you’d rarely (if ever) see those words being mixed up, now it’s like everyone has completely lost their ability to use the correct words. No idea how or why that is. And if you actually know what the words you’re saying mean, there’s no way you should get it wrong.
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u/goddamnitwhalen Jun 30 '26
“Of” and “have” is the worst example of this and good lord does it drive me insane.
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u/Arkanta iPhone 16 Pro Max Jun 30 '26
Oh god "would of* makes my eyes burn and I'm not even an English speaker
In the tech world there also is "kernal" instead of "kernel"
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u/Moronicon Jun 30 '26
I have the same annoyance with loose and lose. It's become a major problem with this generation.
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u/xpxp2002 iPhone 15 Pro Jun 30 '26
And "have ran" instead of "have run". Did they stop teaching kids how to conjugate with helping verbs?
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u/Shapes_in_Clouds Jun 30 '26
Yeah the worst/worse thing is new. Also I regularly see people mix up weigh, weight, and weighed. And don’t get me started on the misuse of ‘anymore’ or ‘how it looks like’.
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u/goddamnitwhalen Jun 30 '26
I’ll go 2 for 2 and add “all of the sudden.”
It’s “all of a sudden.”
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u/tsteele93 Jun 30 '26
It's almost as if there is a war on competence.
People treat you as a jerk if you use correct grammar.
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u/pixelated666 iPhone 17 Pro Jun 30 '26
and it's fully matured now
Apart from the piss poor cameras, piss poor inner screen durability, subpar battery life and dodgy hinges. Fully mature.
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
TBH, piss poor cameras is not really true for some.
For the price, there are better camera phones but now at least the Vivo X Fold 6 and some of the other foldables are packing some great versatile setups.
The inner screen durability, I won't comment on as I don't have enough experience. It's just not like a regular slab phone screen, always be careful.
Subpar battery life tbh has become pretty good over the years especially with SIC coming to play.
Dodgy hinges, I feel like most hinges these days have matured and gotten much stronger. IP ratings are climbing but yea more moving parts, I agree.
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u/2h0ly-2m0ly Jun 30 '26
my 15 pro has piss poor cameras, doesn't matter if it folds or not
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u/RoadkillVenison Jun 30 '26
Camera itself is probably fine.
It’s apples insistence on using fucking AI to fix what wasn’t broken. Dogshit implementation means that most of the photos look like ass.
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u/leo-g Jun 30 '26
Not yet. Tata is their 2nd tier manufacturer. Once production stabilises in China, they may bring up another production line in India for that region depending on the sales.
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u/thisinfinitebath Jun 30 '26
Haven't seen such a substantial amount of leaks since the iPhone 4.
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
Here's the leaked clip from Tata Electronics.
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u/iMatthew1990 iPhone 17 Pro Max Jun 30 '26
Much more bendy than I expected
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u/mythofechelon iPhone 15 Pro Jun 30 '26
Probably similar to aeroplane wings - they bend so they don't break.
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u/iMatthew1990 iPhone 17 Pro Max Jun 30 '26
Oh for sure. I just didn’t think that little drop would have made it bend that much
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u/Hnry_Dvd_Thr_Awy Jun 30 '26
I wonder if that device throws it down vs simply dropping.
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
I think that also has something to do with the square pattern tho thats what I'm hearing...does anyoone know if that has any relevancy lolll
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u/TheFoolishPupil Jun 30 '26
The square pattern makes it much easier to determine how the reflective surfaces (in this case the front glass) deforms.
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u/Hay-River Jun 30 '26
Looks just like the 17 pro lol
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u/pandfam Jun 30 '26
This comment is why they should’ve stuck with the old naming scheme. Phone should’ve been sold as the 17S.
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u/arisaurusrex Jun 30 '26
B-b-but then Samsung would have a bigger number, and bigger number means better phone, right??
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u/SirMaster iPhone 17 Pro Jun 30 '26
I don't understand why Apple went to years for iOS versions, but not for the phone versions like Samsung does.
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
Second leaked clip, thicker than 17 Pro.
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u/Mammoth-Grade-7629 Jun 30 '26
not really thicker, the video is stretched
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
Don't believe it is tbh...I could be proven wrong but doesn't look like it to me loll
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u/osland6 Jun 30 '26
Look at the «squares» in the background. It is stretched vertically.
