Although the iPhone 16 series isn’t slated to debut until 2024, leakers have been revealing early details regarding the normal iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max (which may end up being called the iPhone 16 Ultra).
We expect additional details regarding the iPhone 16 to emerge once Apple formally unveils its iPhone 15 line this September, but we’ve already heard enough early speculations to paint a hazy picture of the iPhones Apple could ship in 2024.
You’ll find our one-stop shop for all the latest iPhone 16 news, rumors, and predictions below. We’ll also be updating this article in the coming months, so check back frequently for the most recent iPhone 16 information.
iPhone 16 Release Date Speculations
If Apple follows precedent, we can expect the iPhone 16 to be announced during the 2024 edition of its annual September launch event. We won’t know the exact date of that event until August 2024, but we can use the dates of previous Apple events to determine when next year’s Apple event will take place, and hence when the iPhone 16 will be available.
Apple usually chooses the first or second week of September for its yearly iPhone releases, and usually chooses a Tuesday, while the corporation occasionally chooses a Wednesday. Apple’s September event in 2022 (read: iPhone 14) took place on September 7, with three of the four iPhone 14 variants announced at the time going on sale just over a week later, on September 16 (the iPhone 14 Plus went on sale on October 7).
That indicates the iPhone 16 will most likely be released on September 3 or 10 2024 (both dates are Tuesdays), however, September 4 and 11 are other possibilities.
iPhone 16 Size Variations
According to various sources, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max may have larger display sizes. The iPhone 16 Pro is believed to have a display of around 6.3 inches, while the iPhone 16 Pro Max is expected to have a display of around 6.9 inches.
The iPhone 16 Pro models are rumored to have a higher aspect ratio of 19.6.9, which is an increase over the current 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The modification means that the iPhone 16 Pro versions will be slightly taller, albeit the difference will be subtle.
According to display researcher Ross Young, the iPhone 16 Pro will be 6.27 inches, up from 6.12 inches, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max will be 6.86 inches, up from 6.69 inches. This is a 2.5 percent increase in display size. While higher display sizes will be limited to iPhone 16 Pro models in 2024, Apple hopes to bring them to normal iPhone models with the release of the iPhone 17 in 2025.
According to leaked CAD renderings of the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Pro Max will have a higher display, which is consistent with rumors of a size increase.
iPhone 16 Display
Micro-lens technology could be used to make the OLED screens on the iPhone 16 brighter and use less power. Micro-lens arrays, or MLA, use billions of lenses arranged in a uniform design inside the panel to cut down on internal reflection. The mirrored light makes the room seem brighter without using more energy.
iPhone 16 Buttons
Apple had planned to include solid-state volume, power, and mute buttons in the iPhone 15 Pro models, however, due to “unresolved technical issues,” the feature was removed from the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max.
Instead, reports say that Apple will delay the introduction of solid-state buttons until 2024, instead including them in the iPhone 16 Pro variants. Apple would “likely” adopt the technology with the iPhone 16 Pro, and if that happens, we may also see the unified button design that was anticipated for the iPhone 15 Pro models.
iPhone 16 might have Wi-Fi 7
Ming-Chi Kuo, an Apple analyst, thinks that the iPhone 16 Pro models could use the latest WiFi 7 technology, which is likely to offer speeds of “at least 30” gigabits per second and could go as high as 40Gb/s.
Wi-Fi 7 can also use 320MHz channels and supports 4K quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) technology. This means that with the same amount of antennas, Wi-Fi 7 can offer speeds that are up to 2.4 times faster than Wi-Fi 6. In the end, Wi-Fi 7 will have faster maximum transfer speeds, less latency, and better connection.
Port USB-C
Apple will switch to USB-C technology with the iPhone 15, and it’s likely that the iPhone 16 models will also use it. In 2023, the iPhone 15 will switch from Lightning to USB C. At least one iPhone could be made without ports or USB-C connectors in 2024. Charging and transferring data would be done with MagSafe or a similar device.
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Camera Technology On The iPhone 16
The iPhone 16 Pro versions could contain a 48-megapixel Ultra Wide lens, allowing for better photographs in low-light circumstances. It would most likely function similarly to the 48-megapixel Wide camera, which employs pixel binning to aggregate data from four pixels into a single “superpixel” for improved image quality.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max’s 48-megapixel wide-angle camera will reportedly have an eight-part hybrid lens with two glass components and six plastic parts, as well as Apple enhancements to the telephoto and ultra-wide camera lenses.
Periscope telephoto lenses could be added to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max in 2024. Because of size constraints, the iPhone 15 Pro Max will be the only handset to receive the upgraded camera technology in 2023.
Light is reflected by an angled mirror toward the image sensor in the camera when using a periscope lens. The directional shift enables a “folded” telephoto lens system for greater optical zoom without the blurriness associated with digital zoom. The iPhone 15 Pro Max is expected to have 6x optical zoom, therefore the 16 Pro Max may have the same capability.
According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 16 Pro variants would feature a stacked rear camera sensor configuration. The stacking design will first appear on regular iPhone 15 devices before spreading to the whole iPhone 16 lineup. More light will be captured by a tiered arrangement.
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