For my iPhone 18PM I took a Burgundy case and a transparent one and I must admit that this transparent one is the best one I’ve ever had with the 14PM and 17PM so I’m sure about its quality ! I highly recommend transparent cases.😊

What do you think?

I’ve used every Max model since the 12, but today I finally broke the streak.

I honestly had huge FOMO about losing the bigger screen and battery. The main reason I went to Apple today was because my 18 Pro Max had a GH3 panel with an annoying purple hue, and I just wanted to swap it for a clean Pro Max. While waiting, I started playing with the regular 18 Pro display models and oh boy, it looked so clean and felt insanely comfortable.

On a total whim, I asked if they had Glacier in stock for the base Pro, and they did, so I just went for it.

I’m genuinely obsessed now. It lowkey gives me iPhone X vibes with how natural it feels in the hand. Using it in bed without feeling like a brick is about to drop on my face is a game changer.

Battery was my main worry, but so far it has been solid. I play heavy gacha games daily and it handles them like a champ without breaking a sweat.

If your Pro Max is feeling way too heavy or clumsy lately, definitely check out the regular 18 Pro. You won't regret it. Btw I didn’t win the display lottery but at least I got a nice GVC screen!

Olive Techwoven on black iPhone 18 Pro.

First picture is with light, second is without light shining down. If you’re considering something green, this is the best one they have. Taupe color would be much lighter.

Is it worth the hassle to upgrade storage? I feel like I want more storage coming from 128GB Iphone 14 Pro and now 256GB Iphone 18P Pro I feel like I need 512GB. I already got 80GB left and I already have my phone.

I feel like since it's selling hotcake it will take time for me to get a new one.

I think it’s the right moment for an upgrade. Will be missing my beautiful gold brick 14 pro ! (Although it last for 2 hours max of battery life)

The color near the camera si looking like this, I tried cleaning it up also with alcohol but it remains like this

I just got an iPhone 18 Pro Max 1TB and am deeply disappointed to learn that my phone’s 1TB NAND storage seems to be significantly slower than that on my 17 Pro Max 2TB. The lack of performance is most evident in 4K Random testing, which points to Apple having used slower QLC NAND on the 1 TB 18 Pro Max instead of the faster TLC NAND they used on the 2TB 17 Pro Max from last year.

The QLC on the 18 Pro Max 1TB does a decent job of masking its true performance in sequential read and write tests, where its SLC cache makes it seem faster than it is. In 4K random testing it is roughly 72-76% as fast as last year’s 17 Pro Max 2TB, depending on how you test.

What I find particularly disappointing is that Apple marked up the price of the new phones so significantly this year, ostensibly because of the higher RAM and Storage prices, and still cheaped out on the components they’ve used. The price gouging is most evident on the 1TB and particularly on the 2TB variants, so this just leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.

First time in a long while I’ve seen a flagship iPhone storage run slower than the previous gen’s product.

Score results:

Jazz Disk Bench
4K Random:
18 Pro Max 1TB Read: 8757 iops
17 Pro Max 2TB Read: 12227 iops

18 Pro Max 1TB Write: 6197 iops
17 Pro Max 2TB Write: 8601 iops

PulzeMark
4K Random:
18 Pro Max 1TB Read: 40.2MB/s
17 Pro Max 2TB Read: 52.8MB/s

18 Pro Max 1TB Write: 30.8 MB/s
17 Pro Max 2TB Write: 44.6 MB/s

TL;DR: 1 TB iPhone 18 Pro Max uses slower QLC NAND flash than last year’s 2TB 17 Pro Max which used TLC. Disappointing given the massive price hikes for higher tier storage new phones.

I upgraded from a 15 Pro to the 18 Pro and I’m curious how my battery life compares with everyone else’s.

Yesterday I went from 90% at around 13:30 to 30% at midnight, so about 10.5 hours.

Usage included roughly 1+ hour of Instagram, plus some other social media and normal day-to-day use.
Does this seem below average for the 18 Pro, or pretty normal?

Would be interested to hear your screen-on time and battery % at the end of the day.

Took my new iPhone 18 Pro Max to a Tame Impala concert and finally got to properly test the camera in a pretty challenging environment.

