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Sketchy report says base iPhone 16 Pro storage will double

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iPhone 16 Pro storage could start at twice that of any iOS predecessor.
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iPhone 16 Pro storage will start at 256GB, according to a tipster. That’s twice as much capacity as any previous iOS device.

If true, it’ll help differentiate Apple’s Pro handsets from the standard ones.

Base iPhone 16 Pro storage could jump to 256GB

iPhone Pro models comes with higher profit margins, and to encourage people to buy them Apple builds in features not available in its lower-price models.

But the Dynamic Island that was once reserved for premium devices is now on all iOS models. And the Action button will also supposedly be added to every iPhone 16 version this autumn.

Apple needs new ways for the iPhone 16 Pro might stand out. Additional storage might be one of them.

Tipster LeaksApplePro says on The Mac Observer, “According to people close to the industry, Apple could be considering increasing the base storage of the iPhone 16 Pro to 256GB.”

All current iPhone models start with 128GB of capacity, whether Pro or non-Pro.

A reasonable move

The boost makes sense: the camera on the top-tier models is capable of taking very high-resolution pictures and video that take up many gigabytes of date.

That said, this is hardly definitive. It’s a leak that says Apple is “considering” increasing storage capacity. And while LeaksApplePro has broken some solid news in the past — including a correct tip that interactive widgets were coming to iOS 16 — not everything they predict comes true.

We’ll know the iPhone 16 Pro base storage capacity for sure in September when Apple is expected to unveil all its next-generation handsets.



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Both iPhone 16 Pro Models to Feature 256GB Base Storage, Claims Sketchy Rumor

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Apple will allegedly offer both the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max with a minimum 256GB of storage, doing away with the 128GB starting option on its smaller Pro model for the first time.

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Currently, Apple’s 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Pro starts at $999 and comes with the minimum 128GB of storage, while the 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at $1,199 with a minimum 256GB of storage.

However, according to a post on X (Twitter) by LeaksApplePro, Apple will bump up the base storage of the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro to 256GB to match the minimum capacity of the larger iPhone 16 Pro Max, while the starting price of Apple’s smaller Pro model will remain at $999.

The X account has no recent track record for accurate Apple leaks or rumors, so we are filing this one under sketchy. Having said that, the claim is not outside the realm of possibility.

If Apple drops 128GB as the base on the iPhone 16 Pro, that will leave three Pro storage options across the board: 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB.

It’s also worth noting that in 2018, Apple’s premium iPhone X came with 64GB, an entry-level storage tier that persisted in successive generations until the iPhone 13 in 2021, when Apple adopted 128GB as the new baseline. If Apple makes 256GB the new minimum across its premium devices, it could be settling into a pattern of doubling the minimum capacity every three years.

At the other end of the scale, a rumor in January out of Korea claimed that both iPhone 16 Pro models will be available with double the maximum storage capacity as the iPhone 15 Pro devices, increasing from 1TB to 2TB.

The maximum storage increase is said to be a result of Apple’s switch to higher-density Quad-Level Cell (QLC) NAND flash for higher storage models. Apple’s use of QLC NAND could allow Apple to fit more storage into a smaller space and it is less expensive than Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND, which current iPhones use.

This year’s iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are rumored to be getting bigger display sizes, increasing to 6.27- and 6.86-inches, respectively. For comparison, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are equipped with 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch displays, respectively. The new display sizes will be the largest ever for the iPhone, and should also increase the physical space for internal components and parts.

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