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iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max · SIM, cellular & price

Same name. Four different phones.

Buy an iPhone 18 Pro or Pro Max in 8 different markets and you get four physically different devices. Two of them cannot take a SIM card at all, only one receives mmWave 5G — and the same phone costs hundreds of dollars more in some markets than in others.

Compare two markets, prices included

We sample 8 markets only — United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany. Other countries Apple sells in are not covered here.

Where should you buy it?

The cheapest market is the United States at USD 1,199 for 256GB, against EUR 1,449 in Germany, and it is the only market that receives mmWave 5G. What it costs you is the SIM tray: the US model is eSIM only, and so is Japan's. The other six markets still take a physical nano-SIM. If you travel and buy local SIM cards, that is the trade. Compare the prices with care: tax treatment differs from market to market.

What actually differs

Select a finding to see which markets it applies to.

All 8 markets

Storage tiers and colours are identical everywhere: 256GB / 512GB / 1TB / 2TB, in Black, Burgundy, Glacier and Silver. Everything that differs is below.

United States

LL/A
eSIM only — no SIM traymmWave 5G SupportedPro A3472Pro Max A3473LL/A
Pro
256GBUSD 1,199
512GBUSD 1,399
1TBUSD 1,799
2TBUSD 2,399
Pro Max
256GBUSD 1,299
512GBUSD 1,499
1TBUSD 1,899
2TBUSD 2,499
Excludes sales tax

China

CH/A
nano-SIM + eSIMmmWave 5G Not supportedPro A3715Pro Max A3718CH/A
Pro
256GBCNY 9,999
512GBCNY 11,999
1TBCNY 15,499
2TBCNY 20,499
Pro Max
256GBCNY 10,999
512GBCNY 12,999
1TBCNY 16,499
2TBCNY 21,499
Tax included

Hong Kong

ZA/A
nano-SIM + eSIMmmWave 5G Not supportedPro A3714Pro Max A3717ZA/A
Pro
256GBHKD 10,499
512GBHKD 12,299
1TBHKD 15,799
2TBHKD 20,999
Pro Max
256GBHKD 11,499
512GBHKD 13,299
1TBHKD 16,799
2TBHKD 21,999
Tax treatment not stated

Taiwan

ZP/A
nano-SIM + eSIMmmWave 5G Not supportedPro A3714Pro Max A3717ZP/A
Pro
256GBTWD 44,900
512GBTWD 51,900
1TBTWD 66,900
2TBTWD 88,900
Pro Max
256GBTWD 49,900
512GBTWD 56,900
1TBTWD 71,900
2TBTWD 93,900
Tax included

Japan

J/A
eSIM only — no SIM traymmWave 5G Not supportedPro A3713Pro Max A3716J/A
Pro
256GBJPY 219,800
512GBJPY 254,800
1TBJPY 324,800
2TBJPY 429,800
Pro Max
256GBJPY 239,800
512GBJPY 274,800
1TBJPY 344,800
2TBJPY 449,800
Tax treatment not stated

Australia

X/A
nano-SIM + eSIMmmWave 5G Not supportedPro A3714Pro Max A3717X/A
Pro
256GBAUD 2,099
512GBAUD 2,499
1TBAUD 3,299
2TBAUD 4,499
Pro Max
256GBAUD 2,299
512GBAUD 2,699
1TBAUD 3,499
2TBAUD 4,699
Tax treatment not stated

United Kingdom

QN/A
nano-SIM + eSIMmmWave 5G Not supportedPro A3714Pro Max A3717QN/A
Pro
256GBGBP 1,199
512GBGBP 1,399
1TBGBP 1,799
2TBGBP 2,399
Pro Max
256GBGBP 1,299
512GBGBP 1,499
1TBGBP 1,899
2TBGBP 2,499
Tax treatment not stated

Germany

ZD/A
nano-SIM + eSIMmmWave 5G Not supportedPro A3714Pro Max A3717ZD/A
Pro
256GBEUR 1,449
512GBEUR 1,699
1TBEUR 2,199
2TBEUR 2,949
Pro Max
256GBEUR 1,599
512GBEUR 1,849
1TBEUR 2,349
2TBEUR 3,099
Tax included

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Where this comes from

Specificationsapple.com/<market>/iphone-18-pro/specs/
Pricesapple.com/<market>/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-18-pro

Last updated 2026-09-12