Now that the iPhone 15 lineup is on cabinets, and now we will formally begin fascinated with 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 essentially the most prolific leakers and tipsters say we will anticipate in regards to the iPhones coming within the fall of 2024.
Replace 11/21: Added a rumor in regards to the iPhone 16 Professional battery.
iPhone 16: Launch date
The iPhone lineup is at all times introduced at an occasion in September and often ships every week or two later. There have been occasions 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 will anticipate the iPhone 16 line to be introduced on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, with preorders beginning possible on Friday, September 13, and no less than some fashions delivery on September 20.
iPhone 16: Worth
For reference, the latest 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 should value the identical because the iPhone 15 line, no less than till we hear in any other case. Meaning 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 screen than the Professional Max, which. would 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 in regards to the iPhone 16 lineup up to now, besides that it ought to look, effectively, like an iPhone. All the iPhone 15 line now has the Dynamic Island, so anticipate that pill-shaped cutout on the iPhone 16 fashions as effectively. Some rumors say Apple has discovered a solution to put a few of the Face ID sensors below the show, so the iPhone 16 Professional fashions may have an excellent smaller digital camera cutout than the usual fashions.
Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Younger each report that the show dimension on the Professional fashions will likely be getting greater–about 0.2 inches measured diagonally–with a barely taller side ratio. Meaning 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 subtle digital camera {hardware} however can even add a little bit of display screen actual property.
Talking of the digital camera, you must also anticipate to see a bigger digital camera array on the iPhone 16 Professional fashions because of the inclusion of a periscope super-zoom telephoto lens and different new digital camera tech.
The iPhone 15 Professional fashions had been initially anticipated to introduce new solid-state buttons, however more moderen rumors counsel they merely received’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 function an Motion button instead of the mute change, which ought to increase to your entire iPhone 16 lineup in 2024.
iPhone 16: Specs and options
With every new iPhone comes a brand new A-series processor, and you’ll wager the development will proceed subsequent yr. The iPhone 16 Professional will due to this fact possible 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. It’s far too early to take a position about subsequent yr’s chip’s options and efficiency, nevertheless it’s unlikely that subsequent yr’s non-Professional iPhones could have the identical Professional chip as this yr.
A report on 9to5Mac infers from a part of an unrelated provider report by Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple will likely 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 significantly 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 digital camera.
A report from MacRumors cites a “Weibo account with a confirmed monitor 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) may take Spatial Photographs and Movies meant for viewing on the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple already launched the flexibility to document spatial movies on the iPhone 15 Professional so it is sensible that Apple will increase this function to photographs 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 improvement 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 use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X75 5G modem, which delivers “higher speeds, protection, mobility, hyperlink robustness and placement accuracy.”
As well as, Pu reviews that we will anticipate Wi-Fi 7 within the iPhone 16 Professional fashions. Wi-Fi 6E solely arrived within the Professional fashions this yr, so it’s doable Apple makes use of it for one more 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.
Naturally, the iPhone 16 line will function 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 could have a brand new battery design with a steel casing as a substitute of black foil, a brand new connector, and a barely bigger capability (3,355mAh vs 3,274mAh).
