Overview
- A new China leak credited to Instant Digital describes a right-side Touch ID power button, a punch‑hole selfie camera with a smaller Dynamic Island, iPad mini‑style button layout, a black camera platform, and a possible white base color.
- Multiple reports suggest a battery above 5,500 mAh—the largest ever in an iPhone—though Apple has not confirmed specifications and capacities cited remain pre‑launch claims.
- Accessory and display supply chatter points to a 5.5‑inch outer screen, an approximately 7.6‑inch inner panel sourced from Samsung Displays with a crease‑free design, around 9.5 mm thickness, and a multi‑camera setup.
- Nikkei Asia reports Apple may split iPhone releases beginning in 2026, putting the foldable and iPhone 18 Pro models in the second half of the year and pushing the standard iPhone 18 to a later window.
- Bloomberg reports Apple is also exploring a smaller clamshell flip design that is still in early development and may never reach the market.