- Unlocked for any network
- Condition: New, Sealed Box
- Warranty: 12 Months
- 6.3" Super Retina XDR OLED display
- Apple A20 Pro chipset
- 12GB RAM
- Triple rear cameras, led by a 48MP Main camera
- 18MP front camera
- IP68 water resistance
- Fast / Wireless charging
If the iPhone 18 Pro is about precision, the iPhone 18 Pro Max is about scale — it takes the same underlying architecture and gives it more room to breathe. The core story is identical (variable-aperture camera, 2nm A20 Pro chip, re-engineered Dynamic Island), but the larger chassis unlocks the two things size actually buys you: battery life and screen real estate, without asking you to compromise on anything the smaller Pro does well.
The same camera system, but with more thermal and physical headroom. The Pro Max carries the identical triple 48MP array — a 48MP Fusion Main with the six-blade variable aperture (f/1.6–f/4.0), a 48MP Ultra Wide, and a tetraprism 48MP Telephoto reaching a genuinely optical-quality 8x. Because the larger body has more room for heat dissipation and a bigger battery to draw from, the Pro Max is the version built for anyone who shoots long 4K sessions or leans on ProRes video, where sustained performance under load matters more than peak burst speed.
Battery life becomes the headline feature, not a footnote. This is where the Pro Max earns its size. Apple rates it for meaningfully longer typical use than the standard Pro, and it supports rapid top-ups — roughly half a charge in about 15 minutes with a 60W charger. For anyone whose phone is also their camera, GPS, and hotspot for a full day away from an outlet, this is the practical reason to go bigger rather than any camera or chip difference.
A larger canvas for the redesigned interface. The 6.9-inch Super Retina XDR display doesn't just add inches — it changes how the shrunken Dynamic Island and its three-simultaneous-Live-Activity trick actually feel in daily use. More screen real estate means widgets, camera controls, and multitasking gestures all get more breathing room, and the same 3000-nit peak brightness and Ceramic Shield 2 protection carry over at the larger size.
The same durability philosophy, scaled up. Glass front, glass-and-aluminium back, aluminium frame, and IP68 water resistance are unchanged from the Pro — Apple isn't treating the Max as a fragile trade-off for size, but as the same engineering approach stretched across a bigger footprint. It's available in the same four finishes: Black, Silver, Glacier, and Burgundy.
In short: choose the Pro Max not for a different phone, but for a bigger battery, a bigger screen, and slightly more thermal headroom for sustained camera and video work — everything else that makes the 18 Pro line notable carries over untouched.
Specification List
Display
- 6.9" Super Retina XDR OLED, 1320 x 2868 pixels at 460 ppi, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, with Ceramic Shield 2, 120Hz refresh rate, 1000 nits typical brightness, 1600 nits HBM, 3000 nits peak brightness, HDR10, Dolby Vision, anti-reflective coating, and a smaller Dynamic Island
Performance
- Apple A20 Pro chipset (2nm process)
- Hexa-core CPU: 2x Super Cores + 4x Efficiency Cores
- Apple 7-core GPU
- 12GB RAM
Storage
- 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB, no expansion
Camera
- Triple rear cameras, led by a 48MP Main camera with f/1.6–4.0 variable aperture, autofocus and sensor-shift OIS
- 48MP Ultrawide (f/2.2 aperture, autofocus, 120° field of view)
- 48MP Telephoto at 100mm (4x) with 3D sensor-shift OIS and tetraprism design, also enabling a 12MP optical-quality 8x telephoto at 200mm
- 8x optical-quality zoom in, 2x optical zoom out, 16x optical-quality zoom range, digital zoom up to 40x
- 18MP front (selfie) camera
Build & Design
- Glass front, glass and aluminium back, aluminium frame
- Ceramic Shield 2 front
- IP68 dust and water resistance
- Dimensions: 163.4 x 78.0 x 8.75mm, weight 249 grams (8.78 oz)
- Colours: Black, Silver, Glacier, Burgundy
Battery & Charging
- Li-ion battery rated for up to 29 hours of typical use
- Fast charging (approx. 50% in 15 minutes with a 60W charger), wireless charging
Software
- Ships with iOS 27
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi 7, NFC, stereo speakers
- 5G, USB-C
- Face ID facial recognition