The iPhone 15 series is barely out the door, but we’re already hearing tons about the iPhone 16 lineup. Update: January 5, 2024 (05:12 AM ET): We have updated our iPhone 16 series rumor hub to include information on iPhone 16 Pro mockups and the ultrawide camera upgrade.
Apple’s iPhone 15 series is still fairly new right now, but the leaks landscape is far more evolved than what it used to be till a few years back, and thanks to that, we already have a number of iPhone 16 rumors and leaks going around.
Apple made some significant changes to the 2023 iPhone lineup, including the addition of USB-C, the mute-switch-replacing Action Button, Titanium bodies instead of Stainless Steel, Dynamic Island on the non-Pro iPhones, a periscope camera for the Pro Max model, and more. If you’ve been following Apple long enough, you’d know that most of these new features from the iPhone 15 series would most certainly be coming to iPhone 16 models. What’s exclusive to the Pros today would likely trickle down to the non-Pro variants next year. It’s just how Apple does things. With all that and the leaks that we have at hand, here’s what you can expect from the iPhone 16 lineup.
Will there be an iPhone 16 series?
There’s no doubt Apple will launch new iPhones in 2024. The company’s numbered series has been going steady since the iPhone 4. Before that, Apple had the original iPhone and two iPhone 3G models. But ever since the iPhone 4,
Apple has been consistent with the numbered naming scheme, and we’re now nearing the iPhone 16 series. The 2024 lineup will mark 18 years of iPhones. Will Apple finally mature enough to open up its walled garden that is iOS? Who knows?
But we do have tons of iPhone 16 info to run through. Read on to get the lowdown.What is the most likely iPhone 16 series release date?Apple iPhone 15 Pro lockscreen in handApple iPhone 13: September 14, 2021Apple iPhone 14: September 7, 2022Apple iPhone 15: September 12, 2023Apple has been launching new iPhones in September since the iPhone 5. Barring the iPhone SE models, September is Apple’s preferred month for flagship announcements. It was only during the pandemic that Apple went off course and launched the iPhone 12 series in October. But if all goes as planned and there are no last-minute manufacturing hitches, the iPhone 16 series should arrive like clockwork in September 2024. It’s too early for even leaked details about a possible iPhone 16 release date, but we’ll update this article as and when we hear anything about it.
What rumored specs and features could the iPhone 16 series have?Apple iPhone 15 Pro Action ButtonDesign, display, and buttonsApple made several notable design changes on the iPhone 15 series, and we expect the company to refine these going forward. We think Apple’s newly launched Action Button will make its way to the non-Pro iPhone 16 models next year. Lending further credence to this possibility, Mark Gurman of Bloomberg claims the Action Button will trickle down to the non-Pro models. As we said earlier, bringing Pro features to base iPhone models is a practice Apple has followed for years. The Dynamic Island on the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus is a prime example of that. So, if you prefer the mute switch over the new button, know that it will most likely disappear for good after the iPhone 16 lineup goes official.
Apple could equip the iPhone 16 series with yet another new button.If one new button wasn’t enough, rumor has it that Apple will equip the iPhone 16 series with yet another button. According to a MacRumors report and Gurman, Apple internally refers to this new button as the “Capture Button.
” It is expected to appear on the right side of the device, and Gurman says it could be used to record videos. All-in-all, it looks like the iPhone 16 series may come with as many as five buttons, including the power button, two volume buttons, the Action Button, and the new Capture Button. What’s unclear is if all iPhone 16 models will get this rumored new button or if Apple will again reserve it for the Pro models to make them more premium than the Plus and standard variants.
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Another theory is that Apple could remove all the physical buttons and opt for solid-state buttons for next year’s iPhone 16 Pro models.
This feature was heavily expected on the iPhone 15 series but reportedly had to be delayed due to manufacturing issues.
A MacRumors report included mockups of three different iPhone 16 early prototypes, pictured below. The first iPhone 16 prototype, rendered in yellow, featured an iPhone X-style camera pill. It also featured a unified volume rocker that could provide haptic feedback.
iPhone 16 Mockups 1
iPhone 16 Mockups 3The second iPhone 16 prototype, rendered in pink, featured vertically aligned cameras but with separated volume buttons.
The third iPhone 16 prototype, rendered in Midnight Black, featured vertically aligned cameras, separated volume buttons, but also a larger Action button and a new Capture button.
All three prototypes featured an Action button, indicating that the mute switch could be well on its way out.
There’s also the possibility Apple does nothing at all with the design. In November, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the iPhone 16 won’t have any major hardware advances in 2024. It looks like Apple may be focusing more on software this time around
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