A double leak reveals Apple’s plans: first images of the iPhone 18 Pro and six new models in 2027

In recent days, on the one hand, the first images attributed to iPhone 18 Pro after a cyber attack on one of the company’s main suppliers. In parallel, a new report assured that the company is preparing the launch of six iPhone models during 2027which would mean an unprecedented expansion of its annual calendar.

The first novelty arose from a ransomware attack suffered by Tataone of Apple’s largest suppliers in India. According to Reutersthe incident led to the leak of more than 200,000 files posted on forums dark webamong which there would be confidential documentation linked to the iPhone 18 Pro.

The documents contain information that Apple does not publicly disclose about its supply chain. Among the exposed data would be details related to components of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, including the chipthe motherboardthe battery and the system camerasas well as information about the companies responsible for manufacturing or supplying those parts.

The leak would also reveal how the funds are distributed commercial links from Apple with different suppliersan aspect that the company usually maintains under a strict level of confidentiality.

Among the stolen material also appeared images attributed to the iPhone 18 Pro. According to the information released, the captures would correspond to drop resistance tests carried out on test units at the beginning of 2026.

The leaked images do not show, at least for now, a radical change in the appearance of the iPhone 18 Pro. The videos and photographs that began to circulate after the computer attack show a phone with lines very similar to those of the iPhone 17 Prowith flat edges and a three-camera rear module.

Apple would reserve the aesthetic changes most important for the next generationplanned to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the iPhone.

However, it is unclear whether the leaked equipment reflects the definitive design of the next smartphone or if it is prototypes used during product development.

In addition to supplying components, Tata also participates in the assembly of a part of the iPhones manufactured in Indiaso the incident represents an additional problem for Apple.

The authorship of the attack would be attributed to the group World Leaksalthough it is still not known how he managed to breach the company’s systems.

As a forensic audit progresses, Tata announced that it will restrict access to the most sensitive areas of its systems. Meanwhile, the leak would also have reached documentation related to previous iPhone models, in addition to logs, emails and other data linked to TSMC and Qualcomm.

For Apple, the episode is especially delicate due to the high level of reserve that it historically maintains over its development process, production and supply chain.

At the same time, another leak once again fueled the versions about a profound change in the release schedule from Apple.

According to the well-known informant Digital Chat Stationthe company would plan to present six new iPhone models throughout 2027.

Always according to that version, during the first months of the year they would arrive iPhone Air 2 (ultra-thin), the iPhone 18 (base) and the iPhone 18e (cheap). Later, in the second half 2027, Apple would launch the new generation of Pro modelsalong with a second folding phone which would be identified as iPhone Ultra 2.

The leak also includes some technical specifications for those devices.

He iPhone Air 2 would incorporate a screen LTPO YOU ARE 6.5-inch with 1.5K resolution and refresh rate of 120 Hz. The standard iPhone 18, meanwhile, would have a panel LTPO YOU ARE 6.3 inches, also with resolution 1,5K y 120 Hz.

Instead, the iPhone 18e It would be the most economical model in the family and would have a screen LTPO YOU ARE 6.12 inches whose maximum frequency would reach 60 Hz.

Regarding the second part of the year, the report maintains that the series iPhone 19 Pro would have already completed mold testswhile the second foldable iPhone would also be going through that stage of development on large folding screens.

The new leak adds to versions that have been circulating for months and that point to a change in business strategy from Apple. These rumors maintain that the company would stop presenting the entire iPhone family in September to split the releases between the second semester and the first months of the following year.

Until now, Apple did not confirm any of the leaksneither those related to the supposed release schedule nor those linked to the material exposed after the computer attack.