Now that the iPhone 15 lineup is on cabinets, and now we are able to formally begin desirous about the iPhone 16. Naturally, any rumors or leaks you see this early are going to be fluid at finest–even when they’re correct now, plans can and do change and there’s nonetheless loads of time to take action earlier than the iPhone 16 enters manufacturing.
With all that mentioned, right here’s what probably the most prolific leakers and tipsters say we are able to anticipate in regards to the iPhones coming within the fall of 2024.
Replace June 28: A brand new report from The Data says that Apple is anticipated to debut a brand new, easier-to-replace battery within the iPhone 16.
When is the most recent iPhone popping out?
The iPhone lineup is at all times introduced at an occasion in September and normally ships per week or two later. There have been instances when a selected mannequin or variant will ship in October due to provide chain shortages, nevertheless.
The everyday day for the iPhone and Apple Watch occasion is the second Tuesday in September, which this yr is September 12. So we are able to anticipate the iPhone 16 line to be introduced on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, with preorders beginning doubtless on Friday, September 13, and at the very least some fashions delivery on September 20.
iPhone 16 value
For reference, the newest iPhone lineup (iPhone 15) is priced as follows:
- iPhone 15: $799/£749
- iPhone 15 Plus: $899/£899
- iPhone 15 Professional: $999/£999
- iPhone 15 Professional Max: $1,199/£1,199
There’s no new details about the pricing of the iPhone 16 line, so it makes probably the most sense to imagine it should value the identical because the iPhone 15 line, at the very least till we hear in any other case. Which means the usual dimension iPhone 16 for $799 and the bigger Plus mannequin for $899, whereas the iPhone 16 Professional could value $1,099 and the iPhone 16 Professional Max may go for $1,199. There are additionally some reviews that say Apple will introduce a higher-end Extremely mannequin with a bigger display than the Professional Max, which might clearly have the next price ticket.
The iPhone 16 could have a smaller Dynamic Island.
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iPhone 16 colours
When Apple launched the iPhone 15, it launched a wholly new coloration palette. The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus are available in acquainted Black, Blue, Inexperienced, Yellow, and Pink choices, however with way more muted hues than their predecessors. The one rumor we’ve heard about iPhone 16 colours issues the iPhone 16 Plus, although we anticipate its smaller sibling to have the identical colours. It says will probably be obtainable in the identical 5 colours because the iPhone 15, with the addition of White and Purple.
For the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max, Apple makes use of 4 titanium-inspired colours: Black Titanium, White Titanium, Blue Titanium, and Pure Titanium. For 2024, Apple is rumored to introduce two new colours—Desert Yellow and Cement Grey—that can extra intently resemble the house grey and gold colours of previous.
iPhone 16 options
Design and show
There are few particulars in regards to the iPhone 16 lineup to this point, besides that it ought to look, properly, like an iPhone. Your entire iPhone 15 line now has the Dynamic Island, so anticipate that pill-shaped cutout on the iPhone 16 fashions as properly. Some rumors say Apple has discovered a approach to put a few of the Face ID sensors below the show, so the iPhone 16 Professional fashions may have an excellent smaller digicam cutout than the usual fashions.
Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Younger each report that the show dimension on the Professional fashions can be getting greater–about 0.2 inches measured diagonally–with a barely taller facet ratio. Which means the iPhone 16 Professional could have a 6.27-inch show and the Professional Max a 6.86-inch show (up from 6.12 and 6.69 inches). The bigger dimension is reportedly essential to accommodate extra refined digicam {hardware} however may also add a little bit of display actual property. A later report in regards to the iPhone 16 show provide chain corroborated the notion of an iPhone 16 (at the very least some fashions) with slimmer bezels. A mock-up by ZoneOfTech exhibits that the iPhone 16 Professional Max may very well be greater than the iPhone 15 Professional Max. ZonOfTech doesn’t state the way it bought the scale and specs used to create the mock-up.
In the event you had been hoping to get an always-on show with out shopping for an iPhone 16 Professional or Professional Max, you’re in all probability out of luck. In keeping with a report in The Elec, Apple will keep on with commonplace OLED screens for the iPhone 16 relatively than the LPTO screens within the Professional fashions so that they received’t assist ProMotion or always-on. Nevertheless, the iPhone 17 will reportedly get the higher-end sceens.
On the again of the iPhones, you also needs to anticipate to see a bigger digicam array on the iPhone 16 Professional fashions as a result of inclusion of a periscope super-zoom telephoto lens on each fashions and different new digicam tech. Nevertheless, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are rumored to be getting a smaller digicam array with a pair of vertically aligned cameras just like the iPhone X.
