iPhone 18 Pro Max Rumored to Deliver Next-Level Battery Life

[MRSugarD]

It's not that big of a jump from 5088 mAh to 5100/5200. It's barely a change. It's still welcomed nonetheless.

 

[metalsiren]

How about better battery technology? Where are all these amazing batteries articles were written about years ago that never saw the light of day? Is that the one technology we can never evolve?

I was thinking the exact same thing, and one of techs that looks promising is Solid State Batteries - but again until it's IN a consumer device who knows.

 

[GIZBUG]

Sadly I hear this hype and excitement prior to each phone launch…..and always disappointed on actual results

 

[SmugMaverick]

Liquid @ss destroyed my iPhone 15 Pro battery, it's been utterly TRASH since September.

I just don't trust apple when it comes to battery life marketing, it is massively overrated by tech media.

 

[Ja50n]

Nvidia’s 2080 Super was called a “game changer” for its 10% performance uplift. This battery is called “next level” for a 1% capacity increase. Tech journalists, please, stop with the hyperbole!

 

[Jett0516]

Me not carrying around a brick 🧱

 

[dantay]

Bigger, thicker device with better battery life……wow! How about a thinner, lighter device with new super advanced “Pro Grade” Silicon Carbide battery tech? You can even act like you came up with it Apple. I am so so bored of a 5 year wait for tech other manufacturers have had for ages.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Bigger battery means it will weigh more.

It sounds like Apple is heading in the opposite direction than in the Air.

What a great way to make people buy the under-selling iPhone Air! Make the Pro heavier and the Air looks much more attractive!

 

[azentropy]

Sure. IMO it is pretty disappointing we haven't had significant phone battery breakthroughs. Yes phones do more than they used to, but I used to be able to get 5-7 days out of my StarTECs! (not actual talk time though)

 

[Reeneman]

A new battery technology like Motorola and a lot of Chinese phone manufacturers are using, this would be a nice change.

 

[hugogogo2003]

It's already so heavy. I hope they use new battery technology on the Air 2 and I will switch from 17 Pro Max.

 

[tipoo]

I hope the M6 OLED redesign Macbook Pros also have these Silicon Carbon batteries, which go from something like 60wh per liter to 90wh per liter, a big gain that can also be thinner and lighter at the same time.

 

[drober30]

Who needs a longer battery than whats already available? Yes, always welcomed but making the phone thicker to accommodate it is going in the opposite direction of progress.

I use my iPhone Air all throughout the day and the battery last all day.

 

[drober30]

It's already so heavy. I hope they use new battery technology on the Air 2 and I will switch from 17 Pro Max.

I did, absolutely love the size/weight of the phone; however, the camera sucks!

My wife and kids still comment when I hand over my phone, they say its like a fake display model...lol

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Just reading about the One Plus 15 -- One Plus 15 weighs 20g less than an iPhone 17 Pro Max and has a 7300mAh SC battery in it and can charge at 80W! How is only 5500mAh in a heavier device "next level"?

 

[Artemiz]

It lasts 2 days but will still take 2 days to charge.

If you charged with a 5W brick it probably will.

 

[TJccBR]

Can we get a Jet Black finish?

 

[MacsRgr8]

Who. Cares.

It’s been 10 years of the same nonsense hype.

Truth in that…

I upgrade my iPhone every 2 years not really interested in new features, but simply to have a well performing phone all the time.
I was hoping to be impressed with the Photo-button on my 16 Pro… but nah.. it’s more annoying than anything else.
For the rest, the 256 GB of storage is a requirement.

 

[Ctrlos]

If you charged with a 5W brick it probably will.

If I charged with a 20W brick it would. Its time Apple got on the 80W train.

 

[Artemiz]

If I charged with a 20W brick it would. Its time Apple got on the 80W train.

So many downsides to that with one tiny upside to a handful of people maybe.

 

[aknabi]

Don't even need AI to create Tim's post iPhone launch video statement.

"iPhone <% fill in the blank with model being launched %>, improved performance, better camera, longer battery. It's the best iPhone we've ever made and we think you'll love it"

 

[Ctrlos]

completely agree with this.

In this day and age we are still limited with the relatively slow charging with the iPhones. it would be a very "Pro" move to wait your phone to charge half a day. Competition, with the help of SC batteries, are years ahead.

And whilst they would bemoan the theoretical lifespan they could put in ways of making the battery user-replaceable whilst keeping the device IP68 compliant but they (and everybody else) choose not to.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

So many downsides to that with one tiny upside to a handful of people maybe.

The same handful of people who are apparently on a deserted island all day and nowhere near a charger and need 2 days of battery life where most people are fine with the way it is.

 

[jonnyb098]

Why not use this tech to make smaller and lighter phones that get ALL DAY battery life? People have been charging their phones daily for a decade. Is getting 2-3 days out of an iPhone really needed in today's world for any use case other than climbing the Swiss Alps?

Use the tech to make sleek new devices that aren't cinderblocks.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

If I charged with a 20W brick it would. Its time Apple got on the 80W train.

If you charge overnight, who cares?