iPhone 16, 16 Plus announced: 6.1-inch or 6.7-inch, A18 chip, 48MP main camera, PHP 55K starting price

Apart from the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, Apple also revealed the variants iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus.

The iPhone 16 in a new ultramarine colorway

iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus announced

These devices get the new A18 SoC (6-core) with Apple Intelligence, the brand's term for its own AI integration.

Apple A18 chip

The 3nm chip comes with 2x performance cores and 4x efficiency cores. It also has a 5-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine for AI tasks.

Related: What is Apple Intelligence? See list of compatible devices here:

When it comes to the display, the iPhone 16 boasts a 6.1-inch 2556 x 1179 Super Retina XDR screen, up to 2000 nits peak brightness, HDR, True Tone, and Ceramic Shield protection.

The iPhone 16 series colorways

The iPhone 16 Plus comes with a 6.7-inch 2796 x 1290 Super Retinea XDR screen with up to 2K nits peak brightness, HDR, True Tone, and Ceramic Shield protection.

The Apple iPhone 16 Plus (left), iPhone 16 (right)

These devices sport 128GB/256GB/512GB storage options. 

They also boast up to 22 hours (iPhone 16) or 27 hours (iPhone 16 Plus) battery life at least based on Apple's video playback test. To charge them you can use the 25W or 30W adapters, respectively.

The iPhone 16 Series camera features

For cameras, the devices sport 48MP f/1.6 2nd-gen sensor shift OIS, 2x telephoto + 12MP f/2.2 120-degree ultra-wide.

For selfies, they are equipped with 12MP f/1.9 TrueDepth with AF and Focus Pixels, and Retina Flash.

It's also worth noting that Apple finally brought the "Action Button" which was previously exclusive on Pro and Max models.

The said feature allows users to control silent mode, Focus, Camera, Flashlight, Voice memo, Recognise Music, Transalte, Magnifier, Controls, Shortcut, or accessibility.

Connectivity-wise, these iPhones come with 5G 4x4 MIMO, 4G LTE, WiFi 7 2x2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.3, 2nd gen Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness, Thread networking technology, NFC with reader mode, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and Beidou.

For OS, the two devices run iOS 18.

Price and availability

iPhone 16 starts at PHP 54,990

iPhone 16 Plus starts at PHP 62,990

You may view the listing on Apple's website. Meanwhile, Beyond the Box, Digital Walker, and other official stores will announce availability soon in the Philippines.

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