The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max both get better batteries than the iPhone 15 series. But the iPhone 16 Pro gets the bigger battery upgrade.
iPhone 16 Pro gets biggest battery upgrade
You might expect the best iPhone to also get the best battery upgrade, but nothing could be further from the truth. According to the account ‘Instant Digital’ on the Weibo website iPhone 16 Pro is going to get the biggest upgrade.
According to the account, the iPhone 16 Pro will have a 3,577 mAh battery and the iPhone 16 Pro Max will have a 4,676 mAh battery. The higher the mAh, the more charge the battery can hold. And therefore power your iPhone for longer.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max battery is larger than the iPhone 16 Pro. But when we look at the battery size of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, you’ll see that the iPhone 16 Pro gets the biggest upgrade.
| iPhone 15 Pro (Max) | iPhone 16 Pro (Max) | Difference (%) | |
| Pro | 3,274 mAh | 3,577 mAh | +9.25% |
| Max | 4,422 mAh | 4,676 mAh | +5.74% |
The iPhone 16 Pro’s battery can hold nearly 10 percent more charge than the iPhone 15 Pro’s. The iPhone 16 Pro Max sees a much smaller upgrade: about six percent. It remains to be seen how much longer your iPhone can last on a charge.
According to a rumor, you can get more than 30 hours on a single charge on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. With the iPhone 15 Pro Max this was 29 hours. That would mean that the difference with the iPhone 16 Pro is a bit bigger.
In addition, rumors say that both iPhones will also get fast charging (40 Watts). The iPhone 15 (Plus) and iPhone 15 Pro (Max) can now ‘only’ fast charge up to 27 Watts). That would also mean that the iPhone 16 charges a bit faster than the previous generation.
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