Discussion - iPhone 18 Pro Max teardown confirms its battery, and exposes a fragile flaw

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TuGa121
TuGa121
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• 1h ago

"Three of the four phones iFixit opened took damage at the same step."

That's a flaw? Lol, now this is funny. How about taking it to Apple, let them deal with it, and maybe then iFixit wouldn't have broken it? It's very simple—has anyone ever heard of AppleCare insurance? Clickbait or stupidity? I'm glad this is how you pick on Apple since there is nothing else to pick on. Look how low someone has to go to pick on a perfect device—amazing.

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p51d007
p51d007
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• 1h ago

Apple will drop the variable aperture in the next generation or two because they won't see the benefit, versus the risk, versus the COST of having something that difficult to manufacture.

Plus, most people using phones as cameras have NO CLUE how to use a variable aperture, much less the benefit of such a TINY image sensor on getting a realistic bokeh anyway. They snap 1,202,349 selfies & photos of food they are eating, so the background bokeh isn't a concern anyway. LOL, they don't even know what bokeh is. It amazes me that the tech of such a SUPER TINY image sensor is able to squeak out as good of a photo as they do. About the only real advantage of 200mp on a tiny sensor is if you snap a photo, then zoom in, crop the photo. You won't lose as much detail.

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Brewski
Brewski
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• 50m ago
↵TuGa121 said:

"Three of the four phones iFixit opened took damage at the same step."

That's a flaw? Lol, now this is funny. How about taking it to Apple, let them deal with it, and maybe then iFixit wouldn't have broken it? It's very simple—has anyone ever heard of AppleCare insurance? Clickbait or stupidity? I'm glad this is how you pick on Apple since there is nothing else to pick on. Look how low someone has to go to pick on a perfect device—amazing.

Oh, you must have missed the part where a phone with the PRO branding only has a 4,000mAh battery...

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TuGa121
TuGa121
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• 48m ago
↵Brewski said:

Oh, you must have missed the part where a phone with the PRO branding only has a 4,000mAh battery...

It doesn't matter the new chip is incredibly efficient when paired with the new M16 display. You must have missed that part.

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Brewski
Brewski
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• 44m ago
↵TuGa121 said:

It doesn't matter the new chip is incredibly efficient when paired with the new M16 display. You must have missed that part.

It doesn't matter how fuel efficient your car is, having a bigger gas tank is a good thing. Just keep making excuses

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TuGa121
TuGa121
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• 41m ago
↵Brewski said:

It doesn't matter how fuel efficient your car is, having a bigger gas tank is a good thing. Just keep making excuses

That is true having a bigger tank, but the iPhone 18 Pro is only an hour behind the 17 Pro Max in battery life, which is incredible given how legendary the 17 Pro Max's battery performance was.

Allow me to provide the link for reference. Despite the smaller battery, a mere one-hour difference in performance is quite impressive.👇

https://www.phonearena.com/news/I-tested-Apples-iPhone-18-Pro-battery-claim-against-the-iPhone-17-Pro-Max_id183474

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Brewski
Brewski
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• 34m ago
↵TuGa121 said:

That is true having a bigger tank, but the iPhone 18 Pro is only an hour behind the 17 Pro Max in battery life, which is incredible given how legendary the 17 Pro Max's battery performance was.

Allow me to provide the link for reference. Despite the smaller battery, a mere one-hour difference in performance is quite impressive.👇

https://www.phonearena.com/news/I-tested-Apples-iPhone-18-Pro-battery-claim-against-the-iPhone-17-Pro-Max_id183474

Yes, also I read that article. Apple claimed the 18 Pro "delivers the same great all-day battery life as iPhone 17 Pro Max".


Spoiler; it does not.

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