It’s solely been about seven months since Apple launched the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional, however the hearsay mill waits for nobody. Gossip concerning the upcoming iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional, that are each anticipated to launch in September, is gathering tempo. And if the rumours are true, we might be about to see the most artificially clever iPhone ever.

Whereas the iPhone 15 line of smartphones appeared like a reasonably modest improve over the iPhone 14, with the primary updates being the introduction of USB-C, the motion button and an all-new titanium design, it was – on the entire – fairly underwhelming.

The iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max, nevertheless, are predicted to be vastly totally different from their predecessors. New experiences and rumours land nearly weekly, with the oldest leaks concerning the upcoming smartphone surfacing lengthy earlier than the iPhone 15 even noticed the sunshine of day. Most of which got here true.

Under, we’re rounding up all of the iPhone 16 rumours, together with launch date, potential specs, value and design.

The newest Apple iPhone 16 rumours

On 15 April, a Korean information aggregator claimed on the Naver weblog that Apple is at present testing an anti-reflective optical coating for the cameras on its future iPhones. This coating, which can use “atomic layer deposition” to put an especially skinny layer onto elements, will allegedly let Apple lower out lens flare and glare from photographs. The consumer claims that the coating can be applied on the following line of Apple’s professional units, although this might imply the iPhone 17 Professional and Professional Max, fairly than the iPhone 16 Professional.

On 17 April, Apple tipster Ross Younger of Show Provide Chain Consultants revealed that the iPhone 16 Plus might be the final base mannequin iPhone to boast a pleasant 6.7in display. In response to Younger, the iPhone 17 Plus can have a smaller show that can be sized someplace between the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max. That may imply the iPhone 17 Plus show might be a smaller 6.5in.

Apple is predicted to launch a swathe of latest AI-based options with the newest iOS 18, and so they’re rumoured to work on-device fairly than by means of the cloud. On 21 April, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in his Energy On e-newsletter that Apple has been creating a big language mannequin (LLM) and that it’ll work on-device. That may make the AI in your pocket sooner and extra privacy-maintaining than others, although it could be much less highly effective as a result of it received’t have unfettered entry to the web.

Apple iPhone 16 launch date: When will the brand new smartphones launch?

Of all of the issues which might be straightforward to foretell concerning the iPhone 16, the discharge date is by far the simplest. Apple is a predictable beast on the subject of its launch dates.

The corporate nearly all the time pronounces its new line of smartphones on a Tuesday or Wednesday within the first two weeks of September. To present you an concept of the earlier iPhone launch dates, the iPhone 15 was unveiled on Tuesday 5 September 2023, the iPhone 14 was unveiled on Wednesday 7 September 2022 and the iPhone 13 on Tuesday 14 September 2021.

The iPhone is all the time obtainable to pre-order on the Friday that very same week, earlier than releasing on common sale every week later the next Friday. So, we’re anticipating Apple to unveil the iPhone 16 within the first or second week of September, on both 2 or 3 September or 13 or 14 September. The iPhone 16 may then be launched on both Friday 13 September or Friday 20 September.

Apple iPhone 16 value: How a lot may the brand new handsets value?

Each single yr, the hearsay mill predicts that the iPhone can be going up in value. In 2022, leakers predicted that the iPhone 14 can be going up by a major quantity forward of the launch – it solely went up within the UK.

The analysts made the identical prediction for the iPhone 15 final yr, and it turned out that the iPhone 15 would really be receiving a chunky value lower within the UK, with the iPhone 15 Professional Max staying the identical value as final yr’s mannequin.

Whereas there aren’t any leaks concerning the iPhone 16’s potential price ticket proper now, there may be hypothesis (as there all the time is) that the value might go up – ultimately.

Nikkei Asia, in collaboration with Tokyo-based analysis agency Fomalhaut Techno Options, claimed that the fee to supply the iPhone 15 was loads larger than the price of producing the iPhone 14, with Apple absorbing the added value, fairly than passing it onto the buyer.

