{"id":765124,"date":"2026-09-09T14:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/765124\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:44:10","slug":"iphone-18-pro-details-purportedly-leaked-by-verizons-ai-assistant-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/765124\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro Details Purportedly Leaked By Verizon’s AI Assistant [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

A series of screenshots seemingly show Verizon’s AI chat assistant answering detailed questions about the iPhone 18 Pro<\/a> and \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max, just hours before Apple’s announcement event.<\/p>\n

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The screenshots were shared privately with MacRumors by an X user who says the responses came from the “Ask Verizon” AI assistant built into the carrier’s app. The conversation is timestamped September 8 at 1:48 to 1:52 p.m., the day before Apple’s “Surprise and shine” event. According to the screenshots, the assistant made the following interesting claims about the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c and \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max:<\/p>\n

The \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max features the same variable aperture main camera lens as the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c.
\nVariable aperture lets the lens opening adjust between f\/1.4 and f\/4.0 for better low-light shots, natural bokeh, and sharper group photos.
\nThe \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max gets an “advanced” Sensor-shift OIS for improved low-light video stabilization and a larger main sensor for more detail and light.
\nThe \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max features a 48MP telephoto camera with up to 10x optical zoom, up from 8x on the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c.
\nThe \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max has 16GB of RAM, compared to 12GB on the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c.
\nThe \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c starts at $1,099.99, with the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max starting at $1,199.99.
\nThe \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c comes in four colors: Dark Cherry, Titanium Gray, Titanium White, and Titanium Black.<\/p>\n

Several of these claims sit awkwardly next to what’s already been reported. The pricing the chatbot gave, $1,099.99 for the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c and $1,199.99 for the Pro Max, exactly matches the iPhone 17 Pro<\/a>‘s current starting prices, even though there is a general consensus from analysts that prices will increase this generation.<\/p>\n

The color names are also seem to be incorrect. Recent leaks have pointed to Dark Cherry alongside Silver and Sky Blue, not the “Titanium Gray,” “Titanium White,” and “Titanium Black” names the assistant listed, which more closely resemble the finish names Apple used for the iPhone 15 Pro lineup back in 2023. This clearly raises the possibility that the chatbot pulled outdated or unrelated training data rather than surfacing a genuine leak. The assistant also made a series of more plausible claims:<\/p>\n

The \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c has a 6.3-inch Super Retina XDR display, while the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max has a 6.9-inch display.
\nThe \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max offers longer battery life than the Pro due to its larger size.
\nBoth models feature a triple-lens rear camera system.
\nThe main camera is 48MP with the f\/1.4 to f\/4.0 variable aperture and Sensor-shift OIS.
\nThe ultra wide camera is 48MP, aimed at high-resolution macro and wide shots.
\nBoth models support ProRAW and ProRes video recording.
\nBoth models are powered by the A20 Pro chip.<\/p>\n

We have been unable to independently verify or replicate the exchange, suggesting the chatbot may have since been patched, or that the original screenshots were altered or otherwise inaccurate. Given that, and the fact that AI chatbots are known to hallucinate plausible sounding but false information, the claims should be treated with skepticism rather than as a legitimate leak.<\/p>\n

Update: Verizon tells MacRumors that the alleged leak from the AI chatbot is untrue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A series of screenshots seemingly show Verizon’s AI chat assistant answering detailed questions about the iPhone 18 Pro…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,142893,86,56,54,55,26945],"class_list":["post-765124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-iphone-18-pro","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-verizon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765124","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=765124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}