Now that the iPhone 15 lineup is on cabinets, and now we are able to formally begin interested by the iPhone 16. Naturally, any rumors or leaks you see this early are going to be fluid at greatest–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 essentially the most prolific leakers and tipsters say we are able to count on concerning the iPhones coming within the fall of 2024.
Replace 2/9/24: Added rumors concerning the battery capability and rear cameras.
iPhone 16: Launch date
The iPhone lineup is all the time introduced at an occasion in September and often ships every 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 standard day for the iPhone and Apple Watch occasion is the second Tuesday in September, which this 12 months is September 12. So we are able to count on the iPhone 16 line to be introduced on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, with preorders beginning probably on Friday, September 13, and at the least some fashions transport on September 20.
iPhone 16: Worth
For reference, the newest iPhone lineup (iPhone 15) is priced as follows:
- iPhone 14: $799/£749
- iPhone 14 Plus: $899/£899
- iPhone 14 Professional: $999/£999
- iPhone 14 Professional Max: $1,199/£1,199
There’s no new details about the pricing of the iPhone 16 line, so it makes essentially the most sense to imagine it’ll price the identical because the iPhone 15 line, at the 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 price $1,099 and the iPhone 16 Professional Max may go for $1,199. There are additionally some experiences that say Apple will introduce a higher-end Extremely mannequin with a bigger display screen 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: Design
There are few particulars concerning the iPhone 16 lineup to this point, besides that it ought to look, effectively, like an iPhone. The complete iPhone 15 line now has the Dynamic Island, so count on that pill-shaped cutout on the iPhone 16 fashions as effectively. Some rumors say Apple has discovered a option to put among the Face ID sensors below the show, so the iPhone 16 Professional fashions might have a good smaller digicam cutout than the usual fashions.
Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Younger each report that the show dimension on the Professional fashions might be getting larger–about 0.2 inches measured diagonally–with a barely taller facet ratio. Which means the iPhone 16 Professional may 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 will even add a little bit of display screen actual property.
Talking of the digicam, you also needs to count on to see a bigger digicam array on the iPhone 16 Professional fashions as a result of inclusion of a periscope super-zoom telephoto lens and different new digicam tech. Nonetheless, 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 might be a Seize Button, in line with a number of experiences. Will probably be on the identical aspect as the ability button, positioned decrease, so it may be activated with the index finger of your proper hand when holding the cellphone in panorama orientation. Will probably be contact and stress delicate, 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 more moderen rumors recommend they merely gained’t be prepared in time and can seem on the iPhone 16 Professional as a substitute. Regardless, all iPhone 15 Professional fashions are anticipated to characteristic an Motion button instead of the mute swap, which ought to increase to the complete iPhone 16 lineup in 2024.
iPhone 16: Specs and options
With every new iPhone comes a brand new A-series processor, and you’ll guess the development will proceed subsequent 12 months. The iPhone 16 Professional will subsequently probably characteristic the A18 Professional processor, whereas the non-Professional iPhone 16 fashions might undertake a cut-down model of the A17 Professional that debuted within the iPhone 15 Professional, though latest rumors have urged Apple will rebrand that chip as an A18. It’s far too early to take a position about subsequent 12 months’s chip’s options and efficiency, nevertheless it’s unlikely that subsequent 12 months’s non-Professional iPhones may have the identical Professional chip as this 12 months.
A report on 9to5Mac infers from a part of an unrelated provider report by Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple might be utilizing Sony’s new stacked CMOS picture sensor know-how within the iPhone 16 Professional fashions subsequent 12 months, which ought to imply sensors with drastically elevated low-light sensitivity. Moreover, Kuo reported in September 2023 that the smaller iPhone 16 Professional will acquire the iPhone 15 Professional Max’s periscope digicam.
A report from MacRumors cites a “Weibo account with a confirmed observe document for disclosing correct details about Apple’s plans” in saying that the iPhone 16 Extremely (or regardless of the high-end mannequin is named) might take spatial images and movies meant for viewing on the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple already launched the power to document spatial movies on the iPhone 15 Professional so it is smart that Apple will increase this characteristic to images on the iPhone 16 Professional.
Apple has been laborious 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 “higher speeds, protection, mobility, hyperlink robustness and placement accuracy.”
As well as, Pu experiences that we are able to count on Wi-Fi 7 within the iPhone 16 Professional fashions. Wi-Fi 6E solely arrived within the Professional fashions this 12 months, so it’s potential Apple makes use of it for an additional 12 months, however there are already a dozen Android telephones with Wi-Fi 7 and it will 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 experiences that the non-Professional iPhone 16 will convey 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 characteristic USB-C as a substitute 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 totally port-free iPhone appear to have fizzled out.
A rumor in November 2023 claimed that the iPhone 16 Professional may have a brand new battery design with a metallic casing as a substitute 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 might see a dip to 4,006mAh.
