Chinese regulator: iPhone X has 3GB of RAM, and a 2,716mAh battery, compared to iPhone 8's 1,821mAh battery, and its A11 Bionic chip has clock speed of 2.4GHz
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors :
Context & Ripple Effects
Chinese regulator filings had already put the iPhone 8’s 1,821mAh battery in view through the earlier iPhone 8 filing, following 2016 disclosures that charted battery capacities for the iPhone 7 line. The iPhone X filing extends that component-level comparison to Apple’s new flagship.
The reported 3GB memory figure also matches the capacity identified in iPhone 7 Plus teardown findings, while the iPhone X’s battery is larger than the iPhone 8’s. That makes the filing a concrete basis for separating the two 2017 models’ hardware configurations.
First-order effects
- Apple’s iPhone X is disclosed with 3GB of RAM and a 2,716mAh battery, versus the iPhone 8’s reported 1,821mAh battery, giving buyers and reviewers a direct hardware comparison between the models.
- The filing places the A11 Bionic’s reported 2.4GHz clock speed alongside the iPhone X’s memory and battery specifications.
Second-order effects
- The larger reported battery creates a clearer component-level distinction between Apple’s iPhone X and iPhone 8, shifting comparisons beyond their shared A11 Bionic chip.
- Chinese regulatory disclosures become a recurring reference point for tracking Apple’s iPhone component choices across generations, alongside teardown-based reporting.
Third-order effects
- If this disclosure pattern persists, regulatory filings will provide a longitudinal record of Apple’s trade-offs among memory capacity, battery size, and processor specifications rather than leaving those comparisons to marketing claims alone.
- The later iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR filings indicate that this component-specification trail continued into subsequent iPhone generations.
The trend: Chinese regulatory filings are becoming a recurring source for measuring how Apple differentiates iPhone hardware across successive model lines.