A leaked diagram suggests Apple's iPhone 18e will use the same 6.3-inch screen size and the same 4,430 mAh battery as the standard iPhone 18, which would make the two phones close cousins.
The claim comes from the Weibo leaker Fixed Focus Digital, who posted an annotated side-by-side of purported internals labeled "Taycan" for the iPhone 18 and "Nevera" for the 18e. The leaker said the diagram was already circulating online and broadly matched what their sources had told them. The 4,430 mAh figure (milliamp-hours, a measure of battery capacity) would be about 21% above 3,671 mAh and about 11% above 4,005 mAh, the earlier numbers cited for the standard and e models. The notes credit changes to the bottom speaker and the haptic engine, the vibration motor, for the extra room in the standard model. The diagram also shows two rear cameras on the iPhone 18, including an Ultra Wide, and one on the 18e.
Not every leak lines up. Another Weibo leaker, Digital Chat Station, previously said the 18e would keep a 6.12-inch OLED display at 60Hz (the screen redraws 60 times a second) with a single 48-megapixel rear camera and a possible front camera upgrade. The same source expects the standard iPhone 18 to stay at 6.3 inches, with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. Both claims cannot be right about the 18e screen.
Other rumors point the same direction. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said the lower-end spring 2027 iPhones will pair the A20 chip with 9GB of RAM, up from 8GB. Both models are also rumored to get Apple's C2 modem, replacing the Snapdragon X80 in the iPhone 17 and the C1X in the 17e. The 18e is expected alongside the standard iPhone 18 and the second-generation iPhone Air in spring 2027.
The battery is the most believable detail here, since it rests on specific numbers and a leaker who said the diagram matched their own sources. The screen is the weakest. Shared parts are the cheapest way to build two phones, and if the chip, modem, and battery all match, the camera setup and possibly the refresh rate become the main differences. That leaves price. The iPhone 17e launched at $599 with 256GB of storage, and it is unclear whether the 18e will get an increase like other iPhone models.