Leaked iPhone 18, 18e X-Rays Show 4,430 mAh Battery Claim
X-ray images of two unreleased iPhones, posted to a Chinese forum on November 5, point to a 4,430 mAh battery in both the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e. The images are unverified and may show pre-production hardware, so final specifications could differ.
Leaked iPhone 18 and 18e X-ray images posted to a Chinese forum on November 5 suggest both phones use the same 4,430 mAh battery, according to the leaker who shared them. The images are unverified.
A known Apple leaker, Littertree66, reposted the automated X-ray inspection (AXI) scans to Baidu Tieba's Qualcomm forum. The pictures were already circulating on Chinese social media.
What the scans claim
The images carry the codenames Taycan (V67 K) and Nevera (V69). The leaker links them to the standard iPhone 18 and the iPhone 18e, respectively.
Both units show the same internal layout. The north and south logic boards sit in identical positions, and the battery footprint and MagSafe coils match.
Annotations on the Taycan image say removing the physical SIM tray freed space for the battery. They also say the bottom speaker and haptic motor move from a long, narrow design to a wider one.
Together, those changes raise capacity from 3,671 mAh to 4,430 mAh, roughly 20%. That figure likely applies to eSIM-only configurations. The baseline sits slightly below the 3,692 mAh Apple lists for the iPhone 17.
iPhone 18e details
The Nevera image says the iPhone 18e adopts the iPhone 18 design. Its battery rises by roughly 10% from 4,005 mAh, the rated capacity of the iPhone 17e, to the same 4,430 mAh.
It has a single rear camera, labeled "Wide," in the spot where Taycan places its Super Wide camera. The area below it, which holds Taycan's second camera and a component labeled "BG1 Array," is filled by what is presumed to be plastic.
The annotations also say the wide camera module is physically smaller than on the previous iPhone. The sensor resolution appears unchanged.
Speculation and caveats
The poster claims both devices have a Dynamic Island and a steel-encased battery. He suggests the shared enclosure could bring Camera Control to the iPhone 18e.
Because both logic boards share a layout, he speculates that Apple could separate the models by leaving the U2 ultra-wideband chip off the iPhone 18e.
None of this has been independently verified. The images bear an OpenAI watermark, likely because an OpenAI tool was used to translate the diagrams into Chinese. The Tieba post itself notes the scans may not be genuine.
Units scanned at this stage may also be pre-production hardware, so retail specifications may differ.
