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Jul 7, 2026BF3-0403Never settled

Cult of Mac: iPhone 18 Pro filing shows 4,288mAh

A filing indicates a 4,288mAh battery for an eSIM-only iPhone 18 Pro.

Cult of Mac reported that a regulatory filing lists a 4,288mAh battery for the eSIM-only US iPhone 18 Pro, versus 4,056mAh for the physical-SIM China model.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedA filing indicates a 4,288mAh battery for an eSIM-only iPhone 18 Pro.
  2. Who said it, and whenIt was reported on Jul 7, 2026 in Cult of Mac, and we could not tell who reported it first.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 18 Pro was announced on Sep 9, 2026, 64 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyNever settledThe company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.Why: The eSIM-only half held: Apple lists iPhone 18 Pro as dual eSIM with no physical SIM support. The capacity itself cannot be settled, because Apple publishes video-playback hours and never mAh. What the company published
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Cult of Mac
Product
Apple iPhone 18 Pro · reported as “iPhone 18 Pro”
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The story of this report

  1. Jul 7, 2026This report · Cult of Mac
  2. Sep 9, 2026Android Headlines · reported the same thing
  3. Sep 9, 2026Apple iPhone 18 Pro was announced · official source
  4. VerdictNever settledWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

What we know now

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The same fact, on our roadmap

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  • The US model could carry a 4,288mAh battery · Apple iPhone 18 Pro

    The U.S. model reportedly carries a 4,288mAh battery. China gets 4,056mAh.

Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone 18 Pro report turn out to be true?
Never settled. The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this. The eSIM-only half held: Apple lists iPhone 18 Pro as dual eSIM with no physical SIM support. The capacity itself cannot be settled, because Apple publishes video-playback hours and never mAh.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 64 days before Apple iPhone 18 Pro was announced on Sep 9, 2026.