Nikkei Asia says that the usual iPhone 15’s elements have been 16 per cent costlier in comparison with the ‌iPhone 14‌, whereas the iPhone 15 Plus was 10 per cent costlier, the ‌iPhone 15 Professional‌ was 8 per cent costlier and the iPhone 15 Professional Max was 12 per cent costlier in comparison with their predecessors.

If Apple continues to go on its elevated prices to customers, “the corporate’s backside line will ultimately take a success”, the publication stated, with Fomalhaut’s chief government officer Minatake Kashio including that “Apple would possibly attempt to elevate costs subsequent yr with fashions apart from the Professional Max”.

Will it go up this yr? Nobody is aware of, however with the continued value of residing disaster, we count on Apple to maintain its iPhone costs the identical and proceed to soak up the price of manufacturing. If the costs do keep the identical, the iPhone 16 may begin from £799, and the iPhone 16 Plus from £899. The iPhone 16 Professional may begin from £999 and the iPhone 16 Professional Max may begin from £1,199.

Apple iPhone 16 design and show

With that out of the way in which, let’s get to the meat and potatoes, beginning with the iPhone 16 line-up’s design. First up – the show.

The iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max are rumoured to be getting even greater shows after they’re unveiled within the autumn. A number of experiences from dependable leakers surfaced final Could.

On 16 Could, dependable leaker Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that the iPhone 16 Professional can be getting a barely bigger show to accommodate a brand new periscope digicam, as seen on the iPhone 15 Professional Max. Earlier, on 9 Could, Ross Younger of Show Provide Chain Consultants claimed that the side ratio of the iPhone 16 Professional and 16 Professional Max can be growing in dimension to six.3in and 6.9in, giving customers greater shows and (inevitably) greater batteries.

On 22 Could, 9to5Mac launched CADs of the rumoured iPhone 16 Professional Max, and the outlet claimed that it’ll have a 6.9in show, with a bigger physique. It will likely be taller, however solely barely wider. The web site additionally prompt that the iPhone 16 Professional Max may ditch its Max moniker and choose to name it the iPhone 16 Professional Extremely, in keeping with the Apple Watch Extremely’s branding.

The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, nevertheless, are anticipated to stay the identical dimension. That’s 6.1in for the iPhone 16 and 6.7in for the iPhone 15 Plus. On 29 April, Apple insider Sonny Dickson launched dummy photographs of the upcoming rumoured iPhone 16 fashions, which reportedly characteristic greater shows on the professional fashions and the same-sized shows on the non-pro fashions.

The upcoming line of iPhone 16 fashions may even have thinner bezels. In response to the Korean publication The Elec, The report, shared by MacRumors, claims that the iPhone’s show producers have developed a brand new sort of border construction expertise that may cut back the scale of the bezels, letting firms make shows with smaller inside circuitry. The publication additionally experiences that the iPhone 16’s OLED shows may use micro-lens expertise for higher energy consumption and brightness.     

Your complete iPhone 16 line-up can be anticipated to realize the motion button discovered on the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max – one thing that changed the mute swap. MacRumors claims that it has seen inside documentation suggesting that the motion button will go from a mechanical button to a capacitive contact button, permitting for extra performance.

MacRumors says that the brand new motion button will “characteristic a power sensor, which detects adjustments in strain, in addition to tact-switching performance”. Whereas we aren’t fairly clear what meaning, we assume you’ll be capable to use the button to carry out a number of actions as a substitute of only one programmed motion as it’s at present.

It has been extensively reported that the iPhone 16 will characteristic a brand new seize button. On the finish of final yr, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed that every one 4 iPhone 16 handsets would characteristic a brand new seize button, designed to take movies. If true (we’re speculating right here), the brand new seize button might be used to rapidly document spatial movies for the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.     

Apple can be reportedly altering the digicam array on the rear of the bottom mannequin iPhone 16 units. Apple Insider printed alleged dummy leaks of the iPhone 16, and the brand new cameras could also be oriented in a vertical stack fairly than diagonally. The iPhone 15 Professional at present makes use of stacked cameras for spatial video.

