iPhone 18 Pro Details Purportedly Leaked By Verizon's AI Assistant
A series of screenshots shared with MacRumors today seemingly show Verizon's AI chat assistant answering detailed questions about the iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, just hours before Apple's announcement event. The screenshots were shared privately with MacRumors by X user " mehrtosh ," who says the responses came from the "Ask Verizon" AI assistant built into the carrier's app.…
Verizon's AI chat assistant allegedly revealed details about the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, hours before Apple's big announcement event. According to screenshots shared privately with MacRumors, the assistant stated that the iPhone 18 Pro Max features the same variable aperture main camera lens as the iPhone 18 Pro, which allows for better low-light photography and sharper group photos.
The iPhone 18 Pro Max also gets an advanced Sensor-shift OIS for improved video stabilization and a larger main sensor for better detail and light capture. The assistant further claimed that the iPhone 18 Pro Max boasts a 48MP telephoto camera with up to 10x optical zoom, a significant upgrade from the 8x zoom on the iPhone 18 Pro.
Additionally, the chatbot suggested that the iPhone 18 Pro Max comes with 16GB of RAM, compared to 12GB on the iPhone 18 Pro. The base prices of $1,099.99 for the iPhone 18 Pro and $1,199.99 for the iPhone 18 Pro Max were also reported by the assistant, which matches the current starting prices of the iPhone 17 Pro. However, the color names provided by the AI assistant, such as Titanium Gray, Titanium White, and Titanium Black, seem to be incorrect, as recent leaks have pointed to Dark Cherry, Silver, and Sky Blue.
This raises doubts about the authenticity of the leaked information, as it might have been pulled from outdated or unrelated training data. The assistant also made other plausible claims, such as the iPhone 18 Pro having a 6.3-inch Super Retina XDR display, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max sports a 6.9-inch display. Both models are expected to offer long battery life and feature a triple-lens rear camera system, with the main camera equipped with a 48MP sensor, variable aperture, and Sensor-shift OIS.
Both devices will support ProRAW and ProRes video recording and are powered by the A20 Pro chip. However, these claims cannot be independently verified, and the chatbot's apparent hallucination of plausible but false information suggests that the leaked details should be treated with skepticism rather than taken as a legitimate leak.
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