Overview
- The leaked Tata files, revealed in late June 2026, include more than 630GB of supplier schematics and BOMs that reporters used to piece together likely iPhone 18 Pro hardware variants.
- Documents list multiple Qualcomm parts tied to a U.S. logic board and an mmWave connector, which analysts say would deliver mmWave 5G where Apple’s C2 baseband does not support it.
- Separate board part numbers and BOM entries appear to map Apple’s C2 modem to non-U.S. boards, creating a region-based split in cellular hardware rather than a single global modem.
- The files also show the A20 Pro SoC may use WMCM wafer-level multi-chip packaging and diagnostic entries point to a new Sony IMX-905 main sensor with notes consistent with a variable-aperture camera.
- Journalists emphasize these are supplier-stage, prototype engineering artifacts so the details may change and the split-modem plan could alter performance, repairability, carrier features, and which markets get mmWave.