The iPhone 18 Pro may be faster but it also comes with a potential battery downgrade
Two different leaks appear to reveal the performance of Apple's new A20 chips and the new batteries in the iPhone 18 Pro.
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have been released, but several details remain unknown, such as battery capacity and the A20 Pro chipset's performance advantage over the A19 series. Two leaks have provided some insights: a Geekbench listing and Apple's press release. The Geekbench results suggest the A20 Pro is around 25% faster than the A19, with higher memory bandwidth and faster processing.
Apple claims a 50% increase in memory bandwidth and 40% improvement in performance over the A19 Pro. However, these improvements may not be as significant as advertised. Despite the potential 1.7% increase in battery size for the iPhone 18 Pro and a 12% increase for the Pro Max, the overall battery life improvements are likely due to the A20 chipset's efficiency gains.
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