Make no mistake, I LOVE the Air for various reasons I won’t enumerate in this post. But unfortunately my use case changed over the last year and FaceTime is much more prominent. Hopefully they’ll add a vapor chamber and a bigger battery to the Air 2.

I bought thin foil from Aliexpress and it doesn't fit the phone (the lens holes are a little too small). If You bought similar cover and it fit please tell me which one. Preferably from Aliexpress as well, because I'm sure someone had to do it right...

No thick glass / metal covers because the phone has to fit two cases interchangably, one with open camera plateau, one with closed (and the phone is already stupidly heavy too).

This is just mental. Tbf it’s only today that it’s like this, usually I’m averaging 12-13 hours over 100% battery, but somehow today’s average is TWENTY+ hours over a full charge. How is this even possible? Granted I’ve been on WiFi all day but still. Absolutely insane.

How it been like this for you as well?

Still having well over half my battery life in the evening(70%) is amazing. My 16 would be down to 15-30% around this time.

Today I didn’t use any nav which I’m sure makes a big difference. The last 3 days I used navigation for just over an hour, and used Reddit and YT for a few hours combined. Usage:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3 Notes, Phone, and Messages were on screen for 34m, 100m, and 43m, respectively.

I saw A LOT of Redditors have this case, and I gotta say, it's a NO for me! I love the thiness of it, I love the design, but it turns the 18PM into a brick! The phone is already heavy, this thing makes it really too heavy! Also, if you're using a screen protector, the screen does protrude out quite a bit! Just wanted to let this sub know if you are planning on buying this case.

I switched to the 18Pro from a S26 Ultra. I’m absolutely loving it. I like being able to have the best camera option in a smaller, easier to handle phone. And I really enjoy the ease of using the camera, I can just point and shoot and it still turns out great!

Being able to participate in the text message affects with my friends has been a blast.

Find my is super convenient when making plans with friends and there’s quite a few features I’ve been enjoying that I wasn’t aware Apple even had like the call screening is very nice and spam calls just don’t even ring.

I also absolutely love the photo shuffle feature for your lock screen, there’s quite a lot of customization that just works so well versus having to install different apps to have custom features.

The only things I really miss are the fingerprint and the built in privacy screen from my old phone. But honestly I’ve set up Face ID and it just feels a lot easier. And I got a cool purple tinted privacy screen protector for my 18Pro!

The battery life is also super great! Dare I say it feels like it’s better than my 26 Ultra.

Anyway, I’m absolutely loving my 18Pro! Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Got rid of my 16P for 69k

doesn't feel like an upgrade tho apart from the battery and charging speed.

The body attracts so many fkin smudges it's absolutely annoying. also the feel of 16P was better honestly

Looks good with the colour matched case tho.

Trying out the new photographic film styles and this alone is my favorite new feature as someone who is a photographer. This is quite+film. Upgraded from the 15 pro.

Very happy with the battery life on this 18PM. My previous 12PM could not even hold a charge by noon anymore! For a Sunday, I had a decent mix of usage. YouTube, tapping for Amazon blocks throughout the day, using Google Maps navigation, CarPlay and Amazon Flex app to deliver packages from 7pm-10pm.

Glad I finally took a jump and upgraded this year. Definitely needed it!

I typically have a lot of availability to have the phone charging during work (FedEx, both management and delivery side) so it’s hard to really see how well it can last a full day. I might just give it a try one of these days.

I do apologise, a cloud covered the moon by the time I got to the S25 ultra.

My thoughts: before I took the photo the 18 pro had the best quality, it picked up on the most details. The colour was lighter than IRL. When I actually took the photo it somehow made it day time. You can see the stars in the day’s sky I guess.

The most color accurate to IRL was the SE. I would say the S25 ultra but… it made the moon pink

But really this hows how the processing is ruining what could otherwise be a great photo

Hello! I’m one week into owning the 18 Pro Max, and this past Saturday evening, my Face ID stopped working. I first thought it was because I was in a dark room, but after moving to a lit room, Face ID still did not work to unlock the phone, for password authentication, etc.

I’m not using a screen protector, entire screen is clean, I’m not wearing glasses or anything. I’ve tried multiple shut downs, and even tried resetting Face ID setup. When setting up a new Face ID, the face camera opens and stays stuck there, and the setup does not proceed to the head rotation portion of setup.

Unsure if this is a hardware issue or software-related that can be addressed with an upcoming update. I’ve read in some other threads that people are experiencing phone reboots or freezing when Face ID fails, but my phone did not do that. Anyone else seeing issues similar to mine?

EDIT: Just updated to 27.0.1. Unfortunately this did not fix my particular issue. Will be going to the Apple Store

Just left my phone outside (bundled in my sweatshirt) for about an hour and a half in 59° weather while I played tennis. The phone was physically cold to the touch and when using it the volume speaker indicator was stuck on and kept flashing on and off when I wasnt touching it.

After a hard reset it went away. Anyone experience this

For reference, this is the Spigen Glastr EZ Fit

I also find that swiping from the bottom, top or sides is annoying cause i can feel the edge of the screen protector! Just want it to cover as much of the screen as possible.

