iPhone?16 Technical Specifications

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iPhone?16
iPhone?16?Plus
Finish

Black, White, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine

Aluminium design
Latest?generation Ceramic?Shield front
Colour-infused glass back (Black, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine)

Black, White, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine

Aluminium design
Latest?generation Ceramic?Shield front
Colour-infused glass back (Black, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine)

Capacity1
  • 128GB
  • 256GB
  • 512GB
  • 128GB
  • 256GB
  • 512GB
Size and Weight2
Weight:

170 grams (6.00 ounces)

Weight:

199 grams (7.03 ounces)

Display
  • Super?Retina?XDR display
  • 6.1?inch (diagonal) all?screen OLED display
  • 2556x1179-pixel resolution at?460?ppi

The iPhone?16 display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.12?inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

  • Super?Retina?XDR display
  • 6.7?inch (diagonal) all?screen OLED display
  • 2796x1290-pixel resolution at?460?ppi

The iPhone?16?Plus display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.69?inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

Both models
  • Dynamic?Island
  • HDR display
  • True?Tone
  • Wide colour?(P3)
  • Haptic?Touch
  • 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
  • 1,000?nits max brightness (typical); 1,600?nits peak brightness (HDR); 2,000?nits peak?brightness (outdoor); 1?nit?minimum brightness
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
Splash, Water and Dust Resistant3

Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6?metres up to 30?minutes) under IEC standard 60529

Chip
  • A18 chip
  • New 6?core CPU with 2 perform-ance and 4?efficiency cores
  • New 5?core?GPU
  • New 16?core Neural?Engine
Camera
  • Advanced dual?camera system
  • 48MP?Fusion: 26mm, ?/1.6?aperture, sensor?shift optical image stabilisation, 100%?Focus?Pixels, support for super?high?resolution photos (24MP and 48MP)
  • Also enables 12MP 2x Telephoto: 52mm, ?/1.6?aperture, sensor?shift optical image stabilisation, 100%?Focus?Pixels
  • 12MP Ultra?Wide: 13mm, ?/2.2?aperture and 120°?field of view, 100% Focus?Pixels
  • 2x?optical zoom in, 2x?optical zoom out; 4x?optical zoom range
  • Digital zoom up to?10x
  • Camera?Control
  • Sapphire crystal lens cover
  • True?Tone flash
  • Photonic Engine
  • Deep?Fusion
  • Smart?HDR?5
  • Next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth?Control
  • Portrait Lighting with six effects
  • Night mode
  • Panorama (up to 63MP)
  • Latest-generation Photo-graphic Styles
  • Spatial photos
  • Macro photography
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live?Photos
  • Lens correction (Ultra?Wide)
  • Advanced red?eye correction
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
  • Photo geotagging
  • Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
  • 4K Dolby?Vision video recording at 24?fps, 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • 1080p Dolby?Vision video recording at 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • 720p Dolby?Vision video recording at 30?fps
  • Cinematic mode up to 4K?HDR at 30?fps
  • Action?mode up to 2.8K at 60?fps
  • Macro video recording, including slo-mo and time-lapse
  • Slo?mo video support for 1080p at 120?fps or 240?fps
  • Spatial video recording at 1080p at 30?fps
  • Time-lapse video with stabilisation
  • Night mode Time-lapse
  • QuickTake video up to 4K at 60?fps in Dolby?Vision
  • Sensor-shift optical image stabilisation for video (Fusion)
  • Digital zoom up to?6x
  • Audio zoom
  • True?Tone flash
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus video
  • Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K?video
  • Playback zoom
  • Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
  • Spatial?Audio and stereo recording
  • Wind noise reduction
  • Audio Mix
True-Depth Camera
  • 12MP camera
  • ?/1.9?aperture
  • Autofocus with Focus?Pixels
  • Retina Flash
  • Photonic Engine
  • Deep?Fusion
  • Smart?HDR?5
  • Next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth?Control
  • Portrait Lighting with six effects
  • Animoji and Memoji
  • Night mode
  • Latest-generation Photo-graphic Styles
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live?Photos
  • Lens correction
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
  • 4K Dolby?Vision video recording at 24?fps, 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • 1080p Dolby?Vision video recording at 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • Cinematic mode up to 4K Dolby?Vision at 30?fps
  • Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120?fps
  • Time-lapse video with stabilisation
  • Night mode Time-lapse
  • QuickTake video up to 4K at 60 fps in Dolby?Vision
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
  • Spatial?Audio and stereo recording
Face?ID
  • Enabled by True-Depth camera for facial?recognition
Peace of Mind
  • Crash Detection4
Mobile and Wireless

