I told you recently that the absence of iPhone 16 price leaks is good news for buyers. Unlike the previous two iPhone cycles, there haven’t been any reports to suggest Apple would increase prices across the board. The iPhone 16 Pro is the only exception, as some reports said this model might get the same “price hike” treatment as the iPhone 15 Pro Max did last year.
I put price hike in quotes because it wasn’t technically a price increase. The cheapest iPhone 15 Pro Max costs $1,199, which is $100 more than the cheapest iPhone 14 Pro Max from the prior year. But instead of increasing prices, Apple just removed the 128GB storage option from its lineup. Instead, the 256GB version became the base model, and its price remained unchanged.
A last-minute iPhone 16 specs leak suggests the same thing will happen with the iPhone 16 Pro this year. Apple’s typical $999 price point might be replaced by a $1,099 entry price because Apple will bump the storage of the base iPhone 16 Pro to 2565GB.
TrendForce released a report that walks us through the main iPhone 16 specs and design changes. It aligns with most of the other iPhone 16 rumors out there.
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The iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max will feature larger displays, at 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch, respectively. The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus will stay the same. Only the Pro will get ProMotion support (120Hz refresh rate), while the regular models will get 60Hz screens.
All four iPhones will feature next-gen A18 chips built on a new 3nm TSMC N3E process that is more affordable for Apple. The iPhone 16 Pros will get the A18 Pro variant of the chip. The A18 chips will be paired with 8GB of LPDDR5X RAM on all four phones, a requirement for on-device Apple Intelligence support.
Purported iPhone 16 specs and prices. Image source: TrendForce
When it comes to storage, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus should start at 128GB and go up to 512 GB. The iPhone 16 Pro models should both start at 256GB and go up to 1TB. TrendForce makes no mention of the 2TB storage tier that appeared in some reports.
