- Leaked images shows iPhone 16's battery with metal casing instead of black foil.
- Tipster suggests this could be an attempt to reduce overheating issues reported with last gen's batteries.
- iPhone 16 likely to don a larger 3,597mAh battery compared to iPhone 15's 3,367mAh.
Last year, reports on overheating issues started flowing in right after the iPhone 15 series entered the market. However, it seems like the upcoming iPhone 16 series has already taken a step towards controlling the overheating issues.
Overheating Issues on iPhone 16 Series
Tipster Majin Bu on X (previous Twitter) posted photos of what we could see as batteries onboard the upcoming iPhone 16 series. These are encased in metal instead of black foil meant to assist the device in heat dissipation. It seems like a step in the right direction as the overheating issues with the iPhone 15 series were quite distressing. Apple very well downplayed the issues on the last generation and instead, applied software updates to reduce its impact, at least on paper.
With the move to a metal casing, the iPhone 16 series could see a much better heat dissipation, again, in theory, at the moment. Moving on, we can see the standard iPhone 16 is likely to pack in 3,597mAh which makes it larger than iPhone 15’s 3,367mAh. We at True-Tech have always welcomed Apple’s move to a larger battery as it helps our readers (and Apple users) get the most of their flagship iPhones without strapping it with the charger now and then.
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Do note that these are leaked casings that share a resemblance to iPhone 15’s battery and thus, we made the connection. It remains to be seen officially if that’s true at all so take it with a pinch of salt.
The iPhone 16 series comprises four models — vanilla iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone Plus, and iPhone 16 Pro Max (probably dubbed as iPhone 16 Ultra). All four devices will debut at Apple’s next event sometime in September alongside Apple Watch 10 and a host of other devices*.
For now, we are all set for WWDC 2024 set to happen between June 10 and June 14. We covered everything that you can expect at the WWDC 2024, although we are sensing the event is primarily focused on AI features and software updates and might not have any hardware announcements at all.