And lastly, iPhone 16 colors. We all the time get plenty of iPhone suggestions from the Chinese language social media web site Weibo, and the newest comes from Fastened Focus Digital. The leaker claims that the bottom iPhone 16 will are available seven totally different colors this yr. In addition to the yellow, blue, inexperienced, black and pink seen on the iPhone 15, white and purple are rumoured to be added to the line-up. They didn’t point out something concerning the iPhone 16 Professional colors, nevertheless.   

Apple iPhone 16 specs

Whereas we’ve had quite a few experiences on the design of the iPhone 16, leaks concerning the iPhone 16’s specs are nonetheless pretty skinny on the bottom.

One attention-grabbing hearsay comes from a analysis be aware from Haitong Worldwide Securities’ analyst Jeff Pu, who said in March 2024 that every one 4 fashions of the iPhone 16 will obtain the brand new A18 chip. Often, Apple reserves its newest processor for the Professional mannequin smartphones, and it provides the bottom fashions final yr’s processor.

There can be variations, nevertheless. The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will allegedly run on the A18, whereas the iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max may get an A18 Professional chip. The A16 Professional will reportedly have extra cores and an upgraded neural engine, permitting for extra AI options (we’ll develop on that beneath).       

Lots of people additionally complained about their iPhone 15 overheating after they first acquired their fingers on it final yr. Apple is reportedly trying on the drawback of warmth, with Apple insider Kosutami claiming that the corporate may use a graphene thermal system to repair this subject within the iPhone 16.

There may also reportedly be an upgraded wifi chip in each the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional line of smartphones. In response to ever-reliable Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 16 Professional will acquire wifi 7 assist, whereas the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will acquire wifi 6E, which is at present obtainable on the iPhone 15 Professional.

By way of battery, Jeff Pu additionally claims that the iPhone 16 handsets will use stacked battery expertise, one thing that’s at present used within the EV market. This might present a bigger battery capability, giving even sooner charging speeds and better capability wi-fi charging capabilities.

Apple iPhone 16 options

We’ll get a extra knowledgeable have a look at the iPhone 16’s options when Apple hosts its WWDC occasion in June and unveils iOS 18 to the general public, however for now, we’ll need to go on conjecture.

The iPhone 16 line of handsets is predicted to be filled with nifty AI options in accordance with quite a few experiences. The corporate sees its new working system, iOS 18, “as one of many greatest iOS updates — if not the largest” in its historical past, in accordance with Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.

The corporate is rumoured to be engaged on a spread of synthetic intelligence updates for the brand new working system. That can embrace a greater model of Siri, new AI inside Apple Music to make playlists, and AI assistant instruments in apps similar to Keynote, Messages and Xcode.

The brand new model of Siri will embrace a big language mannequin of the sort that powers ChatGPT, earlier experiences have prompt. That may let it automate difficult duties simply by asking, for example.

Apple iPhone 16 cameras

Cameras all the time see an enormous spec bump with every new iPhone. So past the brand new vertical digicam array on the bottom iPhone 16 fashions, what else is rumoured?

In response to a analysis be aware from Jeff Pu, obtained by 9to5Mac, the iPhone 16 Professional will characteristic a 48MP ultra-wide digicam, a leap from the 12MP ultra-wide digicam discovered on the iPhone 15 Professional. Each smartphones may additionally get the 12x telephoto lens, as a substitute of simply the Professional Max handset.

MacRumors additionally alleges that each the iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max will characteristic the brand new superior tetraprism telephoto lens. Whereas the iPhone 15 Professional Max makes use of a tetraprism lens, letting customers zoom in as much as 5x, the iPhone 15 Professional doesn’t embrace this lens. With an even bigger iPhone on the playing cards, Apple will reportedly be capable to add this 5x tetraprism lens to each handsets with the iPhone 16 Professional line-up.

The decision: Apple iPhone 16 rumours

Whereas every little thing right here ought to be taken with a pinch of salt, the upcoming iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max appear like very promising upgrades over their predecessors. The motion button can be improved, there can be a brand new seize button for recording video (perhaps even spatial movies) and there can be fancy new AI options that may make Siri smarter than ever earlier than. The cameras may get hefty enhancements, and the whole line-up can be sooner and extra highly effective. Total, it appears like an thrilling improve. We’ll proceed to replace this web page as extra rumours are available. 

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