Details about the battery of the iPhone 16 series have been made public. While a larger battery is planned for all models, the iPhone 16 Plus may not receive this upgrade. Examine the specifics now.
According to Reports, the iPhone 16 Plus won’t get a Battery Upgrade
Ovo on Weibo and Majin Bu on X have the most recent details regarding the battery capacities of the iPhone 16 series. Although the latter has been posting Apple leaks with some degree of accuracy for a while, the former is a relatively new supply chain tipper.
Majin Bu has shared the battery capacity comparison between the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 series, but she hasn’t disclosed the information for the iPhone 16 Pro models. Ovo possesses all four models’ details.
| Variants | iPhone 15 series | iPhone 16 series |
| Base | 3,349mAh | 3,561mAh |
| Plus | 4,383mAh | 4,006mAh |
| Pro | 3,274mAh | 3,355mAh |
| Pro Max | 4,422mAh | 4,676mAh |
The iPhone 16, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max models’ battery capacities are expected to be upgraded by Apple, as the table above illustrates. The most unexpected detail in the most recent leak, though, is that the iPhone 16 Plus is reportedly going to have an 8.6% smaller battery than the iPhone 15 Plus.
Every year, Apple’s Plus model iPhones are renowned for having the longest battery life among the lineup. Outstanding battery life has been a feature of both the iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 15 Plus. Remarkably, when the iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 15 Plus were released, they scored 128 and 131 points, respectively, to top the DxOMark battery test charts. In Plus models, Apple is renowned for increasing the battery capacity or adding a more efficient chipset.
The A18 processor, which is based on the 3nm process, is power the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus. This might make it possible for the iPhone 16 Plus to maintain the 26-hour battery backup of its predecessors despite having a smaller capacity. Only the iPhone 15 series’ Pro models were able to use the 3nm process.
