iPhone 18 rumors suggest a bigger battery, higher price next year

After Apple raised iPhone prices before this year, a new rumor claims it plans to initiate the basis iPhone 18 alongside a higher price, too. A Weibo article from leaker Digital Chat Station, spotted by 9to5Mac, says the basis iPhone 18 is getting a brace upgrades alongside the cost hike, including a larger power division and a new 2-nanometer A20 chip. However, it reportedly won’t have the smaller Dynamic Island featured on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

The basis iPhone 18 wasn’t included in Apple’s autumn iPhone initiate event, but Digital Chat Station claims it volition attain first next year, in row alongside previous reports. It’s rumored to initiate alongside a second-gen iPhone Air and the iPhone 18e, which Digital Chat Station additionally mentions.

The leaker doesn’t define how much the iPhone 18’s cost power addition compared to its predecessor. All of Apple’s old models, including the iPhone 17, got a $100 cost hike in September. Google and Samsung have additionally raised phone prices by the identical amount complete the former year, driven by shortages of RAM and another components. Earlier this week, Apple reported record-breaking iPhone sales, notwithstanding the higher prices.