Apple Rates iPhone 18 Pro Battery on the eSIM-Only Model: The Bracket Behind 36 and 45 Hours

The two battery figures everyone is quoting this week, up to 36 hours of video playback on the iPhone 18 Pro and up to 45 hours on the Pro Max, arrive in Apple’s press release with a qualifier in brackets: eSIM-only model. Apple sells an eSIM-only iPhone 18 Pro in 12 named markets. In the rest of the launch map the phone still has a SIM tray, and...