iPhone 16 Battery Capacities Revealed

Apple was able to introduce significant gains in battery life across the entire iPhone 16 lineup, and new regulatory information from Brazilian agency Anatel (via Blog do iPhone) reveals just how much battery capacity has increased compared to the iPhone 15 lineup.

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  • ‌iPhone 16‌ - 3,561 mAh, up 6.3 percent
  • ‌iPhone 16‌ Plus - 4,674 mAh, up 6.6 percent
  • iPhone 16 Pro - 3,582 mAh, up 9.4 percent
  • ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ Max - 4,685 mAh, up 6 percent

Battery capacity increased the most in the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ at nine percent, with a ~six percent increase for other models.

The new A18 and A18 Pro chips and thermal improvements have also helped to boost battery life, with the biggest improvements seen in the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ and Pro Max.

  • iPhone 16 - 22 hours video playback, 18 hours streaming video, 80 hours audio.
  • iPhone 16 Plus - 27 hours video playback, 24 hours streaming video, 100 hours audio.
  • iPhone 16 Pro - 27 hours video playback, 22 hours streaming video, 85 hours audio.
  • iPhone 16 Pro Max - 33 hours video playback, 29 hours streaming video, 105 hours audio.
  • iPhone 15 - 20 hours video playback, 16 hours streaming video, 80 hours audio.
  • iPhone 15 Plus - 26 hours video playback, 20 hours streaming video, 100 hours audio.
  • iPhone 15 Pro - 23 hours video playback, 20 hours streaming video, 75 hours audio.
  • iPhone 15 Pro Max - 29 hours video playback, 25 hours streaming video, 95 hours audio.

All of the ‌iPhone 16‌ models support faster 25W MagSafe charging, but you do need one of Apple’s new ‌MagSafe‌ chargers to get it, and you’ll need a 30W power adapter to see the fastest wireless charging speeds. Apple also says that the new devices can charge at up to 45W over USB-C.

The ‌iPhone 16‌ models are available for pre-order and are set to launch tomorrow.

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Top Rated Comments

howywood Avatar
5 hours ago at 09:37 am

Pro is yet again worse than (smaller) base model, in terms of battery life.
16 Pro Max now beats the crap out of S24 Ultra and 9XL in battery life.

What kind of a serial killer organized the phones in this random hellscape
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
masotime Avatar
5 hours ago at 09:21 am
Can we please move away from mAh for energy (it's actually a unit of charge...) and use Wh instead?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MayaUser Avatar
5 hours ago at 09:18 am
iPhone 16 Pro max 4,685 mAh probably will live more than some androids with 6000mah
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
leonardocav Avatar
5 hours ago at 09:31 am
so the battery in the 16plus has been increased, rumors were wrong, they expected a reduction of 6%
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
spcdust Avatar
5 hours ago at 09:32 am
Hope it performs better than my 15 Pro Max which, for me, has been the worst battery ever. I'm a light user, don't game, don't watch films / TV but the battery drains very fast every day. The phone is 11 months old, 291 cycles and down to 91% Capacity (likely to dip to 90% any day soon). Not sure what's going on this phone but knew Apple would just say it was fine. One of the main reasons I'm not sticking with it is due to the poor the battery performance.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JPack Avatar
5 hours ago at 09:27 am

Can we please move away from mAh for energy (it's actually a unit of charge...) and use Wh instead?
Apple uses Whr in their official safety specs.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/official-battery-specs-iphone-16-plus-still-has-largest-battery.2436384/
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)