Apple iPhone 16

The Apple iPhone 16 device has a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display that supports a screen resolution of 1179 x 2556 pixels. Apple’s A18 Bionic processor powers the device with 5-core graphics for games and videos. It has 8GB RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage, runs on the latest iOS 18, and is powered by a 3,561mAh battery with 15W fast charging. It also has a dual rear camera setup with a 48MP primary camera, a 12MP ultra-wide camera, and a 12 MP front-facing camera. The iPhone 16 comes in Black, White, Pink, Teal, and Ultramarine colorways. Buy it in Kenya at ElectraHub.

Unique Selling Points of Apple iPhone 16

• New Design and Colors: The Apple iPhone 16 has new color options and a refined design, making it visually appealing. Perhaps to capture a bigger, younger, and new fan base, Apple launched Black, White, Pink, Teal, and Ultramarine colorways for their new model.
• Apple Intelligence: This is a suite of AI tools designed to enhance user experience. It includes features like AI-suggested writing tools, improved Siri functionalities, and photo tools such as Clean Up to remove unwanted parts of an image.
• A18 Bionic Chip: All models in the iPhone 16 lineup are powered by the latest A18 Bionic chip, which offers better performance and improved battery life3.
• Enhanced Camera Features: The iPhone 16 includes advanced camera capabilities, which have always been a strong selling point for Apple. This time, it also features a new Camera Control button.
• Privacy-Focused AI: Apple Intelligence emphasizes privacy by using on-device processing and ensuring that data is not retained or exposed.
• Improved Battery Life: Thanks to the A18 Bionic chip, the iPhone 16 offers better battery performance, ensuring longer usage times.

Design

The Apple iPhone 16 model retains the standard and current size as the iPhone 15, with minor design tweaks, such as a new vertical camera lens arrangement. It now measures 147.6 x 71.6 x 7.8 mm (5.81 x 2.82 x 0.31 in) and weighs 170g. comparatively, the iPhone 15 Model measured 147.6 x 71.6 x 7.8 mm and weighed 171g.

Display

There will be an improvement in the display panel on the iPhone 16, compared to the iPhone 15, with the use of Micro-lens technology in the OLED panels. This will result in improved brightness and more efficient power consumption.

New Haptic Buttons

Apple toyed with a capacitive touch button on the exterior of the iPhone 15 model, but the project was undone by the time factor. The tech giants tried with the iPhone 16, adding a button that is similar to the iPhone SE’s home button below the power button. It is not entirely clear what this button will be used for, but it will have haptic feedback and force-touch capability. The Action button that rolled out for the iPhone 15 Pros comes to the base iPhone 16, too.

Features

An Action Button and a new “Capture” button have been added on the new look device for taking photos and videos. The Capture Button will function similarly to a digital camera’s shutter button.

Performance

Apple is developing new A-series chips for the iPhone 16 lineup, built on the latest 3-nanometer technology, which could bring improvements to efficiency and performance. The iPhone 16 come equipped with:

Operating System

The iPhone 16 runs on iOS 18, which includes new features and improvements in privacy, performance, and user experience.

iOS 18 brings new LLM features to all iPhones, with enhanced AI functionalities that could improve interactions between Siri and other apps. The A18 chip will feature an upgraded Neural Engine with ‘significantly’ more cores. The current iPhone lineup has the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max run the A17 Pro chip, while the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus both have the A16 Bionic chip also found in the iPhone 14 Pro.

Chipset

The new phone is powered by the A18 Bionic chip, featuring a 6-core CPU (2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores), a 5-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine. This chipset offers significant performance improvements and better energy efficiency compared to previous models.