Updated July 16 with more information about charging speeds and how each iPhone will be affected, especially compared to faster Android options.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro: will the iPhone 16 Pro have faster charging?
When Apple releases the iPhone 16 this fall, there will be a lot of changes. And now, it looks like one of the biggest problems of the twenty-first century, battery anxiety, will be partially alleviated by the introduction of significantly faster charging.
The new speeds will be faster than any iPhone has had before, and by quite a distance. It’s worth noting that some Android phone users will scoff at the upgrade, with phones like the OnePlus 12 supporting much faster speeds, for example.
Other Android users will also laugh at this development when they compare what their phones can do. Faster than the aforementioned OnePlus 12 are the Oppo Reno 12 Pro and Xiaomi 14 Pro which have 120W fast wired charging options – three times what Apple can offer – and Motorola goes even further .
Its Edge 40 Pro reaches 125 W. Apple won’t be as fast as Samsung, whose Galaxy S24 series charges up to 45 W, but at least the gap is closer.
Also note that some Android phone manufacturers include a fast charging port in the box, but as you know, Apple hasn’t included a charging port for years. So even if you want the new, faster 40W charging, you’ll need to buy a new plug to get the most out of it. There are some Mac laptop chargers that can provide more than enough charging, so if you have one of those, that’s an option.
Apple will be happy, at least, to beat the charging speeds offered by the Google Pixel 8 series that match Apple’s 27W maximum – but who knows what Google will reveal when the Pixel 9 phones come out in August. a month before other Apple devices.
The battery sizes of the new phones will play a role in charging capabilities — which has an interesting knock-on effect for the iPhone 16 Plus.
That’s because while there have already been reports of increased battery sizes for the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, the iPhone 16 Plus is thought to have a smaller battery than the iPhone 15 Plus.
A drop in battery size of 8.6% is predicted, as noted by Britta O’Boyle in T3. It matches the support for faster charging and it seems possible that the iPhone 16 Plus will charge faster than the rest of the range.
For other iPhone 16 models with their larger batteries, there will still be a benefit thanks to faster charging speeds, either wired or wireless.
There have already been reports of new updates to the iPhone 16 range. These include different screens on some models, wider implementation of the outstanding tetraprism camera, a new strategy for its next-generation processors, better camera lenses advanced, significantly more efficient OLED screens, a new thermal design to prevent overheating and an improved main camera sensor. .
But this new report addresses battery life, the key metric for all of us. It’s not just that the battery will be different, although a recent report says it will be, but that when it does run out, it will be much quicker to recharge.
That depends on the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max supporting 40W wired charging speeds, according to a report from IT Home and discovered by MacRumors. And it can also be applied to iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus.
At the moment, all iPhone 15 series phones support wired charging speeds of up to 27 watts, assuming you have a powerful enough charging port. This means you can charge your iPhone 15 from flat to 50% in about 30 minutes. That’s not bad, but sooner would be better.
Support for wired charging up to 40W would really cut down on that charging time, again assuming you have a powerful enough charging port. In theory, it could mean you could charge the iPhone 16 from nothing to 50% in just over 15 minutes.
In reality, it will probably be longer, if the rumors are correct that most of the iPhone 16 series will have larger batteries, which will, therefore, last a little longer. Even so, reaching 50% charge in around 20 minutes could be on the cards.
What about wireless charging, that incredibly convenient but slower way to top up your battery? Currently, this is maxed out at 15W, but the report predicts support for 20W wireless charging as well.
Expect more reveals before the iPhone 16 series is released, likely in mid-September.