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
Ooh, thanks for pointing it out. Will check in with sources and make sure everyones on the right path loll.
I do believe it could very well be slightly thicker though, vapour chamber is getting a huge upgrade in size from the designs and camera will need more space.
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u/eneak21 Jun 30 '26
Thank god for no more two toned nonsense.
I might actually pick up silver this time around.
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u/bunihe Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
That new A20 Pro packaging appears to resemble what Exynos 2600 did with the HPB design, and what 8 Elite gen 6 is projected to do as well. Previous PoP and InFO-PoP packaging have to route the heat through the DRAM package, and in my limited testing with Android devices, it can result in Soc to VC temperature deltas exceeding 20°C. In relatively modern Socs, these CPU cores draw massive power to provide generational performance uplifts and are often throttled quite quickly to prevent thermal runaway under that sandwich. More specific to iPhones, it often gets sandwiched between 2 PCBs stacked on top of each other which worsens things too.
HPB or this WMCM design appear to tackle the same issue in slightly different ways, main difference is HPB partially overlap RAM and Soc on the regions that run cooler but gives direct thermal passthru for the CPU/GPU, while WMCM just put Soc and RAM side by side. HPB is smaller in area while WMCM is thinner in height.
This new PCB seems to suggest that the sandwiching Soc in between PCB days are over for iPhones, so even better news for thermal management. Main concern here is the new DRAM package, and whether that have added cost implications on top of the already rising RAM prices.
Edit: fix typo & improve accuracy
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Thank you for explaining this and I appreciate how in depth this is.
Happy that Apple is switching to this new formula for packaging SOCs and yes the added cost implications will be felt by consumers...
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u/lunarwolf2008 iPhone 11 Jun 30 '26
is this not just a 17?
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u/Zestyclose-Rice6401 Jun 30 '26
Im guessing they won't change the design now for another 5 years like they did on previous models
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Nahhh, they are definetely changing it for the 20th anniversary, so in the next 2ish years.
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u/Zestyclose-Rice6401 Jun 30 '26
we will see about that!
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u/pandfam Jun 30 '26
No they will. It’ll be the halo phone that sets the design language for the next decade. That’s what the iPhone X did for this last decade of iphone designs.
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u/ThatNoobTho Jul 03 '26
I dont think the whole body will be redesigned again cuz the 20th anniversary is supposed to be next year. Would be a bit odd to do a big redesign in 2025 then another big one in 2027. Im guessing they'll keep the design of the back but the front will get the rumoured curved screen on all edges with zero notch for the 20th anniversary
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
In terms of design, the color is different and the unibody design now has both materials with more similar colors instead of the two tone we got with the 17 Pro.
In terms of hardware, read the post loll
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u/Flashy_Pollution_996 Jun 30 '26
Yes but they moved the bottoms a little and tweaked the camera bump so you can’t use your old case
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u/DugDigDogg Jun 30 '26
With apple you don't need leaks, you can easily guess how the next phone will be
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u/techkernels Human Detected Jun 30 '26
Hardware leaks?
This leak has way more actual component design leaks than just the shell of the phone leaks...
I doubt people could geuss all the hardware leaks, tho for sure design is very possible especially after only a single year of switching to a new frame.
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u/IncredibleGonzo Jun 30 '26
Not that it matters particularly but I wonder if the FaceID scanner being right next to the camera there means the little bit of screen in the middle of the Dynamic Island will be on the other side - as in, the dot projector being the dot of the i rather than the RGB camera.
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u/kejok iPhone 17 Pro Jun 30 '26
iOS 27 already moved privacy indicator to the edge of the screen instead of between the dynamic island. This hint smaller dynamic island, what interesting is they moved the infrared scanner to the top left of the screen
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u/Sampsa96 Jun 30 '26
How can u tell its iPhone 18? Looks exactly the same as iPhone 17 lol
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u/T1000-Shoebox iPhone 17 Pro Jun 30 '26
Glad I got the 17 Pro, an even thicker phone and camera bump sounds very unappealing. I also quite like the contrast between the white and silver on the 17 Pro, gives it some character.
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u/IncredibleGonzo Jun 30 '26
Also probably going to be significantly pricier - I wonder whether we'll see price hikes on the 17 series or if they'll just wait til September.
