Is this our first look at the iPhone 12 Max and iPhone 12 Pro battery?

By Oliver Haslam
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iPhone A2431 Battery
iPhone A2431 Battery (Image credit: @smartvenkat95)

What you need to know

  • New images showing a batter have appeared online.
  • The battery was posted for a new Korean safety certification.
  • The battery capacity matches a previous report about iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro batteries.

There was a story last week that mentioned the possibility that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro lineup will feature lower capacity batteries than the iPhone 11 lineup. now, an iPhone battery matching one of those capacities has appeared online and in pictures.

Shared to Twitter, the images come from a Korea Institute of Chemical Convergence Testing page and screenshots outline details about the battery, too.

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The battery, named A2431, is rated at 2775mA and would fit the iPhone 12 Max and iPhone 12 Pro with 6.1-inch screens if all the information we've seen previously is accurate.

The full rundown of expected iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro battery capacities is:

  • Apple iPhone 12 (5.4-inch) – A2471 – 2227mAh
  • Apple iPhone 12 Max (6.1-inch) – A2431 – 2775mAh
  • Apple iPhone 12 Pro (6.1-inch) – A2431 – 2775mAh
  • Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max (6.7-inch) – A2466 – 3687mAh

Apple is expected to announce all four new iPhones in September or October, depending on how badly the production and design stages of development were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We'd expect to see more and more leaks like this as time rolls along, too.

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.

3 Comments
  • So they add 5G, a higher refresh rate screen and drop the size of the battery... Makes sense... Come on Apple.
  • My only guess right now is that Apple is confident in the power management of the A14 SoC. We'll find out soon enough, I s'pose.
  • Those are some highly disappointing battery sizes. Hopefully it turns out to be false or there may be a HTC Thunderbolt battery debacle on their hands.