iPhone 16 Repair

The iPhone 16 was announced on September 9th, 2024 during Apple's Glowtime event, alongside the other iPhone 16 models, AirPods, and Apple Watch Series 10. The iPhone 16 was designed around Apple intelligence, Apple's suite of AI-driven features to enable more intuitive and complex tasks from user's everyday behavior. Siri was also featured at the event with improvements in voice recognition and comprehension.

The iPhone 16 features a dual-camera system like the iPhone 15, with a 48 MP Main camera and a 12 MP Ultra Wide camera. One of the most prominent new features in the iPhone 16 lineup is Camera Control, a new exterior button for capturing photos and videos Camera Control is a physical button that also supports capacitative touch controls, and is located on the lower half of the right edge, right where your right pointer finger naturally rests while snapping landscape images.

Some improvements in the iPhone 16 include the A18 processor's 6-core CPU, which is 30% faster and 30% more energy-efficient, using significantly less power compared to the iPhone 15. The 5-core GPU in the iPhone 16 is up to 40% faster than the GPU performance in the iPhone 15.

The iPhone 16 has a starting price of $799 and was released on September 20th, 2024. It's available in 5 colors, Ultramarine, Teal, Pink, White, and Black.

You can identify the iPhone 16 by the model number printed inside of the USB-C charge port.

• A3081
• A3286
• A3287
• A3288

You can also find the model number through the phone's UI by going to the Settings app and navigating to General > About. Tap on the number listed in the Model Number section and it should change to a format that looks like the numbers above.

Additionally, Apple offers a quick online tool to help identify your devices: Identify your iPhone model.

The iPhone 16 features a 6.1-inch (diagonal) flat glass screen, thin black bezels, a pill-shaped, black "dynamic island" at the top of the screen, matte back glass, and aluminum side rails.

Volume controls and the Action Button can be found on the left edge, while the power button and new Camera Control button are situated on the right. A rectangle camera "bump" containing two cameras aligned vertically protrudes from the back case. This model has no home button.

The iPhone 16 can be differentiated from the iPhone 16 Plus by its smaller screen (relative to the 6.7-inch screen on the Plus model).

The iPhone 16 can be differentiated from the previous generation iPhone 15 by its vertical aligned cameras, Action Button, and Camera Control button.

Dimensions: 147.6 x 71.6 x 7.80 mm (5.81 x 2.82 x 0.31 in)

Weight: 170 g (6 oz)

Water Resistance: IP68

Colors: Ultramarine, Teal, Pink, Black, and White.

Operating System: iOS 18

Processor: A18 Chip

• 6‑core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores
• 5‑core GPU
• 16‑core Neural Engine

RAM: 8 GB

Storage: 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB

Battery: 3561 mAh, up to 22 hours of video playback

Ports: 1x USB-C connector

• Charging
• DisplayPort
• USB 2.0 (up to 480Mb/s)

Display:

• 6.1-inch “Super Retina XDR” OLED
• Ceramic Shield glass technology
• Multi‑touch
• Haptic Touch
• 2556 × 1179 pixel resolution (460 ppi)
• 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
• True Tone
• P3 wide color gamut
• 1000 nits max brightness, 1600 nits peak (HDR), 2000 nits peak (outdoor), 1 nit min.
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Dynamic Island

Camera system:

• Main module
  • 48 MP "Fusion"
  • 26 mm, ƒ/1.6 aperture
  • Sensor-shift optical image stabilization (OIS)
  • Auto image stabilization
  • Enables 12 MP 2x optical telephoto
  • 4K60 video recording
• Ultra-wide module (120° field of view)
  • 12 MP
  • 13 mm, ƒ/2.2 aperture

TrueDepth selfie camera with Face ID:

• 12 MP
• ƒ/1.9 aperture
• 4K60 video recording
• Autofocus with Focus Pixels

Sensors:

• Face ID
• Barometer
• High dynamic range gyro
• High-G accelerometer (Crash Detection)
• Proximity sensor
• Dual ambient light sensors

Wireless Connectivity:

• 802.11be Wi‑Fi 7 with 2x2 MIMO
• 5G, sub-6 GHz and mmWave
• Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA (all models)
• Bluetooth 5.3
• Second-generation Ultra Wideband chip
• Thread networking technology
• NFC with reader mode
• Express Cards with power reserve

• iPhone 16 Official Product Page
• iPhone 16 Repair Manual
• Apple: Apple Intelligence
• Apple iPhone Support Page
• Wikipedia: iPhone