The iPhone 16 Lineup
Last but certainly not least is Apple’s new iPhone 16 lineup. Even though the company may have skipped a few other products last year, the iPhone is the one that always arrives almost like clockwork. Even the global COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t stop it — it merely delayed the iPhone 12 release into October 2020 rather than the usual September debut.
That’s not surprising, as the iPhone is Apple’s bread and butter, still accounting for half of the company’s annual revenue. It’s the one product the company can’t afford to skip on — or skimp on — and this year’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro won’t fail to impress us when it lands in September.
While the rumors and reports are in their early stages, a few already have a high degree of probability, either coming from reliable sources or merely being logical progressions of the iPhone.
For instance, we can safely assume that the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will continue with Apple’s new titanium design and tetraprism lens technology for higher optical zoom factors. While that better 5x telephoto lens was exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro Max last year, it’s expected to come to the smaller iPhone 16 Pro this year as Apple re-engineers the device and makes it slightly larger to accommodate the new lens system.
Reports have suggested that the iPhone 16 Pro will grow to 6.3 inches while the iPhone 16 Pro Max will expand to 6.9 inches. This also means larger screens and larger batteries. The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are expected to remain the same size, but the cameras may move back to an in-line layout, perhaps to add support for Spatial Video recording, which is currently a Pro-exclusive feature.
The iPhone 16 Pro lineup may also gain a second 48-megapixel sensor in the Ultra Wide camera, a more power-efficient display, and cooler batteries. The entire lineup is also expected to include the iPhone 15 Pro’s Action button plus a new “Capture” button and improved microphones to handle new AI powers that are expected to come to Siri in iOS 18.