iPhone 18 Pro Battery Capacities Allegedly Leaked

Thanks EU for forcing me into buying iPhones with inferior batteries.

Every night when I have 1% battery I thank you for forcing me buying iPhones with a sim tray that I have never ever used.

What would we ever do without you EU

/Swede

I want a sim tray, so who are you to deny me that?

Maybe you should ask Apple why it’s cheaping out on capacity. Chinese phones are now rocking 6-7-8000 mAh batteries without any issues. So take you complaints to Apple not the institution that ensures we still have some options and freedom.

I didn't know there was EU regulation involved. If yes then I'm a bit confused. Surely that would mean that the iPhone Air was banned in the EU? Admittedly I'm a Pro Max user so I don't really follow iPhone Air news that closely (and I feel the same as you about wanting the eSIM-only version in the Pro Max available in my country so that I could get the bigger battery) but I wasn't aware that the iPhone Air is unavailable in the EU so surely, assuming it is available, that means that EU legislation is not the blocker here?

I think China was and maybe still is an issue when it comes to eSIMs. Like I say, I don't follow iPhone Air news but weren't there some issues in the early days of the Air rollout getting it approved in China? Did that ever get resolved? Is the iPhone Air now available in China?

If the Air has successfully negotiated all of various regulatory and political hurdles across the world and is on the market in all of the key Apple sales countries then I'll be a bit surprised if Apple continues with the physical SIM model because I would have thought there would be significant cost savings and logistical efficiencies if the next generation Pro models didn't need to be built in 2 versions with different PCBs, different batteries, different chassis cutouts, different supporting paperwork, additional SKU management etc.

No. Both eSIM and physical SIM phones are available in the EU.

Of course the iPhone Air is available in Europe, and Apple Watches too ( which are eSIM / multiSIM only). It's simply that Apple decided to offer eSIM only phones in certain regions.

It's generally worth taking anything MR commenters say when criticizing the EU with a very large pinch of salt - there's a strong Anti-EU bias amongst certain commenters on here, and a lot of what is said has no basis in reality whatsoever, it's just more "EU bad" grandstanding and dogwhistling.

It's a bad look for MR. to be honest. but I guess the management's logic is "clickbait generates clicks".

Shame they aren't using silicon carbon batteries yet. Imagine an iPhone with a 7,000 battery 😍

Thanks EU for forcing me into buying iPhones with inferior batteries.

Every night when I have 1% battery I thank you for forcing me buying iPhones with a sim tray that I have never ever used.

What would we ever do without you EU

/Swede

???? The EU has in no way forced you to buy an iPhone with a physical sim tray.

If you wanted an iPhone that was eSim only, why didn't you just buy one that didn't have a SIM tray? Don't tell me that the EU stopped you from buying one. It didn't.

For reference. I am sitting at my desk in my apartment in the EU, and my iPhone, which is eSim only, and which was bought in the EU, is charging on my desk in front of me.

Thanks EU for forcing me into buying iPhones with inferior batteries.

Every night when I have 1% battery I thank you for forcing me buying iPhones with a sim tray that I have never ever used.

What would we ever do without you EU

/Swede

There are no EU regulations in this matter. Obviously, you can buy iPhone Air from official EU distribution which has no SIM tray.

That doesn’t justify the removal of the SIM card tray. SIM cards are still one of the most widely used things with smartphones, and fundamental, especially for people who travel outside the US.

Tim Cook likes to cut corners in order to maximize profits. The removal of the SIM card tray is just one of many examples of that.

They aren’t fundamental for travel. eSIM apps that let you pick whatever carrier you want are available. Saily is one if you want to check it out. You can have the sim before you land. Doesn’t get easier.