Apple

Feb 7, 2024BF3F-0051Never settled

Majin Bu: iPhone 16 Pro Max battery shape goes rectangular

The iPhone 16 Pro Max will switch from an L-shaped battery to a rectangular battery.

Leaker Majin Bu reported that the iPhone 16 Pro Max would move from the L-shaped battery on earlier Pro Max models to a standard rectangular battery.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe iPhone 16 Pro Max will switch from an L-shaped battery to a rectangular battery.
  2. Who said it, and whenMajin Bu reported it on Feb 7, 2024 in MacRumors.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 16 Pro Max was announced on Sep 9, 2024, 215 days after this report. From our product record · source
  4. The verdict, and whyNever settledThe company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.Why: Apple does not publish the internal battery-cell shape in its launch materials, so the claimed L-shaped-to-rectangular battery redesign is unresolved.
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Moving target
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Never settled
The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.
Not comparable
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No outcome yet
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Moving target
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Reported by
Majin Bu
We read it in
MacRumors
Product
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max · reported as “iPhone 16 Pro Max”
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The story of this report

  1. Feb 7, 2024Majin Bu reported it · MacRumors
  2. Sep 9, 2024Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max was announced · from our product record
  3. VerdictNever settledWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Majin Bu · Leaker

9 reports in the Reporting Record. The one we have checked held up. The other 8 are not part of that number: 4 never settled, 1 not comparable, 3 no outcome yet.

Every report from Majin Bu

What we know now

Other reports about Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

9 reports about Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max from 4 sources. Of the 6 we have checked, 6 held up.

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Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max report turn out to be true?
Never settled. The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this. Apple does not publish the internal battery-cell shape in its launch materials, so the claimed L-shaped-to-rectangular battery redesign is unresolved.
Who reported it first?
Majin Bu reported it on Feb 7, 2024 in MacRumors.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 215 days before Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max was announced on Sep 9, 2024.