Model A3287*
Model A3290*

  • FDD-5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n26, n28, n30, n66, n70, n75,?n76)
  • TDD-5G NR (Bands n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n77, n78,?n79)
  • FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32,?66)
  • TDD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48,?53)
  • UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100?MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900?MHz)

All models

  • 5G (sub?6GHz) with 4x4 MIMO5
  • Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA5
  • Wi?Fi?7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO6
  • Bluetooth?5.3
  • Second-generation Ultra?Wideband chip7
  • Thread networking technology
  • NFC with reader mode
  • Express Cards with Power Reserve
Location
  • GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou
  • Digital compass
  • Wi?Fi
  • Mobile data
  • iBeacon micro-location
Video Calling8
  • FaceTime video calling over Wi?Fi or a mobile network
  • FaceTime HD (1080p) video calling over 5G or Wi?Fi
  • Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
  • Screen sharing
  • Portrait mode in FaceTime video
  • Spatial?Audio
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
  • Zoom with rear-facing camera
Audio Calling8
  • FaceTime audio
  • Voice over LTE (VoLTE)5
  • Wi?Fi calling5
  • Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
  • Screen sharing
  • Spatial?Audio
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
Audio Playback
  • Supported formats include AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby?Digital, Dolby?Digital?Plus and Dolby?Atmos
  • Spatial?Audio playback
  • User?configurable maximum volume limit
Video Playback
  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264 and?AV1
  • HDR with Dolby?Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and?HLG
  • Up to 4K?HDR?AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple?TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay?enabled smart?TV
  • Video mirroring and video out support: up to 4K?HDR through native DisplayPort output over USB-C or USB-C Digital AV Adapter (model A2119; adapter sold separately)9
External Buttons and Connectors

Volume up/down

Action button

Camera Control

Side button

Built?in stereo speaker
Built?in microphone

USB-C connector

Built?in microphones

Built?in
stereo speaker

Action button features

Silent mode, Focus, Camera, Torch, Voice?Memo, Recognise Music, Translate, Magnifier, Controls, Shortcut or Accessibility

Camera controls

Exposure, Depth, Zoom, Cameras, Styles, Tone

Charging and Expansion
  • USB-C connector with support for:
  • Charging
  • DisplayPort
  • USB?2 (up to 480Mb/s)
Power and Battery10

Video playback
Up to 22?hours

Video playback (streamed)
Up to 18?hours

Audio playback
Up to 80?hours

Video playback
Up to 27?hours

Video playback (streamed)
Up to 24?hours

Audio playback
Up to 100?hours

Both models
  • Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
  • MagSafe wireless charging up to 25W with 30W adapter or higher11
  • Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W11
  • Fast-charge capable:
    Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes11 with 20W adapter or higher paired with USB?C charging cable, or 30W adapter or higher paired with MagSafe Charger (all available separately)
MagSafe
  • Wireless charging up to 25W with 30W adapter or higher11
  • Magnet array
  • Alignment magnet
  • Accessory Identification NFC
  • Magnetometer
Sensors
  • Face?ID
  • Barometer
  • High dynamic range gyro
  • High-g accelerometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • Dual ambient light sensors
Operating System
  • iOS?18
    iOS?18 is the world’s most personal and secure mobile operating system, packed with powerful features and designed to protect your privacy.
Accessibility

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, speech and cognitive needs help you get the most out of your iPhone — in the ways that work best for?you.