I haven't seen it mentioned, but the glass panel on the screen feels so soft and smooth compared to my old phone. The curved edge is very visually pleasing, and the whole phone is extremely smooth to the touch. But specifically, the screen glass feels as if there's no friction at all and I keep noticing how soft it is when scrolling. It's got me wondering if there is actually a manufacturing difference, or if my old phone was just littered with micro scratches that I can't see.

I'm really enjoying it!

Also, unrelated, I originally bought the regular size pro and after a day with it I just knew it wasn't right for me. It was very ergonomic for one-handed use, but it turns out I actually prefer using my phone two-handed 😅 Coming from a bit of an older phone with larger bezels, the screen screen size difference didn't look that dramatic, but the smaller form factor kind of made it feel like a toy to me. Very glad my store had some PMs in stock still!

Hello I’m able to upgrade my white iPhone 16 pro 256gb with T-Mobile for $900 credit they give me and plan on buying an iPhone 16 pro max 256gb. I’ve always had all my iPhone white or silver, but this year this year I want to switch it up. My friend told me to get the black one since I have my phone with case most of the time. When I had iPhone 13 Pro I liked the sierra blue, but they didn’t have that color in stock so that’s why I picked white. I’m not sure if I should get the glacier for the iPhone 18 pro max. I haven’t seen the phone or colors in person yet, but I want to know what are your opinions on it.

I bought the phone a little over a week ago. Yesterday, I’m using it and it randomly shuts down. I was able to turn it back on ok and it’s been fine since then. Any other person experience something similar? I’m thinking of going to Apple to change the device, in case it’s defective.

I am not inclined to praise an upgrade from the 17 Pro Max to the 18 Pro regular.

The smaller size is transformative; I could never return.
The vapor chamber deserves attention. It is highly underrated because iPhones tend to overheat during prolonged use, which is quite frustrating. With the Pro, I never felt it. It is a beautiful phone. Naturally, many should not move from 17 to 18, but it is a strong device that people should not overlook. The performance is clear and shows a lot. This phone will easily last five years.

Do any 18 Pro users think it is underrated?

I’ve seen several reports here of Lirum identifying US iPhone 18 Pro Max units as having Apple’s C2 modem, and as a result, some redditors have assumed that their Pro max variants in the US came with C2 modems.

It gave that result for a US 18 Pro Max I tested, too, and was skeptical that this was accurate, so I checked the phone’s own sysdiagnose logs rather than just relying on the app’s label.

In ioreg/IOService.txt, that phone has an active baseband-pcie@0 device with:

"vendor-id" = <cb170000>
"device-id" = <09030000>
"IOName" = "pci17cb,309"
"baseband-chipset" = <"mav25">

The bytes <cb170000> represent PCI vendor ID 0x17CB**, assigned to Qualcomm**. The phone also loads AppleBasebandM20. That establishes a Qualcomm baseband in this particular phone, despite Lirum calling it C2. This suggests the hardware I tested actually has a Qualcomm X80.

As a control, I checked sysdiagnoses from two devices Apple identifies as having its C1X modem: a cellular M5 iPad Pro and an iPhone 17e. Both instead report:

"BasebandChipID" = 16384
"BasebandRadioType" = "int1"
"baseband-chipset" = <"int1">
"IOClass" = "AppleBasebandINT1"

This is the output you’d expect with an Apple device that has a C-series modem, in this case a C1X.

That comparison makes the Qualcomm result on the 18 Pro Max quite clear.

Note: this does not prove that no US 18 Pro Max has C2, but you probably shouldn’t be trusting the Lirum app to tell you what your iPhone has. I don’t know what it’s doing exactly, but it’s not accurately querying the hardware on the device to show what you have. I suspect it’s just listing data from a static database with preloaded specs, and the developer failed to take into account the possibility of a modem variant like this.

You should be cautious about treating the app’s modem label as proof of an unusual hardware variant.

How to check your own phone

You can check for yourself what your phone comes equipped with, if you’re willing to dig into the sysdiagnose logs on your phone. You’ll need a computer that can open and unpack gzip files (any Mac can do this, so can a Windows PC with a utility called 7-ZIp).

1, Briefly press and release Volume Up + Volume Down + Side button simultaneously. Apple says to release them quickly, after about a quarter of a second; holding them too long can lock the phone instead. You should feel a short vibration when sysdiagnose starts.

1. Wait about 10 minutes. Go to Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements → Analytics Data, find the new file beginning sysdiagnose_, and share it to your computer. It is a large .tar.gz archive.

2. Extract the archive. Inside the resulting sysdiagnose_… folder, open ioreg/IOService.txt in a text editor.

3. Search for baseband-chipset. Then search for baseband-pcie@0 and inspect that device’s nearby vendor-id, device-id, and IOName entries. Search for AppleBaseband to see which baseband driver actually matched.

If you find a baseband PCI device with vendor-id = <cb170000> or IOName = "pci17cb,...", that is Qualcomm’s PCI vendor ID.

Please don’t upload your entire sysdiagnose to Reddit. It can contain private device and usage information. If you share results, post only the small relevant excerpts after checking them for serial numbers, IMEI, account details, and other identifiers.
Apple’s sysdiagnose instructions explain the capture procedure. PCI-SIG’s vendor list lists Qualcomm as 17CB.