I open an empty scene on iPhone X and see, that it is not as dark as an absolute dark. It is a little bit grey, just a bit. You can notice it because the camera offset on top of the phone becomes visible. I have next device profile:
[IOS DeviceProfile]
DeviceType=IOS
BaseProfileName=
+CVars=r.MobileContentScaleFactor=0
+CVars=r.DefaultFeature.Bloom=True
+CVars=r.DefaultFeature.AmbientOcclusionStaticFraction=False
+CVars=r.BloomQuality=4
+CVars=r.DepthOfFieldQuality=1
+CVars=r.LightShaftQuality=1
+CVars=r.RefractionQuality=1
+CVars=r.ShadowQuality=2
+CVars=r.HZBOcclusion=0
+CVars=r.EarlyZPass=0
+CVars=r.EarlyZPassMovable=0
+CVars=r.TranslucentLightingVolume=0
+CVars=r.AllowPointLightCubemapShadows=0
+CVars=r.PostProcessAAQuality=6
+CVars=r.MobileMSAA=4
+CVars=r.Decal.StencilSizeThreshold=-1
+CVars=r.MetalVertexParameterSize=50
+CVars=r.MetalPixelParameterSize=50
+CVars=slate.AbsoluteIndices=1
+CVars=r.MorphTarget.Mode=0