iPhone 16 Technical Specifications
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)
- 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).
- 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
Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 metres up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard?60529
- A18 chip
- New 6?core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores
- New 5?core?GPU
- New 16?core Neural Engine
Built into your iPhone, Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple.4
- 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 Photographic 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
- 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 Dolby Vision at 30 fps
- Action mode up to 2.8K Dolby Vision at 60 fps
- Macro video recording, including slow?motion and?time-lapse
- Slow-motion 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 Dolby Vision at 60 fps
- 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
- 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 Photographic 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
- Slow-motion 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
- Wind noise reduction
- Audio Mix
- Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition
- Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in stores, within apps and on the web
- Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your?Mac
- Emergency SOS
- Crash Detection5
- 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)
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and?BeiDou
- Digital compass
- Wi?Fi
- Mobile?data
- iBeacon micro-location
- FaceTime video calling over a mobile network or?Wi?Fi
- 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
- 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
- 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)10
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
Silent mode, Focus, Camera, Visual Intelligence12, Torch, Voice Memo, Recognise Music, Translate, Magnifier, Controls, Shortcut or Accessibility
Exposure, Depth, Zoom, Cameras, Styles,?Tone
- USB?C connector with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- USB 2 (up to 480 Mbps)
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
- Built?in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- MagSafe wireless charging up to 25W with 30W adapter or higher14
- Qi2 wireless charging up to 15W14
- Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W14
- Fast-charge capable:
Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes14 with 20W?adapter or higher (available separately) paired with USB-C charging cable, or 30W?adapter or higher paired with MagSafe Charger (both available separately)
- Wireless charging up to 25W with 30W adapter or higher14
- Magnet?array
- Alignment magnet
- Accessory Identification NFC
- Magnetometer
- Face?ID
- Barometer
- High dynamic range?gyro
- High-g accelerometer
- Proximity sensor
- Dual ambient light?sensors
- iOS 18
iOS is the world’s most personal and secure mobile operating system, packed with powerful features and designed to protect your?privacy.
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.
- VoiceOver
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Switch?Control
- AssistiveTouch
- Eye?Tracking
- Closed Captions
- Personal?Voice
- Live?Speech
- Type to?Siri
- Vocal Shortcuts
- Spoken?Content
Hearing Aid?Compatible
.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)
- Apple Account (required for some?features)
- Internet access16
- 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/my/itunes/download)
0° to 35°?C
?20° to 45°?C
5% to 95% non-condensing
tested up to 3,000 metres
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
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, Belarusian, Bengali (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), 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 (Jawi, 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)
Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bengali (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)
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, Bengali, Czech, Danish, Gujarati, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokm?l, Nynorsk), Punjabi, Slovenian, Tamil, Telugu
English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese — Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese — Traditional (Pinyin), French (France), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese, Polish, Romanian, Turkish
English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese
English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese (Traditional Pinyin QWERTY), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, Polish, Romanian
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 (South 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), Vietnamese (Vietnam)
English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), 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, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
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
Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English
Arabic–English, Bengali–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
English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)
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 (Netherlands, Belgium), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokm?l, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China mainland,17 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, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City, Vietnam
- iPhone with iOS 18
- USB?C Charge Cable?(1m)
- Documentation