Apple’s iPhone 15 lineup officially went on sale yesterday, and there are already rumors making waves, talking about the iPhone 16 Ultra camera configuration and other features. The latest states that in addition to the three standard sensors at the back, the top-end model will feature three smaller cameras designed to somehow work with the Apple Vision Pro.
New rumor also states that the U.S.-based iPhone 16 models will have a button that will switch to mmWave mode, likely to conserve battery
Information related to several iPhone 16 models has been published by Majin Bu on X, starting with the iPhone 16 Ultra. For some reason, the tipster does not refer to Apple’s most premium flagship as the iPhone 16 Pro Max, which suggests that the company may introduce a name change next year. There were talks that the exact name change would be applied to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, but Apple obviously had other ideas.
In addition to the three rear cameras on the iPhone 16 Ultra, the tipster states that the flagship will have three smaller units, and while their purpose has not been entirely defined in the post, he mentions that it has something to do with the Apple Vision Pro. In an earlier report, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that all iPhone 16 models will have Wi-Fi 7 support, enabling faster wireless speeds and lowered latency.
These improvements should allow the iPhone 16 Ultra to pair with Apple’s latest AR headset and mirror video content with minimum lag, with the three new cameras projecting everything viewed from the iPhone to the headset. Also, the 2024 models sold in the U.S. could have a button that will switch to mmWave mode, and this option might be given to users who wish to change to sub-6GHz at times to conserve power, increase range, and reliability.
Apple may add this functionality to the Action button, which debuted on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max this year, as adding another button for a single function is pointless. The post also talked about the regular iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, with the tipster once more talking about both models featuring a 120Hz ProMotion display, which is a hardware upgrade that he has talked about before.
Though Apple will reportedly bring high refresh rate displays to the iPhone 17 family in 2025, the company may be testing out the feature on next year’s non-Pro members, likely to see if this change is financially viable. Assuming this upgrade makes the cut next year, the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus may ship with slimmer bezels.
As for the iPhone 16 Pro, a ‘big change’ has been mentioned, but no specifics were provided. While we should be excited, we must remind our readers that early rumors should be treated with a grain of salt, and we will be back with more updates.
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