The iPhone 15 lineup isn’t anticipated to be formally unveiled till September, however that hasn’t stopped these with connections in provide chains and inside Apple from gleaning a couple of particulars concerning 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 stated, right here’s what essentially the most prolific leakers and tipsters say we will anticipate concerning the iPhones coming within the fall of 2024.
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 occasions when a specific mannequin or variant will ship in October due to provide chain shortages, nonetheless.
The standard 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 doubtless on Friday, September 13, and at the least some fashions delivery on September 20.
iPhone 16 value
For reference, the newest iPhone lineup (iPhone 14) is priced as follows:
- iPhone 14: $799/£849
- iPhone 14 Plus: $899/£949
- iPhone 14 Professional: $999/£1,099
- iPhone 14 Professional Max: $1,099/£1,199
There are some rumors that the iPhone 15 Professional Max (which can be referred to as iPhone 15 Extremely) goes to value greater than the present top-end iPhone, and a few say this value hike will lengthen to the smaller iPhone 15 Professional as properly. If that occurs, we assume the pricing for the iPhone 16 will even be larger.
There’s no new details about the pricing of the iPhone 16 line, so it makes essentially the most sense to imagine it can value the identical because the iPhone 15 line, at the least till we hear in any other case. Meaning the usual measurement 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 would possibly go for $1,199.
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 thus far, besides that it ought to look, properly, like an iPhone. Your entire iPhone 15 line is anticipated to have the Dynamic Island, so anticipate that pill-shaped cutout on the iPhone 16 fashions as properly. Some rumors say Apple has discovered a technique to put a number of the Face ID sensors below the show, so the iPhone 16 Professional fashions may have a good smaller digital camera cutout than the usual fashions.
Ming-Chi Kuo and Ross Younger each report that the show measurement on the Professional fashions shall be getting larger–about 0.2 inches measured diagonally–with a barely taller facet 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 measurement is reportedly essential to accommodate extra subtle digital camera {hardware} however will even add a little bit of display 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 have been stated 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 an alternative. Regardless, all iPhone 15 Professional fashions are anticipated to characteristic an Motion button instead of the mute swap, which ought to develop to the whole iPhone 16 lineup in 2024.
iPhone 16 specs and options
With every new iPhone comes a brand new A-series processor, and you may wager the pattern will proceed subsequent yr. The iPhone 16 Professional will subsequently doubtless characteristic the A18 processor, whereas the non-Professional iPhone 16 fashions will use the A17 (debuting this fall within the iPhone 15 Professional). It’s far too early to take a position about subsequent yr’s chip’s options and efficiency.
A report on 9to5Mac infers from a part of an unrelated provider report by Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple shall 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.
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 improvement and testing, which has been a problem for Apple and each different firm attempting to make top-tier 5G know-how.
As well as, you may anticipate Wi-Fi 7 within the iPhone by the autumn of 2024. Wi-Fi 6E is just arriving this yr, so it’s potential 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 characteristic USB-C as an alternative of Lightning for charging and wired connectivity. That change is definitely coming with the iPhone 15 line and as soon as made, Apple gained’t backtrack. Prior rumors about Apple making an attempt to make a totally port-free iPhone appear to have fizzled out.