iPhone 18 Pro ‘drop test’ leaks get yanked from X

Videos purporting to show the iPhone 18 Pro undergoing a drop test were removed from X shortly after they surfaced, as spotted earlier by MacRumors. An account imitating leaker EvLeaks was suspended from X after sharing the clips, while the post was removed as well, with X saying it “violated” the platform’s rules.

Another leaker, IceUniverse, also shared the clips. In a post on Weibo, IceUniverse showed a screenshot from X indicating the post had been taken down, alongside the machine-translated caption: “Apple has already started blocking the leaked data on Twitter.”

This still hasn’t stopped the clips from spreading, though, as other accounts have reposted them. On Monday, Reuters reported that photos of the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro began surfacing on the dark web after one of Apple’s key suppliers, Tata Electronics, suffered a data breach.

The videos line up with Reuters’ reporting, which said the leaked data included photos of the iPhone 18 Pro’s drop test and parts lists. In the clips that surfaced on X, a gray device featuring a three-camera layout and an Apple logo falls a short distance against a checkered background. A source told Reuters that Apple had been “concerned” about the breach. Apple didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment.