Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e smartphones have now been tipped to feature larger batteries via alleged automated X-ray inspection (AXI) images circulating online.
Here’s more about the update.
iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e – Battery and Design Details Tipped
As per the images reposted by Apple leaker Littertree66 on Baidu Tieba’s Qualcomm forum on November 5, the devices carrying the codenames ‘Taycan (V67 K)’ and ‘Nevera (V69)’ are said to belong to the vanilla iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e, respectively.
Speaking more, both images show the upper and lower logic boards in identical positions, along with the same battery footprint and matching MagSafe coils.
Alleged iPhone 18 X-ray image
The alleged iPhone 18’s battery capacity is said to increase from 3671mAh (iPhone 17‘s Battery) to 4430mAh, described as an increase of approximately 20%. Since the changes involve removing the physical SIM tray, this figure may apply to the eSIM-only variant. Notably, the 3671mAh baseline mentioned in the annotation is slightly below the 3692mAh capacity listed by Apple for the iPhone 17.
On the camera side, the Taycan image shows two rear cameras labelled ‘Super Wide Camera’ and ‘Wide Camera’, where the latter is said to be physically smaller than the previous generation’s, while the sensor resolution is said to remain unchanged. A component labelled ‘BG1 Array’ is also present below the cameras and is suggested to be associated with connecting the second camera.
Coming to the iPhone 18e, the Nevera image mentions that it adopts the internal design of Taycan, or the standard iPhone 18. Its battery capacity is tipped to increase from the iPhone 17e’s rated 4005mAh to the same 4430mAh, described as an increase of approximately 10%.
On the other hand, the alleged iPhone 18e image shows a single camera labelled ‘Wide’, which can be seen placed below where the iPhone 18’s Super Wide camera sits. Comparing this with the iPhone 18’s image, the place occupied by the second camera and BG1 Array appears to have a plastic filler on the iPhone 18e.
About their launch, rumours suggest that the vanilla iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e may break their cover together in the first quarter of 2027.
Stay tuned for more updates.
