Apple to Replace iPhone 18 Pro Max Units Affected by AT&T Cellular Bug
Apple confirms a hardware defect causing some iPhone 18 Pro Max devices on AT&T to lose service and will replace affected units for free.
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The odds
Each tick is a source publishing on this story
Price data
| Time | Chance of yes |
|---|---|
| now | 99% |
| 2 Nov, 22:09 UTC | 99% |
| 2 Nov, 21:55 UTC | 98% |
| 2 Nov, 20:51 UTC | 97% |
| 2 Nov, 19:33 UTC | 97% |
| 2 Nov, 09:11 UTC | 98% |
| 2 Nov, 07:10 UTC | 97% |
| 31 Oct, 19:59 UTC | 98% |
| 30 Oct, 06:35 UTC | 97% |
| 26 Oct, 13:06 UTC | 96% |
| 26 Oct, 05:46 UTC | 95% |
| 26 Oct, 02:48 UTC | 90% |
| 26 Oct, 01:02 UTC | 95% |
| 25 Oct, 02:07 UTC | 88% |
| 23 Oct, 20:12 UTC | 93% |
| 22 Oct, 19:23 UTC | 89% |
| 21 Oct, 04:52 UTC | 94% |
| 20 Oct, 05:47 UTC | 89% |
| 19 Oct, 02:22 UTC | 91% |
| 16 Oct, 00:48 UTC | 93% |
| 12 Oct, 03:31 UTC | 91% |
| 8 Oct, 23:10 UTC | 93% |
| 8 Oct, 17:57 UTC | 95% |
| 7 Oct, 16:35 UTC | 91% |
| 5 Oct, 16:33 UTC | 94% |
| 4 Oct, 17:54 UTC | 95% |
| 4 Oct, 03:53 UTC | 93% |
| 3 Oct, 23:55 UTC | 95% |
| 3 Oct, 20:17 UTC | 84% |
| 1 Oct, 03:19 UTC | 82% |
| 29 Sept, 23:20 UTC | 77% |
Replay the odds, article by article
Step through each article in the order it published and watch iPhone 18 respond.
The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 2 Oct 2026. zdnet.com published first, on 2 October at 19:40 UTC; Bloomberg Technology followed 2h 21m later. The most recent article, from Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews, appeared on 3 October at 02:10 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), zdnet.com, cnet.com, Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews.
One prediction market prices this story:
- iPhone 18 — resolved “Yes” on 3 Nov 2026. The market resolves to Yes if an Apple representative mentions iPhone 18 during the upcoming earnings call or its question-and-answer session. It resolves to No if that specific term is not spoken by any representative in that setting. Readers often mistake this for a prediction of product release rather than a check for verbal mention during the call.
Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.
How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published, with the odds on iPhone 18 at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.
- zdnet.comiPhone 18 Pro Max stuck in SOS mode? Try AT&T’s urgent fix ASAP82%
- Bloomberg TechnologyApple iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T Glitch Requires Device Replacements82%
- cnet.comiPhone 18 Pro Max Can’t Make a Call on AT&T? Apple Says It Will Replace It for Free82%
- zdnet.comiPhone 18 Pro Max can’t call or text on AT&T? Apple will replace it for free82%
- Engadget - Technology News & Expert ReviewsApple acknowledges AT&T network bug on iPhone 18 Pro Max82%
- Market resolved: Yes
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max AT&T Glitch Requires Device Replacements Bloomberg Technology ·
- Apple acknowledges AT&T network bug on iPhone 18 Pro Max Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews
- iPhone 18 Pro Max can’t call or text on AT&T? Apple will replace it for free zdnet.com
- iPhone 18 Pro Max Can’t Make a Call on AT&T? Apple Says It Will Replace It for Free cnet.com
- iPhone 18 Pro Max stuck in SOS mode? Try AT&T’s urgent fix ASAP zdnet.com
Related prediction markets
Linked by software because they are about the same subject. Most ask a different question from the one this story reports, so read each market's own question. How often the link is right
- Resolved iPhone 18 Yes 4d ago
The market favoured Yes at 98% a day out, and it won. How often it's right
Wrong market?
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- Apple
- AT&T
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