diff --git a/dm/games/0400C3F00006E000/README.md b/dm/games/0400C3F00006E000/README.md
index d1c100289d..02eebce4eb 100644
--- a/dm/games/0400C3F00006E000/README.md
+++ b/dm/games/0400C3F00006E000/README.md
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ Current, 2026-11-03: an isolated iOS build defaults to handheld mode and request
 
 The guest's fixed heap and virtual reservations are preserved. iOS uses 32 MiB upload batches ([mechanism and fixture](../../../docs/reference/memory.md#upload-staging-grows-within-one-rendering-submission)). `memory-budget.tsv` in Documents records footprint, available memory, their sum, peak footprint and graphics ledger every second from preload. No Metal device is initialized by this monitor. The TSV and `log.txt` are needed to establish the actual MKW high-water mark on the phone. No arbitrary guest-page discard or host swap mechanism is enabled. Fitting the device budget, frame pacing and gameplay remain unverified on iOS.
 
+HDR peak by device (2026-11-07, an iPhone 19,4): the game is told the phone's own peak (1,600 nits for the iPhone 12 Pro and later, `front_ios.m`) instead of a fixed 1,000 in `QueryDisplayHdrStatus`, and the layer metadata carries the same value (`dm_hdr_mastering_peak`, `nvn_hdr_layer.m`); `DM_HDR_EDR_MAX` (a ratio of paper white) still caps it. On the phone it looks good in a race; no comparison against the 1,000-nit value was measured, and a model absent from the table keeps 1,000.
+
 ## Open
 
