{"id":682988,"date":"2026-07-09T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/682988\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:48:09","slug":"iphone-18-pro-maxs-weight-and-thickness-leak-and-its-chunky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/682988\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro Max&#8217;s weight and thickness leak and it&#8217;s chunky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago a rumor doubled down on some previously leaked claims about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_18_pro_to_be_thicker_than_its_predecessor-news-73619.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the iPhone 18 Pro being noticeably thicker<\/a> than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_17_pro-14049.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its predecessor<\/a>, by about 2mm.<\/p>\n<p>Today the prolific leaker who goes by Ice Universe has revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_18_pro_max_5g-14716.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18 Pro Ma<\/a>x&#8217;s weight and thickness, and if these numbers are accurate, it will be a bit chunkier than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_17_pro_max-13964.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last year\u2019s model<\/a>. Apparently, it&#8217;s going to weigh 240g and be 9mm thick.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" alt=\"iPhone 17 Pro Max\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783630089_995_gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><br \/>\niPhone 17 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, note that the iPhone 17 Pro Max weighs 233g and is 8.8mm thick, so the increase isn&#8217;t really as big as previously rumored. If last year&#8217;s model feels fine to you, the upcoming one will too.<\/p>\n<p>But to put things into perspective, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_confirms_galaxy_unpacked_event_for_july_22_wide_foldable_expected-amp-73621.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the upcoming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_z_fold8_fold8_ultra_dummy_units_surface-news-73092.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_z_fold8_will_weigh_less_than_the_galaxy_s26_ultra_-news-73090.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumored to weigh about 201g<\/a> &#8211; and that&#8217;s a folding smartphone. The iPhone 18 Pro Max&#8217;s chunk is most likely related to its increased battery capacity, which is of course always a welcome improvement to see in a new phone release.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_18_pro_iphone_18_pro_max_battery_capacity_3c_certification-news-73603.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent certification<\/a> has revealed that it will have a 5,567 mAh battery in the eSIM-only version, while the model which retains the physical SIM card will have a 5,391 mAh cell. The iPhone 17 Pro Max&#8217;s numbers are 5,088 mAh and 4,823 mAh, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Apple iPhone 17 Pro<\/p>\n<p>Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/5673255066\/R7SFuF16r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a> (in Chinese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few days ago a rumor doubled down on some previously leaked claims about the iPhone 18 Pro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-682988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}