iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max Teardowns - Worth The Upgrade?

Our teardown earlier this week revealed some very interesting things inside the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus. But today we’re taking a closer look at Apple’s premium line of phones, the iPhone Pro and Pro Max. The larger Pro Max’s have always been Apple’s flagship devices while the smaller Pro’s have played second fiddle by inheriting most, but not all, of the Pro Max’s features.

This year that changed, with the smaller iPhone 16 Pro receiving the same hardware as the 16 Pro Max—just with a smaller battery and screen.

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[finn-lukas]

7/10 never thought an iphone lineup would ever score so high

[hyun]

4:10 you're never going to find that piece that flew off

[akrita]

This is like a Zen Garden Compared to "JerryRigEverything"

[mtthefirst]

The empty or at least half of that space on the logic board should be the usim reader for the model sold outside of the US.

[BobMcBurger]

Who knew that such a small motherboard could pack so much power. Just over 4ghz is very impressive and it’ll only get faster from here.

[steelado]

Next year they will implement the battery technology of base varient and pro to all Phones in iphone 17. Maybe they are testing its good or not.

[JacobScharmberg]

All those different battery changes dispersed across the lineup makes me wonder if they're doing some sort of A/B testing of what works the best.

[Just-Alexiel]

EU regulators gave it an 8... finally Apple is listening a bit.

[someusername]

The stretch adhesive you want to heat up the phone from the front side and it'll stretch way better without breaking. It's a huge difference even with a tiny bit of heat vs. room temperature.

[cxsey]

Upgraded my severely damaged and memory limited XR to the 512gb pro. Very happy I got a good year! Despite not having a ton of updates.

[tipoomaster]

Weird, so the Pro Max gets neither the new metal battery nor the new electrical adhesive, the 16 gets the electrical adhesive but no metal battery, , and the regular Pro gets pull tabs. Odd mix. Hope next year it's all metal and all electric pull tabs.

[LetsSyncFanEdits]

Because the mAh size isn't shared in the video for the iPhone 16 Pro, I took it upon myself:

Through some little table math the iPhone 16 Pro has a:
3.83 V 13.9412 Wh 3640mAh Battery
(The Math: 3640mAh x 3.83 V / 1000 = 13.9412 Wh)

(The Math (the other way):
(13.9412 Wh x 1000 / 3.83 = 3640mAh)

:)

[borisdg]

iPhone 16 Pro's battery uses the new "stacked" tech. Was rumored for 15 Pro/Max, but never came. That's why is more dense. Also both 16 Pro uses M14 OLED materials for their screens vs M12 on the vanilla 16 (same as 14 Pro/15 Pro)

[uriche]

I'm not completely convinced by the look of this new iPhone, so I'm looking for a leather case to try to give it a traditional touch.

[PhobiaDubstep]

It’s always nice having a professional tear-down, especially when coming from a Jerryrigeverything video.

[georgeh]

"That thumbprint ... was included free with the device." Shhhh! Don't say that out loud, or Apple will start charging extra for interior fingerprints too.

[loghome]

Why does the Pro Max not have the metal covered battery like the 16 Pro?

[kadafiacar]

Having trouble with reception in my gym with the iPhone 16 pro max vs my iPhone 13 Pro Max. Maybe it would have been better to go with the 15 pro max.

[BypassSupport]

Aquí: 1:06 solo agregale una gota de alcohol a la pua para que el adhesivo se despegue sin que lo rompas o reemplaces. Si le agregas alcohol, ya no necesitas calor.
Here: 1:06 just add a drop of alcohol to the pick so the adhesive comes off without you having to break or replace it. If you add alcohol, you no longer need heat.

[eastpetersen]

Yay, I get to see if the new pro is as repairable as the standard