Igeekphone News, June 30: Apple’s major supplier in India, Tata Electronics, recently suffered a major cybersecurity incident. The ransomware group claimed to have successfully stolen over 200,000 confidential documents, with a total capacity of 630GB, and released them on the dark web. This incident has shaken the entire industry.
The leaked documents are extremely sensitive. They not only exposed the supplier list of hundreds of components for the yet-to-be-released iPhone 18 Pro series, but also included the motherboard design drawings and related content such as drop tests.
Just today, a video of the iPhone 18 Pro Max’s drop test has been circulating on social media. From the footage, it can be seen that this model retains the horizontal large matrix lens group design of the previous generation, and the color is dark space gray.
In contrast, the iPhone 17 Pro Max offers only three colors: silver, starry orange and deep blue. The new colors appear more subdued and elegant in appearance. Moreover, the camera buttons are still retained on the metal frame, demonstrating Apple’s continuity in design language.
For the iPhone, making a cross-generation appearance overhaul for two consecutive years is unprecedented in history. Therefore, the iPhone 18 Pro Max maintains the same overall industrial design as its predecessor, with more upgrades focused on the internal configuration and performance.
In terms of specifications, the iPhone 18 Pro Max will be the first to be equipped with the A20 Pro chip, featuring 12GB of RAM. The main camera will incorporate a variable aperture design, and it will also be equipped with Apple’s self-developed C2 baseband chip. Overall, its performance will be stronger and the signal performance is expected to improve significantly.
It is worth noting that this leak incident has directly exposed the previously strictly confidential information about Apple’s supply chain composition, which may have a substantial impact on the partnership between Apple and Tata Electronics. Currently, Apple has launched a comprehensive investigation into this incident, while Tata Electronics has restricted access to its internal systems and hired global consultants for forensic audits to further determine the specific cause and extent of the data leak.