Apple iPhone 16 Rumors: Everything We Know So Far
The iPhone 15 lineup has been out for about a month, so you know what that means: rumors about next-gen iPhones.
It’s been a bumpy rollout for the Pro versions of the iPhone 15, most notably with an overheating issue that made these premium smartphones too hot to handle, as well as reports of burn-in and wonky location settings. Apple seems to have fixed these problems with iOS 17 updates.
Will the iPhone 16 have a smoother release? And what types of upgrades will it feature? Rumors are already flying. Here’s what we’ve heard so far; check back as more details emerge.
The iPhone 15 Pro did not get the tetraprism lens found on the iPhone Pro Max (it comes with the same 3x optical zoom as the iPhone 14 Pro Max). But according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, that will change on the iPhone 16, with the tetraprism feature landing on the iPhone 16 Pro as well as the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
As PCMag’s Eric Zeman explains, “the tetraprism is basically a periscope, or a way to bend light multiple times through glass, which is a tool other phone makers have used in their cameras since 2017 to bring faraway subjects closer to your smartphone.”
Getting that option on the lower-end Pro model, which currently runs $200 less than the Pro Max, would be a nice money-saving perk. If Apple doesn't raise iPhone prices, that is. Kuo suggests we might end up paying more for the iPhone 16 to cover the camera upgrades. (There were rumors about $200 iPhone price increases ahead of the iPhone 15 launch, but we only saw that on the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which is $100 more expensive than its predecessor.)
Continuing this theme, all four iPhone 16 models will reportedly run next-gen A18 chips from Apple, according to analyst Jeff Pu. “We view A17 Pro as a
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