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Jun 30, 2026BF3-0397Right

ldt: iPhone 18 Pro vapor chamber will be larger

The iPhone 18 Pro will have a larger vapor chamber.

Leaker ldt reported that the iPhone 18 Pro would use a larger vapor chamber than the iPhone 17 Pro, alongside WMCM packaging that moves the DRAM chip next to the A20 Pro processor to help with heat.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe iPhone 18 Pro will have a larger vapor chamber.
  2. Who said it, and whenldt (@madeby_ldt) reported it on Jun 30, 2026 in Android Authority.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 18 Pro was announced on Sep 9, 2026, 71 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyRightIt turned out the way this report said.Why: Apple describes a next-generation vapor chamber with three times the surface area on iPhone 18 Pro, so the larger vapor chamber shipped. What the company published
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Reported by
ldt (@madeby_ldt)
We read it in
Android Authority
Product
Apple iPhone 18 Pro · reported as “iPhone 18 Pro”
Read it at Android Authority

The story of this report

  1. Jun 30, 2026ldt (@madeby_ldt) reported it · Android Authority
  2. Sep 9, 2026Apple iPhone 18 Pro was announced · official source
  3. VerdictRightWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

ldt (@madeby_ldt) · Leaker

3 reports in the Reporting Record. The one we have checked held up. The other 2 are not part of that number: 2 never settled.

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What we know now

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Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone 18 Pro report turn out to be true?
Right. It turned out the way this report said. Apple describes a next-generation vapor chamber with three times the surface area on iPhone 18 Pro, so the larger vapor chamber shipped.
Who reported it first?
ldt (@madeby_ldt) reported it on Jun 30, 2026 in Android Authority.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 71 days before Apple iPhone 18 Pro was announced on Sep 9, 2026.