Every thing we all know up to now and what we wish to see

Replace: April 28, 2024 (01:06 PM ET): We have now up to date our iPhone 16 sequence rumor hub to incorporate new leaked dummy items of the iPhone 16 sequence.

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Apple’s iPhone 15 sequence got here out in September 2023. Now that the hype for these has died down, we’re shifting on to the 2024 fashions — and there are already loads of iPhone 16 rumors and leaks going round.

Apple made some vital adjustments to the 2023 iPhone lineup, together with the addition of USB-C, the mute-switch-replacing Motion Button, Titanium our bodies as an alternative of Stainless Metal, Dynamic Island on the non-Professional iPhones, a periscope digital camera for the Professional Max mannequin, and extra. In the event you’ve been following Apple lengthy sufficient, you’d know that almost all of those new options from the iPhone 15 sequence would most actually be coming to iPhone 16 fashions. Moreover, what’s unique to the 2023 Execs would doubtless trickle all the way down to the non-Professional variants this yr. Holding all that in thoughts, right here’s what you possibly can anticipate from the iPhone 16 lineup in 2024.

There’s little doubt Apple will launch new iPhones in 2024. The iPhone shouldn’t be solely the corporate’s best-selling product, however the cornerstone of the whole lot it does. You may’t rely upon so much on this world, however a yearly iPhone improve is one thing we will anticipate nearly as a lot as we will anticipate the rising of the solar.

A greater query is likely to be: will these new iPhones be referred to as the iPhone 16 sequence? This isn’t almost as assured, though we’re fairly assured that’s what’s going to occur. It’s been a very long time since Apple didn’t use a brand new quantity for its yearly iPhone improve. In reality, the final time there was an “S” sequence iPhone was the iPhone XS and XS Max in 2018, almost six years in the past. Since then, it’s been a model new quantity yearly, so we’re fairly assured there will likely be an iPhone 16 launch this yr.

• Apple iPhone 13: September 14, 2021
• Apple iPhone 14: September 7, 2022
• Apple iPhone 15: September 12, 2023

Apple has been launching new iPhones in September for the reason that iPhone 5. Barring the iPhone SE fashions, September is Apple’s most well-liked month for flagship bulletins. It was solely in the course of the pandemic that Apple went off beam and launched the iPhone 12 sequence in October. But when all goes as deliberate and there are not any last-minute manufacturing hitches, the iPhone 16 sequence ought to arrive like clockwork in September 2024. It’s too early for even leaked particulars a few particular iPhone 16 launch date, however we’ll replace this text as and once we hear something about it.

What rumored specs and options might the iPhone 16 sequence have?

Apple doesn’t reinvent the iPhone yearly, but it surely nearly all the time launches vital adjustments. Listed here are the issues we anticipate to see later this yr with the iPhone 16 sequence.

Apple made a number of notable design adjustments on the iPhone 15 sequence, and we anticipate the corporate to refine these going ahead. We expect Apple’s newly launched Motion Button will make its solution to the non-Professional iPhone 16 fashions this yr. As we stated earlier, bringing Professional options to base iPhone fashions is a observe Apple has adopted for years. The Dynamic Island on the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus (beforehand reserved just for the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max) is a chief instance of that. So, should you desire the basic mute swap over the brand new Motion Button, know that it’ll most probably disappear for good after the iPhone 16 lineup goes official.

If one new button wasn’t sufficient, rumor has it that Apple will equip the iPhone 16 sequence with one more button. Based on a MacRumors report and frequent Apple leaker Mark Gurman, Apple internally refers to this new button because the “Seize Button.” It’s anticipated to look on the best aspect of the system, and Gurman says it could possibly be used to shoot photographs and report movies. The Info says that the button will likely be a bodily button that will likely be delicate to each stress and contact. The report mentions that calmly urgent the button will let you focus, whereas a firmer press will seize a picture or begin recording. It’s stated that additionally, you will be capable to swipe left or proper on the button to zoom in or out.

All-in-all, it appears to be like just like the iPhone 16 sequence could include as many as 5 buttons, together with the facility button, two quantity buttons, the Motion Button, and the brand new Seize Button. The button is claimed to be in testing throughout all 4 fashions inside the iPhone 16 sequence, so it’s doable this is not going to be a Professional-only function.

For the designs of the bottom iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, we anticipate Apple to stay to the identical display screen sizes as final yr. Show analyst Younger additionally suggests that Apple is just anticipated to convey excessive refresh fee screens to base iPhones in 2025. Meaning we is likely to be caught with 60Hz shows on the cheaper iPhones in 2024, which is profoundly disappointing, particularly when you think about you may get a funds Android cellphone with a 90Hz show for lower than $400 as of late.

As for the Professional fashions, they could possibly be bigger than ever. Gurman and show analyst Ross Younger concur that Apple plans to enhance the scale of its two iPhone 16 Professional fashions by “a few tenths of an inch diagonally.” The brand new shows are anticipated to measure 6.3 inches and 6.9 inches for the iPhone 16 Professional and 16 Professional Max, respectively, making the Professional Max the biggest iPhone ever. Nonetheless, the Professional Max identify won’t stick round. Based on 9to5Mac, the top-of-the-line iPhone might undertake the “Extremely” branding in 2024, which we heard in 2023, too — so take that rumor with a grain of salt.