New to the iPhone 16 lineup can be a Seize Button, in line with a number of reviews. It will likely be on the identical facet as the ability button, situated decrease, so it may be activated with the index finger of your proper hand when holding the telephone in panorama orientation. It will likely be contact and pressure-sensitive, permitting customers to zoom in by swiping and to regulate focus with a comfortable press whereas triggering the shutter with a full press.
The iPhone 15 Professional fashions had been initially anticipated to introduce new solid-state buttons, however newer rumors counsel they merely received’t be prepared in time and can seem on the iPhone 16 Professional as an alternative. Regardless, all iPhone 15 Professional fashions are anticipated to function an Motion button rather than the mute change, which ought to broaden to the whole iPhone 16 lineup in 2024.
Specs and options
With every new iPhone comes a brand new A-series processor, and you’ll wager the pattern will proceed subsequent yr. The iPhone 16 Professional will due to this fact doubtless function the A18 Professional processor, whereas the non-Professional iPhone 16 fashions may undertake a cut-down model of the A17 Professional that debuted within the iPhone 15 Professional, though current rumors have instructed Apple will rebrand that chip as an A18. It’s far too early to take a position about subsequent yr’s chip’s options and efficiency, however it’s unlikely that subsequent yr’s non-Professional iPhones could have the identical Professional chip as this yr. A rumor in March 2024 claimed the A18 Professional chip can be bodily bigger, with extra space devoted to an improved Neural Engine with the efficiency to assist extra “edge AI” options (AI options that run on system relatively than within the cloud).
The battery capacities of the iPhone 16 lineup are reportedly similar to that of the iPhone 15 line, with some fashions as a lot as 5% increased and the iPhone 16 Plus an outlier with 9% much less capability. Battery life is an element of many elements, although, so it’s unclear should you’ll get higher battery life out of the iPhone 16 or not.
A report on 9to5Mac infers from a part of an unrelated provider report by Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple can be utilizing Sony’s new stacked CMOS picture sensor know-how within the iPhone 16 Professional fashions subsequent yr, which ought to imply sensors with drastically elevated low-light sensitivity. Moreover, Kuo reported in September 2023 that the smaller iPhone 16 Professional will achieve the iPhone 15 Professional Max’s periscope digicam.
A report from MacRumors cites a “Weibo account with a proven track record for disclosing accurate information about Apple’s plans” in saying that the iPhone 16 Extremely (or regardless of the high-end mannequin is named) may take spatial photographs and movies meant for viewing on the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple already launched the flexibility to report spatial movies on the iPhone 15 Professional so it is sensible that Apple will broaden this function to photographs on the iPhone 16 Professional.
Apple has been exhausting at work by itself wi-fi chips for years, and even Qualcomm’s CEO expects Apple to make use of its personal 5G modems beginning in 2024. Clearly, that is contingent on continued profitable growth and testing, which has been a problem for Apple and each different firm making an attempt to make top-tier 5G know-how. A report by Jeff Pu of Haitong Worldwide Securities in October 2023 claimed that the iPhone 16 will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X75 5G modem, which delivers “better speeds, coverage, mobility, link robustness and location accuracy.”
As well as, Pu reviews that we are able to anticipate Wi-Fi 7 within the iPhone 16 Professional fashions. Wi-Fi 6E solely arrived within the Professional fashions this yr, so it’s potential Apple makes use of it for an additional yr, however there are already a dozen Android telephones with Wi-Fi 7 and it might be uncommon for Apple to be two years behind if it needed to wait till the iPhone 17 in 2025.
So far as different specs, Pu reviews that the non-Professional iPhone 16 will deliver a bump in RAM (8GB vs 6GB) and WiFi speeds (6E vs 6) to match the iPhone 15 Professional fashions.
Naturally, the iPhone 16 line will function USB-C as an alternative of Lightning for charging and wired connectivity. That change already got here with the iPhone 15 and Apple isn’t about to backtrack. Prior rumors about Apple making an attempt to make a very port-free iPhone appear to have fizzled out.
A rumor in November 2023 claimed that the iPhone 16 Professional could have a brand new battery design with a metallic casing as an alternative of black foil, a brand new connector, and a barely bigger capability (3,355mAh vs 3,274mAh). The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional Max are additionally rumored to get bigger batteries—3,561mAh and 4,676mAh, respectively—whereas the iPhone 16 Plus may see a dip to 4,006mAh.
This new battery is anticipated to be considerably simpler to exchange as a way to higher adjust to a brand new EU regulation, in line with The Data. Customers would nonetheless must open up their iPhones, which isn’t precisely simple or quick, however as soon as that’s executed you shouldn’t must wrestle with adhesive strips.