The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, expected in September 2026, are the subject of many rumors. Here is our comprehensive and compact summary of the most relevant rumors for us.
The iPhone 18 Pro and its widescreen counterpart, the iPhone 18 Pro Max, are Appleโs top-of-the-line smartphones. However, this year they should share the spotlight with the iPhone Fold called iPhone Ultra, which could be unveiled at the same time as the launch in 2027.
What does Apple have in store for us this year for its iPhone 18 Pro? As usual, there are a lot of rumors. If youโre having trouble separating the wheat from the chaff, hereโs a complete, condensed rundown of the most important rumors.
Design: an unexpected evolution
This year, Apple has decided to once again give a slight edge in terms of design to the iPhone 18 Pro. Not only will we discover a unibody design of the 17 Pro, but the Apple brand will also decide to reduce the size of the dynamic island.
What are the dynamics? But if you know, it is a small space at the top of the screen that is used to hide the selfie camera and the infrared camera that is used to unlock the phone. Well, Apple would find a way to miniaturize this tablet by changing the placement of the sensors. The idea was to retain all the excellent software of the dynamic island with its shortcuts and animations, while reducing the portion of the screen taken up when not in use.
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More anecdotally, Apple dropped the color black again this year. This will be the second time this has happened since 2007, the first time referring simply to the iPhone 17 Pro. Some rumors in the hallways suggest red, or even purple, or even burgundy, to once again shock the world with a little bright color, like the aesthetic shock caused by the orange color of the iPhone 17 Pro.
Autonomy: the winning eSIM
When it comes to autonomy, Apple has always had a strange position. Unlike many Chinese brands, the Apple brand is not chasing the capacity of carbon silicon batteries, but is trying to play the card of maximum energy efficiency.
Thus, in the iPhone 18 Pro we will find a relatively modest battery compared to its competitors: 4056 mAh. That would be a modest improvement over the iPhone 17 Proโs 3,998 mAh battery.
Letโs add that, as usual, the eSIM model not available in Europe will benefit from a little more capacity, as its capacity will increase to 4288 mAh compared to 4252 mAh last year. Obviously, the difference in capacity between the US model with a full eSIM and the dual SIM model sold in Europe will be almost 6%.
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As for the iPhone 18 Pro, well-informed source Digital Chat Station often mentions a battery capacity of 5100 to 5200 mAh in the eSIM version and around 5000 mAh in the SIM version. Just juxtaposing it with the S26 Ultra to give a little context.
Performance: A20 Pro will break the 2nm barrier
In terms of performance, the iPhone 17 Pro should feature the new A20 Pro chip, designed by Apple and manufactured on TSMCโs 2nm process. This will therefore be the first Apple Silicon chip to cross this milestone, which should allow it to achieve significant gains in power consumption and therefore potentially improve device autonomy.
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Photo: variable aperture object on the table
As for the subject of the photo, rumors are quite few at the moment. Weโll have to go back to October 2025 to find traces of a fairly significant element. But by definition, rumors that are this far from the release date should be taken with a grain of salt, mind you.
The idea behind this rumor comes from very serious Korean media. ETNewsis that the iPhone 18 Pro will feature a technology that is very popular among photography enthusiasts: variable aperture. More specifically, one of the cameras, likely a wide-angle one, will have a physical opening and closing system that will allow the depth of field to be adjusted at will.
Price and release date
As usual, Apple is expected to announce its new iPhone 18 and 18 Pro during the school conference. This usually occurs on Tuesday or Wednesday in September.
As for the prices, at the moment, no rumor monger has dared to name the price. On the other hand, Apple warned that iPhone, iPad and Mac prices will rise amid a RAM apocalypse that will never end.
Analytics firm TechInsights expects iPhone 18 Pro prices to increase by an average of 234 euros to protect Appleโs sacred profits. This will result in a price of 1,329 euros, compared to 1,099 euros for the iPhone 17 Pro. As for the iPhone 18 Pro Max, if we apply the same increase, this will bring us approximately 1,563 euros, compared to 1,329 euros last year.
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