iPhone 18 Leak On Battery, Cameras And MagSafe: X-ray Shows iPhone 18e Shares Same Specs

The Apple spring lineup might be getting a quiet shake-up as per some leaked X-ray images. However, it has sowed some confusion too. According to AXI scans circulating on Chinese social media and reposted by known leaker Littertree66, the upcoming iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e appear to share nearly identical internals, right down to the logic board layout, battery footprint, and MagSafe coils. If accurate, Apple may be streamlining both phones around one shared design, with camera hardware doing most of the heavy lifting to tell them apart. However, what will separate the two? After all iPhone 18 will cost more than iPhone 18e and buyers will need some differentiator to pay more for the standard model. Here's what the leaked scans reveal.

iPhone 18 Leak: What The X-Ray Images Show

The images, codenamed Taycan (for the iPhone 18) and Nevera (for the iPhone 18e), reveal matching north and south logic boards along with an identical battery footprint across both units. 

On Taycan, annotations suggest removing the physical SIM tray freed up space for a larger battery, while the bottom speaker and haptic motor reportedly shift from a long, narrow shape to a wider one. Together, these changes are said to push battery capacity from 3,671 mAh to 4,430 mAh, roughly a 20% jump, likely tied to eSIM-only variants. 

The wide camera module also appears physically smaller than before, though resolution seemingly stays the same, with a component labelled “BG1 Array” sitting beneath the rear cameras, likely tied to the second lens.

Nevera, representing the iPhone 18e, is said to borrow Taycan’s design outright, raising its battery from 4,005 mAh to the same 4,430 mAh, around a 10% bump.

However, it reportedly sticks to a single rear “Wide” camera, with the space Taycan reserves for its second camera and BG1 array instead filled with what’s presumed to be plastic filler.

The leaker claims both phones will include a Dynamic Island and a steel-encased battery, and speculates that the shared build could finally bring Camera Control to the iPhone 18e.

iPhone 18 vs iPhone 18e: What's The Difference?

Since both logic boards appear nearly identical, it’s suggested Apple might differentiate the two simply by excluding the U2 ultra-wideband chip from the iPhone 18e.

That said, none of this is confirmed. The images carry an OpenAI watermark, likely from translating the diagrams into Chinese, and the original poster has acknowledged they may not be genuine.

The units could also be pre-production hardware, meaning final retail specs may still shift before launch in Spring 2027.