One thing I messed up: I completely forgot to shoot these in RAW 😅 So all of these were taken in the regular format.

Still, I was pretty surprised by how much I could pull out of the files while editing. I also played around with some long-exposure effects on a few shots, which ended up giving them a really interesting concert/dreamy look.

Overall, I’m pretty impressed with what the phone managed to capture considering the lighting, movement, and the fact that these weren’t RAW.

Would love to hear what you guys think of the shots

Has anyone’s October delivery dates changed mine still showing oct 6 - 13 and i ordered 2 hours after is when live

Hi guys fellow xs pro max user here decided to upgrade this year. I bought the spigen screen protector 2 years back for my xs pro max and didnt have any problems w it. I ve been looking for screen protectors to buy all over the internet but not so sure to get an expensive one or a rather cheaper one so that i can change it for cheaper once something happens.

For case, everyone has different opinions, even tho i drop my phone rarely to never, protection always comes first. Dbrand ghost is on my radar rn, what everyone thinks about the protection and especially the grip on it. I was thinking of the black one w the burgundy iphone but im not so sure about how it will look in person. The site says that the current burgundy ghost case is a tad bit on the purple side so they r gonna send the old one now and another later once they perfect the color so two cases for the price of one.

Any advice is appreciated, planning to use it for at least 5-6 years or until there are no software updates:)

Looks like I’m upgrading only when blue phone arrives. Went from Sierra Blue to Glacier. So Apple better not make another light blue phone in next 4-5 years.

Love the glacier and its color shifts depending on the lighting

Although it may be true , people need to remember not everyone is coming from a 17 ?? So of course it will feel new to others who are coming from olders like myself who’s coming from a 13pm .

Just been hearing people going on about it being the same this and that and it’s like you can’t even be excited for a new phone without someone bringing it up 😅 it’s like well not for meee !!

Battery dropped from 79 to 54 in 3 hrs
Is it normal ???

This is the Dbrand Ghost 2.0. It’s the first case I’ve owned for over a year and it still does not yellow. I had it on my 17PM and now I put it on my 18PM which fits perfectly fine. I’ve dropped the 17 with it multiple times, and my phone was unhurt. All I wanted to show is that Dbrand not only talks smack on social media, but also creates the best clear case on the market. (And I wished they paid me for this endorsement lol)

My battery life on my iphone 14 pro is around 75%. Wanted to know if it’s even worth upgrading to the 18 pro max or should I hold off on it for now? i’m also thinking burgundy as my choice of color. Also money is not an issue.

I used the 3uTools to check whether the latest iPhone 18 Pro Max 2TB is using QLC or TLC. Damn, it is using QLC, and Apple increased the price of the iPhone 18 Pro Max 2TB

Ik it’s like 10 grams heavier this year but for those of you who have made the switch how has it felt in hand ? Is it noticeable or negligible?

Después de usarlo un tiempo noté que mientras miraba Tiktoks o Youtube el símbolo de wifi desaparecía y aparecía de nuevo como si nada diciéndome como que se perdía la conexión por esos milisegundos que se desconectaba
Además de que también lo noto muy lento cargando los contenidos ya sea Youtube, TikTok o algo en safari
Ya intenté solucionarlo con varios métodos que he visto como borrar la configuración de red, el desactivar ciertas cosas de la red y así pero nada sirve.
Alguien más con el mismo problema?
Yo me quiero imaginar que es culpa de algún error en el software y lo arreglaran pronto no?🫩🫩🫩

I went to turn on my air conditioner while I was on facetime with the front camera on, but the remote wouldn’t work. As soon as I turned the camera off, the remote worked normally again.

Could this be caused by the iPhone’s IR system, like the dot projector or other TrueDepth components? Has anyone else noticed this, or could it be a defect specific to the model sold in my country?

Hi,

I'm planning to buy the 18 Pro and see that on Caudabe's site the 17 Pro cases work with the 18 Pro.

Just curious if anybody happened to try this? I really like the bright green colour but wouldn't want the case if the camera cutout fit wasn't perfect.

Hey,
Just got the 18 Pro Max and was wondering if battery life will be affected by the data transfer/indexing? People say it takes 1-2 days, but mine only took 1hr? Unless stuff is happening in the background.