Apple’s Entire iPhone 16 Pro Design May Have Leaked In New Report

January 7 update below. This post was first published on January 6, 2024. The next iPhone won’t be on sale until the fall. But a new report seems to show every aspect of what is coming, for the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, anyway. In a comprehensive feature, MacRumors shows what we can expect in extensive detail.

Apple iPhone 15 Pro—the design of the next model may just have completely leaked. Before we get to the details, just how likely is it that anyone could know what the phones will look like? Actually, it’s quite possible. Apple works on its iPhones for literally years. The cycle will certainly be advanced enough to have gone through several prototypes.

Of course, this doesn’t mean things can’t change, but the window for hardware alterations is closing reasonably quickly. The website says the prototypes are not quite finalized, which I think is about right. Even so, things are unlikely to change radically, so these images are very revealing. Curves And Titanium At first glance, they look similar to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, with similar curved edges, razor thin bezels and gleaming titanium edge band.

Mock ups of what the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro could look like. But what the images don’t show is a sense of scale: it’s expected that these phones will be a little larger than before, thanks to increased screen sizes. For the first time since the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max introduced 6.1 inch and 6.7 inch displays respectively, the 2024 models are thought to have 6.3 inch and 6.9 inch screens.

If 0.2 inches doesn’t sound like much, remember that’s the same increase as last time for the bigger phone, and that was definitely noticeable. Why The Bigger Screens? One reason for the new screens is believed to be to accommodate the tetraprism 5x telephoto lens, something only found on the larger iPhone 15 Pro Max currently.

The size was the reason the iPhone 15 Pro couldn’t manage this bigger lens, and this year’s release aims to fix that omission. Buttons Are Big News Mock ups of the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max showing the side button and predicted new ... [+] Capture button. According to MacRumors, there were four different versions of button configurations for the iPhone 16 Pro.

Apparently, the set up that has been chosen is similar to the iPhone 15 Pro, with two exceptions. First, there will be an extra button on the right edge, called the Capture button, with pressure sensitivity that will sit flush to the edge of the phone. It’ll be used to snap photos or shoot videos.

Mock ups of what the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro could look like, showing the left edge. Meanwhile, the Action button on the left edge will resemble how it appears on the iPhone 15 Pro. These are the key upgrades the iPhone is promising this year in terms of design and features, though there could be plenty of software additions which we’ll learn about in due course.

January 7 update. More speculation is arising about what the next iPhones will be like, and a solid source has reconfirmed some details, which chime with the images above. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, in his latest Power On newsletter , looks at the year ahead for Apple, discussing products from iPad to Mac to the upcoming Apple Vision Pro.

And he talks about the iPhone 16 series. Gurman says, “While the iPhone 16 line won’t be a compelling upgrade over the current models when it is introduced in the fall, Apple’s marketers will figure out a way to make slightly bigger screens sound like the biggest innovation since the original iPhone.

And while changes will be minimal, there are still plenty of users on iPhone 12s and 13s awaiting upgrades.” If you’re wondering what he means about it not being a compelling upgrade, he’s referring to a newsletter from late last year , where he said, “The iPhone will still get an upgrade… of course.

It’s the company’s most important product and still brings in more than half of revenue. But there won’t be major changes: Apple plans to retain the iPhone 15’s design while increasing screen sizes on the Pro version. Lower end models will get the Action button, and there will be a new dedicated button for taking video.” In other words, Gurman’s thoughts mesh well with the mock ups above, adding to the credibility that we now know what the next iPhone Pro models will look like..