We have now additionally seen a number of dummy items round, giving us a good concept of what the lineup will appear like. Leaker MajinBu reshared comparability pics of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional as in opposition to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional, and the scale distinction on the Professional iPhone may be very obvious year-on-year.

Sonny Dickson additionally shared dummy items of your complete iPhone 16 sequence, corroborating the distinction in display screen sizes, the vertically positioned cameras, the Motion button, and the Seize button on all 4 telephones.

Dickson later shared higher high quality dummy items of the sequence, which you’ll be able to see on the prime of this part. These dummy items showcase the redesigned digital camera modules on the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus in addition to simply how giant the Professional Max (or Extremely) is.

There are a variety of rumors already swirling round about iPhone 16 digital camera specs. Apple launched a brand new tetraprism zoom lens on the iPhone 15 Professional Max in 2023, which, in accordance with Apple analyst and trusted informer Ming-Chi Kuo, might come to each the iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max.

In the meantime, Haitong Worldwide Securities analyst Jeff Pu claims that Apple will add a 48MP ultrawide shooter to the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max. Ming-Chi Kuo additionally reiterates this with extra particulars, noting that the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max might leap to a 48MP 1/2.6-inch sensor with 0.7µm pixel dimension and 6P lens meeting for its rear ultrawide digital camera. The output could be 12MP, so with pixel binning, the efficient pixel dimension could be 1.4µm. If true, this might be a big decision improve in comparison with the 12MP ultrawide sensor presently used on iPhone fashions with a 1µm pixel dimension.

Different anticipated specs and options

Different specs for the iPhone 16 sequence stay underneath wraps, however we do anticipate the annual processor improve. Primarily based on how Apple does issues, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus will in all probability get the A17 Professional chip Apple is now utilizing within the iPhone 15 Professional telephones, whereas the iPhone 16 Professional lineup might see a model new A18 chip.

Nonetheless, Jeff Pu (by way of MacRumors) has recommended Apple may change up its technique this yr. He claims that every one 4 new iPhone 16 sequence telephones is likely to be outfitted with A18 sequence chips. Pu additionally expects the chips to be manufactured by TSMC on its second-generation 3nm course of as an alternative of the first-generation 3nm course of used on the A17 Professional chip. There might nonetheless be a distinction within the processors that the non-Professional and Professional iPhones 16 fashions get. Pu suggests the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus might get the A18 chip, whereas the iPhone 16 Professional and 16 Professional Max might come outfitted with an A18 Professional chip.

In the meantime, the storage tiers of the iPhone 16 sequence might stay the identical because the iPhone 15 sequence, however there could also be some shuffling in RAM. Pu means that the bottom iPhone 16 might lastly get 8GB of RAM, in comparison with the bottom iPhone 15’s 6GB of RAM. The iPhone 15 Professional fashions have already got 8GB of RAM, so Apple would in all probability keep on with the identical for the iPhone 16 Professional fashions.

The bottom iPhone 16 might additionally make the leap to Wi-Fi 6E, lastly.

The iPhone 16 Professional, as an alternative, might get an improve to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X75 modem, as Pu notes. The bottom iPhone 16 might retain the Qualcomm Snapdragon X70 modem, which is current on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional fashions.

We additionally anticipate Apple to infuse generative AI into its merchandise in 2024. The corporate is reportedly integrating AI options in iOS 18 in partnership with Google, OpenAI (house owners of ChatGPT), or presumably each. On condition that the Pixel 8 and Galaxy S24 sequence all closely give attention to AI smarts, it’s just about a on condition that Apple might want to reply within the iPhone 16 sequence.

• iPhone 15: Begins at $799
• iPhone 15 Plus: Begins at $899
• iPhone 15 Professional: Begins at $999
• iPhone 15 Professional Max: Begins at $1,199

In 2023, Apple elevated the worth of its Professional Max mannequin by $100. You could possibly purchase the bottom 128GB iPhone 14 Professional Max for $1,099 in 2022, however the iPhone 15 Professional Max underwent massive adjustments and begins at $1,199 for a 256GB mannequin. We anticipate Apple to stay to the brand new $1,199 value and better base storage for the iPhone 16 Professional Max.

As for the remainder of the lineup, it’s robust to say if Apple will maintain costs unchanged or enhance them. We aren’t listening to about enormous upgrades simply but, so the iPhone 16 sequence might additionally find yourself beginning at $799. We’ll be higher positioned to foretell costs later this yr. For now, although, it’s in all probability a secure wager to imagine pricing will stay unchanged. You will be assured that Apple is not going to decrease any costs.

In the event you’re trying to decide up a brand new flagship iPhone proper now, you don’t want to attend till September. The present iPhone 15 lineup has a lot to supply and won’t be dramatically outdated when the iPhone 16 sequence launches. There are additionally some terrific Android alternate options on the market, must you be fascinated with switching groups.

In case you are fascinated with making the leap to Android, there are additionally loads of nice choices. The Google Pixel 8 ($699 at Amazon) could be an incredible Android various to the iPhone 15, and the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus ($1119.99 at Amazon) or OnePlus 12 ($899.99 at Amazon) will ship much more than an iPhone 15 Plus. If you’d like an iPhone Professional mannequin, the Pixel 8 Professional ($999 at Amazon) or Galaxy S24 Extremely ($1419.99 at Amazon) will actually impress you.