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iPhone 16 Pro Max
The biggest iPhone display yet and the longest battery life.
Overview
With a 6.9-inch Super Retina XDR display, the 16 Pro Max was the largest iPhone ever built at the time. Narrower borders meant the body grew only slightly over the previous Pro Max, and thanks to the efficient A18 Pro it set a new battery benchmark of up to 33 hours of video playback.
Its three-camera setup matched the 16 Pro, with a 48-megapixel Fusion main camera, a 48-megapixel ultra wide and a 5x tetraprism telephoto, and added Camera Control. Photographic Styles, which were reworked with a finer control scheme, let users shape skin tones and color mood in a more targeted way.
The phone also unlocked 4K recording at 120 fps in Dolby Vision, as well as studio-quality audio capture. Titanium finishes included a new Desert Titanium. Storage started at 256GB, and the price held at $1,199.
Why it mattered
It combined the largest screen and the longest battery life in the iPhone line at that time.
At a glance
- Announced
- September 9, 2024
- Released
- September 20, 2024
- Discontinued
- September 9, 2025
- Launch price
- $1,199
- Chip
- Apple A18 Pro
- Display
- 6.9"
- Storage
- 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
- Status
- Discontinued
Highlights
- 6.9-inch Super Retina XDR display
- Up to 33 hours of video playback
- 48MP Fusion and ultra wide cameras
- 5x tetraprism telephoto
- 4K Dolby Vision at 120 fps
Tech specs
Specifications as published at launch. Some values (like battery life) are manufacturer estimates.
Display
- Size
- 6.9-inch
- Type
- Super Retina XDR LTPO OLED, always-on, HDR10, Dolby Vision
- Resolution
- 2868 x 1320 pixels (460 ppi)
- Refresh rate
- 1 to 120 Hz (ProMotion)
- Brightness
- 1,000 nits typical, 1,600 nits peak (HDR), 2,000 nits peak (outdoor)
Chip
- Chip
- Apple A18 Pro (3nm, six-core CPU)
- GPU
- 6-core with hardware ray tracing
- Neural Engine
- 16-core
Memory
- RAM
- 8GB
- Storage options
- 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
Camera
- Rear cameras
- Triple: 48MP Fusion wide f/1.78, 48MP ultra wide f/2.2, 12MP telephoto f/2.8 (5x), plus LiDAR
- Front camera
- 12MP TrueDepth, f/1.9 with autofocus
- Video recording
- 4K Dolby Vision HDR at up to 120 fps; ProRes; Log encoding; spatial video
Battery
- Video playback
- Up to 33 hours
- Charging
- USB-C, MagSafe up to 25W, Qi2 wireless, fast charge to 50% in 30 minutes with 20W adapter
Connectivity
- Cellular
- 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave), Gigabit LTE
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
- Connector
- USB-C (USB 3, up to 10 Gb/s)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
- SIM
- Dual eSIM in the US; nano-SIM plus eSIM elsewhere
- Ultra Wideband
- Second-generation U2 chip
- Satellite
- Emergency SOS, Roadside Assistance and Messages via satellite
Design
- Dimensions
- 163.0 x 77.6 x 8.25 mm
- Weight
- 227 g
- Materials
- Grade 5 titanium frame, Ceramic Shield front, textured matte glass back
- Water resistance
- IP68 (up to 6 m for 30 minutes)
Security
- Authentication
- Face ID (TrueDepth camera)
Software
- Launch OS
- iOS 18
How it compares
More in the iPhone 16 family
iPhone 16
Camera Control, the Action button and Apple Intelligence on the standard iPhone.
iPhone 16 Plus
The large iPhone 16, with the best battery life of any non-Pro model.
iPhone 16 Pro
A bigger 6.3-inch display, A18 Pro and a 48MP ultra wide camera.