13 Changes that the iPhone 16 Series may Have

Shooting Button

The entire iPhone 16 series will be equipped with a shooting button as standard. It is designed to be located below the power button and near the bottom. This position is very close to the shutter position of a traditional camera.

Unlike ordinary buttons, the shooting button does not have a protrusion, and it is basically on the same plane as the body. At the same time, this button is touch-sensitive, it cannot be pressed, and vibration is used to simulate the touch of pressing.

Benefit

When shooting, you can tap the shooting button to focus. Slide left and right on the shooting button to control the zoom. Press the shooting button to shoot. This button should be more helpful when shooting videos.

Camera Pixel Improvement

The iPhone 16 camera has also been upgraded in terms of pixels.

The iPhone 16 regular version will upgrade the main camera to 48 million pixels, the same as the iPhone 15 Pro series.

The main camera of the iPhone 16 Pro series will remain at 48 million pixels. At the same time, its ultra wide and telephoto lenses will be upgraded to 48 million pixels.

The pixel upgrade will greatly improve the performance of different focal lengths of the entire iPhone series.

A18 Series Chip

Chip upgrades are a common practice for the iPhone series every year.

Unlike last year, this year's iPhone 16 regular version will not use the previous generation A17 chip, but the new generation A18 chip. The iPhone 16 Pro series will be upgraded to the A18 Pro chip.

Benefit

Both chips will use a 3nm process. And the performance in AI will be further improved, which should be to adapt to the Apple Intelligence function that will be launched in iOS 18. We guess this is also the reason why Apple did not use the previous generation chip for the iPhone 16 regular version this time.

Camera Arrangement

The camera arrangement of the regular version of the iPhone 16 has also changed. It will be changed from a diagonal arrangement to a vertical arrangement similar to the iPhone X. This change is conducive to the shooting of spatial videos. Unlike the iPhone 12 series, this time the flash will be placed independently of the camera module.

8GB RAM

The regular version of iPhone 16 may have 8GB of RAM, which will be on par with the Pro series and will help to open multiple apps at the same time.

Action Button

Another change that is in line with the Pro series is that the regular version of the iPhone 16 will change the mute switch to action button. This allows it to customize different functions according to different usage scenarios. At the same time, this also means that the mute switch will no longer exist in future iPhone.

Larger Screen Size

The screen size of the iPhone 16 Pro series will be further increased.

The screen of the iPhone 16 Pro will increase from 6.1 inches to 6.3 inches, while the screen of the iPhone 16 Pro Max will increase from 6.7 inches to 6.9 inches. This will be the largest screen size ever in the iPhone series.

Narrower Screen Edge

Last year, the screen edge of the iPhone 15 Pro series were narrowed to 1.55mm, bringing an extremely high screen-to-body ratio. This time, the screen edge of the iPhone 16 Pro series will be further narrowed to 1.15mm on this basis, which will be another extreme improvement in the screen-to-body ratio.

At the same time, the narrowing of the screen edge also makes up for the increase in the screen size of the Pro series. It is reported that the body width of the iPhone 16 Pro series will be able to maintain the same as the iPhone 14 Pro series.

Screen Brightness Improvement

The iPhone 16 series may use Samsung's latest OLED screen panel, which can increase the screen brightness from the original 1000 nits to 1200 nits. This will be beneficial for outdoor use.

Telephoto Focal Length (Only for Pro)

Last year, the iPhone 15 Pro Max changed the telephoto lens to a periscope lens, achieving a 5x focal length. The iPhone 15 Pro still maintains a 3x focal length.

This year, the iPhone 16 Pro will use a 5x focal length periscope lens like the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

This change is expected. Apple often adopts a new imaging system on the Pro Max model first, and then synchronizes it to the Pro model in the next generation.

Larger Sensor Size

Since the main camera of the Pro series is already 48 million pixels, this time it did not follow the other two cameras to upgrade the pixels, but directly upgraded the main camera sensor size to nearly 1 inch. This means that the picture performance and low-light performance of the main camera will be further improved.

Fixed Buttons

Last year, when we predicted the iPhone 15, we mentioned that it might use fixed buttons. However, it seems that due to some problems with the hardware design, this feature was cancelled last year. This year, Apple should have solved the problem of fixed buttons, and it will be used first on the iPhone 16 Pro series.

Unlike the shooting button mentioned earlier, the fixed button is raised like the original physical button. But it uses vibration to simulate the touch of pressing. According to our speculation, the power button, volume button and action button will be changed to fixed buttons, which will further improve the waterproof performance of the iPhone.

Fast Charging

It is rumored that the iPhone Pro series will increase the charging rate to 40 watts. At the same time, the charging rate of MagSafe will also be increased to 20 watts. In order to match the higher charging rate, the iPhone Pro series may optimize heat dissipation. The optimized iPhone will not only have better performance when playing games, but also control the heat generation when charging. This will also further enhance the wireless charging experience of MagSafe.