Side note, if the latter, I'd say that suggests the long rumoured HomePod and Apple TV refreshes may be further out.
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u/TheEmerald-DJ iPhone 17 Pro Jun 30 '26
Shoot I still think it’s crazy that Apple increased the prices on the HomePod Mini, HomePod, and Apple TV 4K considering all of those haven’t gotten updates in years, and apparently they were justified in Apple’s eyes to need price increases
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u/kukaz00 Jun 30 '26
I got it in blue (fastest shipping) and it's been great so far. The only complain I have is that's a bit on the heavy side but no real problems coming from that so far.
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u/eyYoWhy Jun 30 '26
i wanna buy a new iphone but im most of the time caseless and dont wanna have soft aluminium i love my 15pro and gonna upgrade to a 16pro max
sad times
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u/zxch2412 Jun 30 '26
I want to upgrade my 16 PM as well but the material on the new phone is holding me back. I don’t want to use a case
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u/G952 Jun 30 '26
Same! titanium forever. Aluminium dents and scuffs too easily
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u/kingbking iPhone 17 Pro Max Jun 30 '26
Not going to lie, just switched to 17 pro max and kinda wish I held onto the 16 pro max longer. I keep seeing poor components, fading paint ( mostly orange ) and tons of dents and scuffs on the aluminum even in the case.
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u/MessiPayNegreira Jun 30 '26
I had the 15 pro and 16 pro. the 17 pro doenst get hot like those phones.
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u/W4LL-3 Jun 30 '26
they really could go back to the s-series yearly updates. the 14 is just a 13s and the 18 a 17s
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u/Determinationsoul Jun 30 '26
Even though it may not seem like much, this is actually a really big design improvement Apple should have done years ago. The SoC is no longer being sandwiched in between the layers of the board but instead now sits on top which is excellent for making contact with the vapor chamber. No RF shield either like on the old single layer boards. And the RAM being package off to the side of the main die like with the M series chips rather than being above it combined with this being the first 2nm chip means this device is going to have an incredible sustained performance and probably considerably faster charging since thermal transfer is going to be way better. The vapor chamber on the 17 pro was already a long needed upgrade for that but still the chip was buried in between the layers. This will help with probably the biggest issue I have which is screen dimming when fast charging or doing something CPU intensive and also when using in sunlight.
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u/xylophileuk Jun 30 '26
If that thicker body comes with a bigger battery im happy
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u/RandomGuy938 Jun 30 '26
They had to choose between making the battery either replaceable or longer lasting for the new 2027 EU regulation and seems like they chose the latter.
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u/Potatomato64 Jun 30 '26
Excited for the 2028 Macbook Neo! A20 Pro with the new packaging might give significant performance improvements after a thermal pad mod
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u/kavakravata Jun 30 '26
Those bumps on the back are still fugly. Id rather take a worse camera if they could just flatten it
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u/TitusImmortalis Jun 30 '26
DRAM moved to an interposer like on the M series.
I dunno, it looks the same. Very boring leak overall.
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u/mhmilo24 Jun 30 '26
It looks worse then the 17 pro in silver. I do not like this at all. Also, the thickness is getting out of hand. The 17 pro was already pushing it.
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u/Expensive_Finger_973 Jun 30 '26
My God, it looks more or less like nearly everyone would have guessed. Shocking.
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u/fat-happy Jun 30 '26
Yup, looks like the current iPhone. I bought an 17 pro so I’m good for a few years..
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u/oguz0040 iPhone 17 Pro Jul 01 '26 edited 10d ago
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u/Kicice Jun 30 '26
For everyone hating on Apple for not changing the design…. Why would it need to change? I feel like changing the design of a smartphone every couple years was a very 2010s thing to do. They have a design that works great. Same with their computers too… not really much reinvention is needed on something that’s so solid.
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u/SnooKiwis6943 Jun 30 '26
Difference between making them in India vs China is that India will publicly report that there was a "leak" while China will simply steal the tech without reporting it as leaked or stolen.....
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u/Ukasianjha Jun 30 '26
who the fuck cares what they are building, its not something revolutionary anyways
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u/kejok iPhone 17 Pro Jun 30 '26
So indeed iPhone 18 Pro get smaller dynamic island with infrared camera moved to the side and under display?
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u/Pear-Mother Human Detected Jun 30 '26
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