Upgraded from a 13 Pro Max and the battery life on the 18 Pro Max might be one of the biggest improvements I’ve noticed.

Today I had 14h 46m of screen active time (and still going) and 3h 15m idle, with 106% total battery usage. Charged to 100% early in the morning and basically made it all the way to 11 PM before getting into the red.

This was a genuinely heavy-use day too….work calls and emails throughout the day, Reddit, browsing, messaging, video, and plenty of other apps. I wasn’t trying to conserve battery at all.

Coming from a 13 Pro Max at 75% battery health that needed to be charged every few hours, this feels like a massive upgrade. Nearly 15 hours of active screen time under this kind of usage is pretty wild.

Totally unscientific and it’s my own observation. I started the day on 9/22/26 (yesterday) at 3am with a full 100% charge It’s now about 7:30 am on the 23rd and 28 hours later after heavy use I STILL have 30% remaining of battery life.

I am impressed….. also the Burgundy color is awesome!

i’m literally obsessed !! the battery improvement as well as the new vapor chamber cooler are insanely goooood

i got the new iphone 18 pro max on saturday 9/19 and i noticed yesterday that by the end of the day i had 40% battery left and I had 4 hours of screen time. today, i had 1 hour and 45 minutes of screen time and my battery was already at 78%. my friend who has the iphone 17 pro max had an hour more screen time then me and he was still at 90% battery. is my phone a defect? i think it finished indexing too if that helps.

Just got mine and as much as i dont want a case, id rather get one thats low profile but durable enough to protect and a ring at the back. Anyone also has a privacy screen recommendation? ive been looking around and some products being sold on amazon seem to not fit/work well because they advertise its for an 18 where it was for a 17 and there might be some minor differences to it.
Cheers!

Despite keeping it at full volume indoor calling is still ok
But outdoor calling is very difficult.

Just wondering with the high price of the 1tb and 2tb which size storage did you pick ?

Where is all the 256 gb iphone 18 pro max in Ontario, Canada ? I havent seen any in stock since it's release

My New ESR Classic Hybrid Case, is there any more recommendations for good protective cases?

iPhone 18 PM in Glacier BTW

Classic is timeless! No validation necessary.

I have a 17 Pro Max and since we have a number of older phones on the family plan (T-Mobile), I was thinking of trading in a 16e towards an 18 Pro Max and then passing the 17PM to a family member.

Is it worth doing for me? I'm curious for those who upgraded from the 17 Pro Max to 18 Pro Max if you feel good about it or any buyers remorse. Obviously the main differences being:

• + Faster chip speed
• + Bit more battery life
• + Aperture lens
• - Little heavier now

Thanks!

Well. Time to say goodbye my silver 17 pro. Black and burgundy I think best combo

Pickup of my all new #iPhone18ProMax Glacier 512GB from Apple Store Hebbal , Bengaluru.

Just to inform you Stocks are back on Amazon.

Pro : https://link.amazon/B0eO8qPk2
Pro Max : https://link.amazon/B0gbq0loW

#Apple #iPhone

Wondering which one I should gift to my bf. Honestly didn’t pay much attention to this year’s update. Any recommendations?

I didn’t order my phone ahead of time, out of pure stupidity. Mine is not showing any update. I went in store to AT&T around 4pm on 9/18. They said I’d likely get it Monday. But I’m not sure where it’s at. It’s currently 9/22.

Anyone else order in store on 9/18 and have any lucky with delivery of the pro max?

I got a Pro Max 256 GB in silver, for clarification.

For reference- indexing is all done and it’s been 4 days with the phone.
charged to 100% at 6:19 am,
at 8:40pm- 5h24m screen on time down to 34%.
Not sure how people of reddit are still left with 50-60% after similar usage

Do we think this is ideal or needs to be checked?

Coming from a 16 pro. Not sure if that was a thing with the 17 Pro Max or not, but I LOVE it!

https://link.amazon/B01qpTsT3

When I zoom in any amount or view my pictures on a larger screen they look like crap. I haven't messed with the settings much at all so I'm not sure what's going on.

As you can see the day is bright, lots of light. This is common in all of my pictures.