This is the real capacity of the iPhone 16 batteries: there is a difference with the iPhone 15

Just 11 days after its announcement, the iPhone 16 have arrived in stores today and are already available for sale. Apple’s new generation of mobile phones was detailed last week, but, as usual, showing what it can do and not so much the hardware specifications that allow it. Relevant aspects of a terminal, such as the memory RAM and battery capacity are data that Apple usually omits and focuses on results.

So many hours of video playback to give a measure of its autonomy, for example, but not the mAh of the battery that allows it. Some data that They are not very representative either because they are taken under the best possible conditions.disabling everything that is not necessary, and do not represent a common usage scenario.

The reason is simple. Directly comparing those numbers with those of the competition, Apple often losesAnother thing is that its efficiency is better and a certain amount of mAh is better used in iOS than on Android, but this comparison does not favor the company Tim Cook.

Although Apple does not publicize it, it is not a state secret either and the information ends up coming to light. This is what has just happened with the iPhone 16, of which documents published about its certification by the National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil They have revealed the battery capacity of each model.

The good news is that, although Apple is still very conservative in this regard compared to other high-end, mid-range and even low-end phones, has improved capacity compared to the previous generation. The iPhone 16 has more battery than the iPhone 15. Increases range from 5.49% for the iPhone Pro Max to 9.41% for the iPhone Pro compared to their equivalents from last year.

Increased iPhone battery capacity (15 vs 16)
Model iPhone 15 iPhone 16 Increase
iPhone 3.349 mAh 3,561 mAh +6.33%
iPhone Plus 4.383 mAh 4.674 mAh +6.64%
iPhone Pro 3.274 mAh 3,582 mAh +9.41%
iPhone Pro Max 4.441 mAh 4.685 mAh +5.49%

This is how the battery capacity of the iPhone has evolved, from the first to the 16th

iPhone Battery Capacity (1st Generation to 16th Generation)
Model Capacity (mAh)
iPhone (2007) 1,400 mAh
iPhone 3G (2008) 1,150 mAh
iPhone 3GS (2009) 1,219 mAh
iPhone 4 (2010) 1,420 mAh
iPhone 4S (2011) 1,432 mAh
iPhone 5 (2012) 1,440 mAh
iPhone 5C (2013) 1,510 mAh
iPhone 5S (2013) 1,560 mAh
iPhone 6 (2014) 1,810 mAh
iPhone 6 Plus (2014) 2.915 mAh
iPhone 6S (2015) 1,715 mAh
iPhone 6S Plus (2015) 2,750 mAh
iPhone SE (1st generation, 2016) 1,624 mAh
iPhone 7 (2016) 1,960 mAh
iPhone 7 Plus (2016) 2.900 mAh
iPhone 8 (2017) 1,821 mAh
iPhone 8 Plus (2017) 2.691 mAh
iPhone X (2017) 2.716 mAh
iPhone XR (2018) 2.942 mAh
iPhone XS (2018) 2.658 mAh
iPhone XS Max (2018) 3.174 mAh
iPhone 11 (2019) 3.110 mAh
iPhone 11 Pro (2019) 3,046 mAh
iPhone 11 Pro Max (2019) 3.969 mAh
iPhone 12 (2020) 2.815 mAh
iPhone 12 Mini (2020) 2.227 mAh
iPhone 12 Pro (2020) 2.815 mAh
iPhone 12 Pro Max (2020) 3.687 mAh
iPhone 13 (2021) 3.240 mAh
iPhone 13 Mini (2021) 2.438 mAh
iPhone 13 Pro (2021) 3.095 mAh
iPhone 13 Pro Max (2021) 4.352 mAh
iPhone 14 (2022) 3.279 mAh
iPhone 14 Plus (2022) 4.325 mAh
iPhone 14 Pro (2022) 3,200 mAh
iPhone 14 Pro Max (2022) 4.323 mAh
iPhone 15 (2023) 3.349 mAh
iPhone 15 Plus (2023) 4.383 mAh
iPhone 15 Pro (2023) 3.274 mAh
iPhone 15 Pro Max (2023) 4.422 mAh
iPhone 16 (2024) 3,561 mAh
iPhone 16 Plus (2024) 4.674 mAh
iPhone 16 Pro (2024) 3,582 mAh
iPhone 16 Pro Max (2024) 4.685 mAh