I informed you latterly that the absence of iPhone 16 price leaks is nice information for patrons. Not like the earlier two iPhone cycles, there haven’t been any experiences to recommend Apple would improve costs throughout the board. The iPhone 16 Professional is the one exception, as some experiences stated this mannequin may get the identical “worth hike” therapy because the iPhone 15 Professional Max did final 12 months.
I put worth hike in quotes as a result of it wasn’t technically a worth improve. The most cost effective iPhone 15 Professional Max prices $1,199, which is $100 greater than the most affordable iPhone 14 Professional Max from the prior 12 months. However as an alternative of accelerating costs, Apple simply eliminated the 128GB storage possibility from its lineup. As an alternative, the 256GB model turned the bottom mannequin, and its worth remained unchanged.
A final-minute iPhone 16 specs leak suggests the identical factor will occur with the iPhone 16 Professional this 12 months. Apple’s typical $999 worth level may be changed by a $1,099 entry worth as a result of Apple will bump the storage of the bottom iPhone 16 Professional to 2565GB.
TrendForce launched a report that walks us by the primary iPhone 16 specs and design adjustments. It aligns with a lot of the different iPhone 16 rumors on the market.
The iPhone 16 Professional and 16 Professional Max will characteristic bigger shows, at 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch, respectively. The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus will keep the identical. Solely the Professional will get ProMotion help (120Hz refresh fee), whereas the common fashions will get 60Hz screens.
All 4 iPhones will characteristic next-gen A18 chips constructed on a brand new 3nm TSMC N3E course of that’s extra inexpensive for Apple. The iPhone 16 Execs will get the A18 Professional variant of the chip. The A18 chips will likely be paired with 8GB of LPDDR5X RAM on all 4 telephones, a requirement for on-device Apple Intelligence help.
With regards to storage, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus ought to begin at 128GB and go as much as 512 GB. The iPhone 16 Professional fashions ought to each begin at 256GB and go as much as 1TB. TrendForce makes no point out of the 2TB storage tier that appeared in some experiences.
The analysts don’t current the iPhone 16 Professional worth hike as a reality. They speculate it’ll occur due to the iPhone 16 Professional’s huge digital camera improve. The telephone may have a tetraprism telephoto lens, which is dearer:
The iPhone 16 Professional, that includes a periscope lens, could comply with final 12 months’s Professional Max technique by beginning with a base storage capability of 256GB, which might assist mitigate the notion of a worth improve by providing extra storage.
That stated, the agency means that Apple might barely improve all iPhone 16 costs to “stability increased prices whereas driving gross sales and sustaining profitability.” TrendForce indicators a “important rise in reminiscence costs” over final 12 months.
However TrendForce additionally notes that Apple is predicted to keep up a “cautious pricing technique” contemplating the present market circumstances. The iPhone 15 costs make extra sense for the iPhone 16 sequence. Once more, the iPhone 16 Professional would see the one worth “hike.”
Lastly, the report additionally says that Apple ordered a mixed 86.7 million iPhone 16 models for the second half of 2024. That’s an 8% year-on-year improve which may assist Apple surpass Samsung by the top of the 12 months to develop into the highest smartphone vendor by market share. The iPhone 16 worth construction will play a key function in that.
Fortunately, we don’t have to attend that lengthy. Come Monday, we’ll know every part in regards to the iPhone 16 telephones, together with the costs.
