Apple · Smartphone · 2024
iPhone 16
The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are smartphones developed and marketed by Apple. They are the eighteenth-generation iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. The devices were announced alongside the higher-priced iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max during the Apple Event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on September 9, 2024.
- Display
- 15.5 cm (6.1")
- Chipset
- Apple A18
- Storage
- 128 GB
Camera
- Digital zoom
- 10x
- Optical zoom
- 4x
- Face detection
- Yes
- Lens correction
- Yes
- Optical zoom in
- 2x
- Time lapse mode
- Yes
- Image stabilizer
- Yes
- Optical zoom out
- 2x
- Rear camera type
- Dual camera
- Video stabilizer
- Yes
- Front camera type
- Single camera
- Maximum frame rate
- 240 fps
- Lens cover material
- Sapphire crystal
- Image stabilizer type
- Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)
- Video recording modes
- 720p, 1080p, 2160p
- Rear camera focal length
- 2.6 cm
- Rear camera aperture number
- 1.6
- Resolution at capture speed
- 1280x720@30fps, 1920x1080@25fps, 1920x1080@30fps, 1920x1080@60fps, 3840x2160@24fps, 3840x2160@25fps, 3840x2160@30fps, 3840x2160@60fps
- Front camera aperture number
- 1.9
- Video capture resolution (max)
- 3840 x 2160 pixels
- Second rear camera focal length
- 5.2 cm
- Rear camera resolution (numeric)
- 48 MP
- Front camera resolution (numeric)
- 12 MP
- Second rear camera aperture number
- 2.2
- Camera High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode
- Yes
- Second rear camera resolution (numeric)
- 12 MP
- Second rear camera field of view (FOV) angle
- 120°
Design
- Form factor
- Bar
- Housing material
- Aluminium, Glass
- Waterproof up to
- 6 m
- Protection features
- Dust resistant, Splash proof, Water resistant
Battery
- Battery technology
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
- Battery endurance in cycles
- 1000
- Continuous audio playback time
- 80 h
- Continuous video playback time (max)
- 22 h
- Continuous video playback time (streamed) (max)
- 18 h
Display
- Panel type
- OLED
- Screen shape
- Flat
- Pixel density
- 460 ppi
- Display diagonal
- 15.5 cm (6.1")
- Touchscreen type
- Capacitive
- Display brightness
- 1000 cd/m²
- Display glass type
- Ceramic Shield
- Display resolution
- 2556 x 1179 pixels
- Oleophobic coating
- Yes
- Fingerprint resistant
- Yes
- Contrast ratio (typical)
- 2000000:1
- Display brightness (min)
- 1 cd/m²
- Brand specific technologies
- Dynamic Island, Haptic touch, True Tone, Wide color (P3)
- Maximum display brightness (HDR)
- 1600 cd/m²
- Display technology marketing name
- Super Retina XDR
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported
- Yes
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology
- Dolby Vision, Extreme Dynamic Range (XDR), High Dynamic Range 10 (HDR10), High Dynamic Range 10+ (HDR10 Plus), Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG), Smart HDR
- Maximum display brightness (Outdoor)
- 2000 cd/m²
Network
- AirPlay
- Yes
- iBeacon
- Yes
- 4G standard
- LTE-TDD & LTE-FDD
- 5G standard
- NR, NR mmWave
- 3G standards
- DC-HSDPA, HSPA+, UMTS
- SIM card type
- NanoSIM + eSIM
- Frequency band
- Penta-band
- Wi-Fi standards
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
- Bluetooth version
- 5.3
- 3G bands supported
- 850,900,1700,1800,1900,2100 MHz
- SIM card capability
- Dual SIM
- Mobile network generation
- 5G
- Near Field Communication (NFC)
- Yes
- Voice over LTE (VoLTE) supported
- Yes
Storage
- Compatible memory cards
- Not supported
- Internal storage capacity
- 128 GB
Software
- Platform
- iOS
- Virtual assistant
- Apple Siri
- Apple Intelligence
- Yes
- Operating system installed
- iOS
- Mac operating systems supported
- Yes
- Windows operating systems supported
- Yes
Processor
- Efficient cores
- 4
- Processor cores
- 6
- Processor model
- A18
- Processor family
- Apple
- Performance cores
- 2
- Neural processor unit (NPU)
- Apple Neural Engine (ANE)
- Neural processor unit (NPU) cores
- 16
Multimedia
- Speakers
- stereo
- Playback modes
- Burst Shooting, Zoom
- Audio formats supported
- AAC, AAC-LC, AAX, AAX+, AC3, EAC3, FLAC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, MP3, PCM
- Image formats supported
- GIF, JPEG, TIFF
- Video formats supported
- AV1, H.264, HEVC, M-JPEG, MPEG4
- Archive formats supported
- Zip
- Document formats supported
- DOC, DOCX, HTM, HTML, ICS, Key, Numbers, PDF, PPT, PPTX, Pages, RTF, TXT, USDZ, VCF, XLS, XLSX
Performance
- Action button
- Yes
- Camera button
- Yes
- Fast charging
- Yes
- Spatial audio
- Yes
- Wide Spectrum
- Yes
- Screen sharing
- Yes
- Crash detection
- Yes
- Face recognition
- Yes
- Wireless charging
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
- Graphics card cores
- 5
- Accessibility features
- AssistiveTouch, Back Tap, Closed Captions, Eye Tracking, Live Captions, Live Speech, Magnifier, Personal Voice, Real-time text (RTT), Siri and Dictation, Spoken Content, Switch Control, Teletype (TTY), Type to Siri, Vocal Shortcuts, Voice Control, VoiceOver, Zoom
- Action button features
- Accessibility, Flashlight, Recognize Music, Translate, Camera, Focus, Shortcut, Voice Memo, Controls, Magnifier, Silent mode
- Emergency SOS (satellite)
- Yes
Ports & interfaces
- USB port
- Yes
- USB connector type
- USB Type-C
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