 - `nvnCommandBufferShadingRateImagePalette` and `BindShadingRateImage` are not implemented (about 2,800 calls a race): the game draws at the full pixel rate. Unknown names: `nvn*CooperativeVectorMatrix*`, `nvn*PoolWriteDescriptorTableData`.
diff --git a/dm/gfx/hle_vi.c b/dm/gfx/hle_vi.c
index 74678d7e57..3f8b0f7858 100644
--- a/dm/gfx/hle_vi.c
+++ b/dm/gfx/hle_vi.c
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ HLE_FORCE("_ZN2nn2vi8FinalizeEv", "display service shutdown; the host has no vi
 HLE_FORCE("_ZN2nn2vi21QueryDisplayHdrStatusEPbPNS0_15HdrOutputFormatEPtPKNS0_7DisplayE", "display HDR status: EDR capability of the current host screen", Result, h_vi_HdrStatus,
           uint8_t *on, uint32_t *fmt, uint16_t *peak, const void *disp) {
     (void)disp; int enabled = dm_hdr_query();
-    if (on) *on = enabled; if (fmt) *fmt = enabled ? 1 : 0; if (peak) *peak = enabled ? DM_HDR_MASTERING_PEAK : 0;
-    static int last = -1; if (last != enabled) { LOG("vi HDR: %s, virtual peak %d nits, paper white %d nits", enabled ? "enabled (EDR display)" : "off", enabled ? DM_HDR_MASTERING_PEAK : 0, DM_HDR_PAPER_WHITE); last = enabled; }
+    if (on) *on = enabled; if (fmt) *fmt = enabled ? 1 : 0; if (peak) *peak = enabled ? (uint16_t)dm_hdr_mastering_peak() : 0;
+    static int last = -1; if (last != enabled) { LOG("vi HDR: %s, virtual peak %d nits, paper white %d nits", enabled ? "enabled (EDR display)" : "off", enabled ? dm_hdr_mastering_peak() : 0, DM_HDR_PAPER_WHITE); last = enabled; }
     return RES_OK; }
 HLE_FORCE("_ZN2nn2vi25QueryDisplayHdrPaperWhiteEPtPKNS0_7DisplayE", "display HDR paper white: 203 nits (BT.2408)", Result, h_vi_PaperWhite, uint16_t *nits, const void *disp) {
     (void)disp; if (nits) *nits = DM_HDR_PAPER_WHITE; return RES_OK; }
diff --git a/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr.h b/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr.h
index 90f9faf741..de6a2f0f13 100644
--- a/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr.h
+++ b/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr.h
@@ -14,5 +14,9 @@ void dm_hdr_luminance(int extended, uint16_t low, uint16_t high);
 void dm_hdr_luminance_range(int extended, uint16_t *low, uint16_t *high);
 // Called on the UI thread before the guest starts, and when its screen changes.
 void dm_hdr_configure_layer(void *layer, double potential_headroom);
+// The device's own peak HDR brightness in nits (front ends publish it by the hardware model);
+// the layers' mastering metadata tops out at it when it is below the game's own peak
+void dm_hdr_peak(double peak_nits);
+int dm_hdr_mastering_peak(void);   // what the game is told: the device peak when known, else DM_HDR_MASTERING_PEAK
 // Called by the present owner; applies content metadata for following drawables.
 void dm_hdr_layer_metadata(void *layer, int hdr_content);
diff --git a/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr_layer.m b/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr_layer.m
index e87ce47b87..04cac50635 100644
--- a/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr_layer.m
+++ b/dm/gfx/nvn/nvn_hdr_layer.m
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
 #import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
 #include "nvn_hdr.h"
 #include <math.h>
+// The device's own peak HDR brightness (nits), set by the front end from the hardware model
+// (front_ios.m); 0 until then, in which case the layer keeps the mastering metadata it would
+// have had. The environmental DM_HDR_EDR_MAX (a ratio of paper white) overrides it.
+static double g_hdr_peak;
+void dm_hdr_peak(double peak_nits) { if (peak_nits >= 0) g_hdr_peak = peak_nits; }
+static double hdr_peak_clamp(double nits) {
+    const char *em = getenv("DM_HDR_EDR_MAX");
+    double clamp = em && *em ? strtod(em, NULL) : 0;
+    if (isfinite(clamp) && clamp > 1.0) { double cap = DM_HDR_PAPER_WHITE * clamp; return nits < cap ? nits : cap; }
+    if (g_hdr_peak > 0 && nits > g_hdr_peak) return g_hdr_peak;
+    return nits;
+}
+// The peak the game is told its display reaches (QueryDisplayHdrStatus): the device's own peak when the front end published one, else the virtual 1,000 nits. A game tone-maps to
+// this number, so the 1,600-nit phones were shown a 1,000-nit display; DM_HDR_EDR_MAX (a ratio of paper white) still caps it
+int dm_hdr_mastering_peak(void) {
+    double p = g_hdr_peak > 0 ? g_hdr_peak : DM_HDR_MASTERING_PEAK;
+    return (int)hdr_peak_clamp(p);
+}
 void dm_hdr_configure_layer(void *ptr, double headroom) {
     CAMetalLayer *layer = (__bridge CAMetalLayer *)ptr;
     int requested = dm_hdr_requested();
@@ -14,7 +32,7 @@ void dm_hdr_configure_layer(void *ptr, double headroom) {
     CGColorSpaceRef cs = CGColorSpaceCreateWithName(kCGColorSpaceExtendedLinearITUR_2020);
     layer.colorspace = cs; CGColorSpaceRelease(cs);
     layer.wantsExtendedDynamicRangeContent = YES;
-    if (!layer.EDRMetadata) layer.EDRMetadata = [CAEDRMetadata HDR10MetadataWithMinLuminance:0 maxLuminance:DM_HDR_MASTERING_PEAK opticalOutputScale:DM_HDR_LINEAR_UNIT];
+    if (!layer.EDRMetadata) layer.EDRMetadata = [CAEDRMetadata HDR10MetadataWithMinLuminance:0 maxLuminance:dm_hdr_mastering_peak() opticalOutputScale:DM_HDR_LINEAR_UNIT];
 }
 void dm_hdr_layer_metadata(void *ptr, int hdr_content) {
     CAMetalLayer *layer = (__bridge CAMetalLayer *)ptr;
@@ -25,6 +43,6 @@ void dm_hdr_layer_metadata(void *ptr, int hdr_content) {
     static uint32_t last_range;
     uint32_t range = lo | (uint32_t)hi << 16;
     if (last_layer == layer && last_range == range) return;
-    layer.EDRMetadata = [CAEDRMetadata HDR10MetadataWithMinLuminance:lo maxLuminance:hi opticalOutputScale:DM_HDR_LINEAR_UNIT];
+    layer.EDRMetadata = [CAEDRMetadata HDR10MetadataWithMinLuminance:lo maxLuminance:hdr_peak_clamp(hi) opticalOutputScale:DM_HDR_LINEAR_UNIT];
     last_layer = layer; last_range = range;
 }
diff --git a/dm/ios/Sources/front_ios.m b/dm/ios/Sources/front_ios.m
index 02fe9d3729..d207916f2a 100644
--- a/dm/ios/Sources/front_ios.m
+++ b/dm/ios/Sources/front_ios.m
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #import <Metal/Metal.h>
 #import <AVFAudio/AVFAudio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include "front.h"
 #include "nvn_hdr.h"
 #include "hle.h"
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@ - (void)didMoveToWindow {   // the phone's screen or a TV's (DmTVSceneDelegate):
     [super didMoveToWindow];
     UIScreen *s = self.window.windowScene.screen;
     if (!s) { dm_hdr_display(0); return; }
+    // The device's own peak HDR brightness (nits), from Apple's published display specs by the
+    // hardware model: the mastering metadata the layers publish tops out where the display reads,
+    // so the PQ range is calibrated to the screen instead of always 1,000 nits (the foldable's
+    // panel is of the 1,600-nit class like the Pro phones). A model this table does not know keeps
+    // the layer's own mastering peak, and DM_HDR_EDR_MAX (a ratio of paper white) still overrides.
+    struct utsname un; uname(&un);
+    const char *m = un.machine; NSString *model = m ? [NSString stringWithUTF8String:m] : @"";
+    double peak = 0;   // 0 = unknown: the layer keeps the mastering metadata it would have had
+    if ([model hasPrefix:@"iPhone"] && [model length] > 6) {
+        NSUInteger gen = [[model substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(6, [model length] - 6)] integerValue];
+        if (gen >= 12)      peak = 1600;   // 1,600 nits on the 12 Pro and later, the modern peak the user's panels read
+        else if (gen >= 10) peak = 1200;
+    } else if ([model hasPrefix:@"iPad14"]) {
+        peak = 1600;   // the M-series iPad XDR panels
+    }
+    dm_hdr_peak(peak);   // nvn_hdr_layer.m: the layers' mastering metadata peak is the model's own
     // Advertise HDR only after configuring the actual phone/TV drawable. The
     // shared present pass already decodes negotiated PQ/scRGB into this layer.
     dm_hdr_configure_layer((__bridge void *)self.layer, s.potentialEDRHeadroom);