Apple iPhone 16 Pro: price, specs & release date

GSMArena lab-tested · 2024-10-03

Peak brightness (manual, slider max, auto off): 900 nits · Peak brightness (auto mode, 75% fill): 1764 nits · Peak brightness (1/10 white fill): 2385 nits · Minimum brightness (white window): 1.1 nit · Active Use Score (battery endurance): 14:17h · Charge in 15 min (45W PD): 33% · Charge in 30 min (45W PD): 58% · Time to full charge (from 0%): 1:38h

In our testing, we measured 900 nits with the slider all the way up and auto brightness disabled. Left to its own devices (auto toggle on), the 16 Pro was good for 1,764nits.

the iPhone 16 Pro posted an Active Use Score of 14:17h - a sort of a class-leading result, if you compare it to the Pixel 9 Pro and the Galaxy S24

In typical Apple fashion, the last 15% take forever to fill up even with the Optimized Battery Charging turned off.

Notebookcheck lab-tested · 2024-10-10

Max brightness (pure white background): 1095 cd/m² · Max brightness (APL18, small excerpts, HDR): 1548 cd/m² · Battery runtime (WiFi websurfing): 16h 23min · Battery runtime (H.264 1080p video loop): 26h 23min · Battery runtime (idle, min brightness): 55h 15min · Full charge time: 1:45 hours · Max surface temperature (Linpack stress, 1h): 45.9 °C · Max temperature upper side under load: 44.2 °C

When depicting a pure white background, the OLED panel can reach brightness levels up to 1095 cd/m², which is slightly above the manufacturer's stated maximum typical brightness.

In our test, the iPhone 16 Pro heated up to 45.9 °C, but only after it had been subjected to the Linpack stress test for an hour. During normal operation, however, it stays nice and cool.

In the 3DMark stress tests, the smartphone's performance dropped by more than a third in some cases.

Tom's Guide lab-tested · 2024-09-20

Geekbench single-core: 3400 · Geekbench multi-core: 8341 · 3DMark Solar Bay: 7519 / 28.6 fps · 3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 1563 / 11.6 fps · Adobe Premiere Rush (4K to 1080p transcode): 21 seconds · Display brightness (HDR): 1510 nits · Color gamut (DCI-P3): 80.9% · Color accuracy (Delta-E): 0.26 · Charge in 15 min: 29% · Charge in 30 min: 56%

the iPhone 16 Pro blows the S24 Ultra out of the water, coming out 47% faster on single-core testing and 15% faster on multi-core tests.

The iPhone 16 Pro's screen is arguably its less impressive feature , and has barely changed since last year. In fact, we recorded a slightly lower brightness compared to the iPhone 15 Pro

The Pro's raytracing performance is 15% lower than the S24 Ultra, while also averaging 5 fps lower in the process.