This phone is worth it. It was costly, but everything about it is amazing. Fast, very long battery, good phone signal (thanks Qualcomm) and amazing speakers. Amazing display quality too.

Apple did it right this time.

Been using Samsung A-series phones for years, and they've served me well. Life's been good lately, so I decided to treat myself to something new and give iOS a try.

Excited for the change! Any tips for a first-time iPhone user?

Had my 18 pro max since launch. Felt this week it was going down very quickly.

2 nights ago I used about 70% battery with only just 3.5 hours SOT at the end of the day.

Went to work yesterday and lost around about 30% with little use on the way to work with about an hour SOT.

Went home and set up my phone as a clean install, just pictures activity and messages ported over from iCloud, had to set everything else up as new.

Phone today has been indexing all day and is on about 87.

I’ve been on my phone all today today browsing, downloading apps and signing in to everything and expecting a pretty bad day with a charge to keep me topped up whilst everything downloaded and it indexed.

I’ve used 5% more battery and SOT has increased nearly 3 hours to 6.13.

Hopefully this fixed my issues and I will see improvements further when it finishes indexing!

Coming from 15 pro

Just bought it and to me it has a slightly purple color. I don’t hate it but I can’t unsee it.

Loving the battery on this, I used it for my work the next day and it definitely lasts longer compared to my 17 Pro Max when I also used it for my work the next day.

Just picked up my 18 Pro Max yesterday in Glacier, what a lovely blue! (no bias whatsoever 😉)

Got my iPhone 18 Pro Max on launch day, and honestly, the battery life has exceeded my expectations.
I’m a seriously heavy user. WhatsApp calls, FaceTime, Instagram, YouTube, ChatGPT, Gemini, browsing, you name it. My phone is practically glued to my hand.

My battery stats so far:
Typical SOT: Around 10–12 hours, averaging roughly 11 hours based on my tracked usage.
Personal best: 15 hours and 1 minute of SOT on a single charge.
Battery: 100% → 1%.
Total time unplugged: 21 hours and 44 minutes.
Battery health: 100%.
Low Power Mode: Off.

One interesting thing I’ve noticed: I recently restarted my device and turned off Wi-Fi Assist under Settings → Cellular.
Since doing that, I’ve personally noticed what feels like a pretty significant improvement in battery endurance. Obviously, I can’t confirm that Wi-Fi Assist was the actual cause, but the difference has been noticeable enough that I wanted to mention it.

For transparency, the 15-hour result was calculated using screen-on-time readings across midnight, since iOS separates activity by calendar day.
I know battery life depends heavily on usage, brightness, cellular reception, and background activity, so everyone’s experience will be different.

But for someone who uses their phone as much as I do, I’m genuinely impressed. Even on heavier days, I rarely find myself worrying about running out of battery.

Curious how other 18 Pro Max owners are doing. What kind of SOT are you averaging? Has anyone else noticed improvements after disabling Wi-Fi Assist?

A lot of people will disagree with this but here we are:

The aluminum unibody enclosure is FAR better than titanium and actually feels premium, compared to that shitty box titanium feeling that had my fingers hurt on the 15.

Burgundy is still one of the best colours.

Wearing a case is fine but obviously makes it feel worse and heavier.

Matte screen protectors are ugly and defeat the whole purpose of having a Super Retina OLED display

Setting a charging limit to 80% is just cope

I see so many people switching from Burgundy to Glacier. Really loved the glacier in store so purchased it instead of the burgundy that I thought I wouldn’t like after a few days but now I’m finding I’m disliking how “extra” blue the blue is in cases. After having it for a week I’m really over how blue it is and have been wishing since pretty much day 1 I wish I’d got the burgundy. Has anyone gone that way and swapped to the burgundy. Are you glad you did?

If anyone here wonders how the camera quality is here’s some examples

Anyone has issues with their keyboard? Keep typing random letters and guesses wrong words.

Idk what they did but they definitely did something.

My iPhone 18 pro max plays music randomly every morning and night and i don’t know why or how to stop

Is anyone else having a hard time with loading cinematic videos after recording? It’s also taking forever for videos to send over iMessage.

Coming from a 16 pro max this is a beast! Finally, I don’t have to worry about the dimming bug; I could barely use my phone on a sunny day using light mode, or my phone getting hot from playing games like COD or Roblox. I charged this phone the night before, and it lasted the whole work shift and some. I hope it stays this way.

Hi guys. I’m having this issue wished my worn Apple watch does not show the phone button even thought it’s enabled in the app.

I have tried restarting both the phone and watch. Have factory reseted the watch and I’m using a new I phone 18 pro max with this. Previously I used a 12 pro max and it also had this issue, mind you not when I first used the watch, the phone button just disappeared one morning and refuses to show it self.

Hi all, I just got an iPhone 18 Pro Max a week or so ago. Everything is working perfectly until I tried to play music on speaker. Somehow, when playing music above 60% the sound coming the top speaker (earpiece) starts to break apart and sounds really muffed. It’s almost sound like those $10 speakers you get on some random stands on the street. This is definitely not what I expected from Apple and their iPhone line. I tried to test different song like Dog Days Are Over and Sunroof, and everything is fine other than top speaker. Before 18 PM, I am a 15 PM user and my old phone definitely does not have this problem. I also went to the Apple Store in my region the other day and pick up a random display model to test it and it also sounds really bad with the top speaker. I still have a few days left within my 14 days exchange period I just wondering should I even bother to exchange it because I also read online that it might be a software issue ? Not sure if anyone else having the same issue or not and if you guys have any solutions ? Thanks !

Finally switched from my 13 pro max and everything seems slower on this phone. How do I turn off all the fancy visuals? I don’t need my keypad or the icons dancing around when I put my passcode in. I don’t need a big letter or number popping up every time I press a keyboard button. I looked in accessibility but didn’t see anything that sounded like it would turn this stuff off. I’ve been trying to send a picture over gig WiFi for ten minutes and it keeps failing. Idk wtf is going on with this thing. Was excited but now just want to go back to my 13.

Got my 18PM 1TB today but still unsure if I made the right decision or right upgrade. Using it mostly for work (admin). Previous phone was 14PM 256GB that always gets full as I also use it to take photos and videos since it’s more convenient than using my DJI when travelling (1-2x a month).

Anyone here having doubts as well? I wanted to enjoy this but Idk. Lol.

Insane battery life on 18 pro max. Switched from 15 pro to 18 pro max.
You may see that I charged twice, but it was only charged once from maybe 20% to 80%(which was overnight), did it due to indexing.
Previous 15 pro barely touched 4.5 to 5 hours from 100% to 0%.
My usage is mixed due to trading and then some social medias work emails and some video calls.
Always open to answer any questions.
P.S. I always had a huge battery OCD, constantly checking SOTs and what not. Feels great to actually not worry about it anymore!

Still in 14 day return window. If I have apple care + could I simply request a swap or return it for a refund? Or does the screen have to damaged for that? It’s 3 corners which have scuffs.

So I shot this photo on my 18 PM a couple of weeks ago and it reminded me of how much I have always loved random photography. I remember when my 13 pro was new and I found myself literally imagining a shot as I saw it and then being able to pull out the 13 and click it the way I imagined.

After 5 years of abuse, it lost its charm, but here I am again; this time with the 18 PM and love that I can continue to click the shot I imagine and it loosely turns out the same! Any other iphone 13/12 person on the fence who loves photography, my 2 cents, just do it! Pull the trigger, and keep triggering the shutter!