iPhone?16 Technical Specifications

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iPhone?16
iPhone?16 Plus
Finish

Black, White, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine

Aluminum design
Ceramic?Shield?front
Color-infused glass back (Black, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine)

Black, White, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine

Aluminum design
Ceramic?Shield?front
Color-infused glass back (Black, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine)

Capacity1
  • 128GB
  • 128GB
  • 256GB
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
  • 2556‑by‑1179-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
  • 2796‑by‑1290-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 color (P3)
  • Haptic?Touch
  • 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
  • 1000?nits max brightness (typical); 1600?nits peak brightness?(HDR); 2000?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?meters up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529

Apple Intelligence

Apple?Intelligence is integrated across your apps and experiences to help you communicate, 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

Available in select languages

Chip
  • A18?chip
  • 6‑core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency?cores
  • 5‑core GPU
  • 16‑core Neural?Engine
Camera
  • Advanced dual-camera system
  • 48MP?Fusion Main: 26?mm, ?/1.6 aperture, sensor‑shift optical image stabilization, 100%?Focus?Pixels, support for super-high-resolution photos (24MP and 48MP)
  • Also enables 12MP 2x Telephoto: 52?mm, ?/1.6 aperture, sensor-shift optical image stabilization, 100% Focus Pixels
  • 12MP Ultra?Wide: 13?mm, ?/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?ontrol
  • 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 color capture for photos and Live?Photos
  • Lens correction (Ultra?Wide)
  • Advanced red‑eye correction
  • Auto image stabilization
  • 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 Dolby?Vision at 30?fps
  • Action?mode up to 2.8K Dolby?Vision 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 stabilization
  • Night mode Time-lapse
  • QuickTake video up to 4K Dolby?Vision at 60?fps
  • Sensor-shift optical image stabilization for video (Fusion Main)
  • Digital zoom up to?6x
  • Audio zoom
  • True?Tone?flash
  • Cinematic video?stabilization (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
TrueDepth 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 Photographic Styles
  • Wide color capture for photos and Live?Photos
  • Lens correction
  • Auto image stabilization
  • 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 stabilization
  • Night mode Time-lapse
  • QuickTake video up to 4K at 60?fps in Dolby?Vision
  • Cinematic video?stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
  • Spatial?Audio and stereo recording
  • Wind noise reduction
  • Audio?Mix
Power and Battery5

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
  • Fast-charge capable:
    Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes6 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)
Face?ID
  • Enabled by TrueDepth?camera for facial recognition
Peace of Mind
  • Crash Detection7
Cellular and Wireless
  • Model A3287 and Model A3290*
  • FDD‑5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76)
  • TDD‑5G NR (Bands n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n77, n78, n79)
  • 5G NR (Bands n258, n260, n261)
  • FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66,?71)
  • 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)
  • 5G (sub‑6?GHz) with 4x4?MIMO8
  • Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO8
  • Wi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO9
  • Bluetooth?5.3
  • Apple second-generation Ultra?Wideband chip10
  • Thread networking technology
  • NFC with reader?mode
  • Express Cards with power?reserve
Location
  • GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou
  • Digital compass
  • Wi‑Fi
  • Cellular
  • iBeacon microlocation
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, Visual?Intelligence,11 Flashlight, Voice Memo, Recognize 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)
MagSafe and Wireless Charging
  • MagSafe wireless charging up to 25W6
  • Qi2 wireless charging up to 25W6
  • 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
SIM Card
  • Dual?SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)12
  • Dual eSIM support12

Learn more about eSIM

Learn more about traveling with eSIM

Video Calling13
  • FaceTime?video calling over cellular or Wi?Fi
  • FaceTime?HD (1080p) video calling over 5G or Wi?Fi
  • SharePlay
  • Screen sharing
  • Portrait mode in FaceTime?video
  • Spatial?Audio
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
  • Zoom with rear-facing camera
Audio Calling13
  • FaceTime?audio
  • Voice over LTE (VoLTE)8
  • Wi?Fi calling8
  • 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)14
Operating System
  • iOS?26
    iOS 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
Rating for Hearing?Aids

Hearing Aid Compatible

System Requirements
  • Apple?Account (required for some features)
  • Internet access15
  • Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:
  • macOS?Catalina?10.15 or later using the Finder
  • macOS?High?Sierra?10.13 through 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)
Environmental Requirements
Operating ambient temperature:

0° to 35°?C (32° to 95°?F)

Nonoperating temperature:

?20° to 45°?C (?4° to 113°?F)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% noncondensing

Operating altitude:

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

Languages
Language support

English (Australia, UK, U.S.), 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

In the Box
  • iPhone with iOS?26
  • USB-C Charge Cable (1?m)
  • Documentation

iPhone and the

Environment

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

Progress toward Apple 2030

  • More than 30% recycled content17
  • 30% emissions reductions against business-as-usual scenario as modeled by Apple18

Materials

  • 100% recycled aluminum in the thermal substructure
  • 100% recycled cobalt in the battery19
  • Over 95% recycled lithium in the battery — a first for Apple19
  • 100% recycled gold wire in all cameras 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
  • 85% recycled aluminum in the enclosure
  • 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% fiber-based packaging20
  • 64% recycled content in fiber packaging

Energy

  • Over 30% of manufacturing electricity for iPhone?16 and iPhone?16?Plus is sourced from renewable electricity21
  • Exceeds U.S. Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems22

Waste

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

Smarter chemistry23

  • Arsenic-free glass
  • Mercury-, BFR-, and PVC-free
  • iPhone?16
  • iPhone?16?Plus