Apple’s standard iPhone 18 and lower-cost iPhone 18e will both feature 6.3-inch displays and use the same battery, according to the leaker known as “Fixed Focus Digital.”
In a new post on Weibo, the leaker shared a side-by-side, annotated diagram of the phones’ alleged internals, labeled “Taycan” for the iPhone 18 and “Nevera” for the iPhone 18e. Fixed Focus Digital said the diagram was already circulating online and largely matched what their sources had said. They pointed to the battery as an example of the interchangeable parts they had previously described.
The diagram annotations list a 4,430 mAh battery for both models. This would be an increase of about 21% compared to 3,671 mAh for the standard iPhone 18 and about 11% compared to 4,005 mAh for the iPhone 18e. The notes attribute the extra space in the standard model to changes to the bottom speaker and haptic motor. The diagram also shows two rear cameras on the standard iPhone 18, including an Ultra Wide camera, and a single rear camera on the iPhone 18e, just like previous models.
A 6.3-inch display would be a notable step up from the iPhone 17e’s 6.1-inch screen. Fellow Weibo leaker “Digital Chat Station” had previously said that the iPhone 18e would retain a 6.12-inch 60Hz OLED display, along with a single 48-megapixel rear camera and a potential upgrade to the front-facing camera. The same source expects the standard iPhone 18 to retain its 6.3-inch display with up to 120Hz refresh rate, along with a larger battery.
In an earlier post, Fixed Focus Digital said that a new chip was the only iPhone 18e update they could confirm at that time, and suggested that the two models would share some manufacturing processes.
Digital Chat Station expects the iPhone 18e to feature Apple’s 2nm A20 chip, compared to the 3nm A19 in the iPhone 17e. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple’s low-end Spring 2027 iPhones will pair the A20 chip with 9GB of RAM, up from 8GB. Both models are also said to feature Apple’s C2 modem, which would replace the Snapdragon X80 in the iPhone 17 and the C1X in the iPhone 17e.
The iPhone 18e is expected to launch in spring 2027 alongside the standard iPhone 18 and the second-generation iPhone Air. The iPhone 17e launched at $599 with 256GB of storage, and it’s unclear whether it will get a price increase like other iPhone models.