Features include:
  • VoiceOver
  • Zoom
  • Magnifier
  • Switch?Control
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Eye Tracking
  • RTT and Textphone support
  • Closed Captions
  • Vocal Shortcuts
  • Spoken Content
Built-in Apps
SIM Card
  • Dual?SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)12
  • Dual eSIM support12

Learn more about eSIM

Learn more about travelling with eSIM

Rating for Hearing Aids

Hearing Aid Compatible

Mail Attachment Support
Viewable document types

.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)

System Require-ments
  • Apple?ID (required for some features)
  • Internet access13
  • Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:
  • macOS?Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder
  • macOS High?Sierra 10.13 to macOS?Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes?12.8 or later
  • Windows?10 or later using iTunes?12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/itunes/download)
En-viron-men-tal Require-ments
Ambient operating temperature:

0° to 35°?C (32° to 95°?F)

Non-operating temperature:

?20° to 45°?C (?4° to 113°?F)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% non-condensing

Operating altitude:

tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)

Languages
Language support

English (Australia, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Dzongkha, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Maltese, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokm?l, Nynorsk), Odia (Alphabetic, InScript), Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Welsh, Yiddish, Akan, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Chuvash, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hausa, Hmong (Pahawh), Ingush, Kabyle, Kannada (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Liangshan Yi, Malayalam (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Mandaic, Marathi (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Mi’kmaw, N’Ko, Osage, Rejang, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Wancho, Wolastoqey, Yoruba, Inari Sámi, Kildin Sámi, Lule Sámi, Lushootseed, Mvskoke, North Sámi, Pite Sámi, Skolt Sámi, South Sámi, Ume Sámi, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration)

QuickType keyboard support with auto-correction

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript,Transliteration), Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Standard, Zhuyin-Grid), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Norwegian (Bokm?l), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Alphabetic, Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration), Vietnamese (Telex)

QuickType keyboard support with predictive typing

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Polish, Romanian, Bangla, Czech, Danish, Gujarati, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokm?l, Nynorsk), Punjabi, Slovenian, Tamil, Telugu

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese, Polish, Romanian, Turkish

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with QuickPath

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese (Traditional Pinyin QWERTY), French (Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, Polish, Romanian

Siri languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokm?l), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionary support

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Malay, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian

Idiom dictionary support

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic – English, Bangla – English, Cantonese (Traditional) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – Japanese, Croatian – English, Czech – English, Danish – English, Dutch – English, Finnish – English, French – English, French – German, German – English, Greek – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Hungarian – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Kannada – English, Kazakh – English, Korean – English, Malay – English, Malayalam – English, Norwegian – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Punjabi – English, Russian – English, Slovak – English, Spanish – English, Swedish – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Turkish – English, Ukrainian – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English

Thesaurus

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)

Spellcheck

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokm?l, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

Apple?Pay–supported regions

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China mainland,14 Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea (Republic of), Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City, Vietnam

In the Box
  • iPhone with iOS?18
  • USB-C Charge Cable?(1m)
  • Documentation

iPhone and the
Environment

iPhone?16 and iPhone?16 Plus are designed to reduce environmental impact:15

Progress towards Apple 2030

  • More than 30%?recycled content16
  • 30% emissions reductions against business-as-usual scenario as modelled by Apple17

Materials

  • 100% recycled aluminium on thermal substructure of updated internal design
  • 100% recycled aluminium in the thermal substructure
  • 100% recycled cobalt in the battery18
  • Over 95% recycled lithium in the battery — a first for Apple18
  • 100% recycled gold wire in all cam-eras and Camera Control
  • 100% recycled gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards, the USB?C connector and multiple small parts
  • 100% recycled copper in multiple printed circuit boards, and 100% recycled copper foil and wire in the inductive charger
  • 100% recycled tin in the solder of multiple printed circuit boards
  • 100% recycled tungsten and copper wire in the Taptic?Engine
  • 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
  • 80% recycled steel in multiple components (including the Taptic?Engine, speaker, multiple small parts and the display support plate)
  • At least 50% recycled plastic in 20 components
  • 100% fibre-based packaging19
  • 64% recycled content in fibre packaging

Energy

  • Over 30% of manufacturing electricity for iPhone?16 and iPhone?16 Plus is sourced from renewable electricity20
  • Exceeds US Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems21

Waste

  • No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Programme

Smarter chemistry22

  • Arsenic-free glass
  • Mercury-, BFR- and PVC-free