Just a few days after the launch of the iPhone 16 series, the first teardown videos of some of the latest iPhones have started to appear online. As a recent teardown video of the iPhone 16 shows that battery replacement on the model is now comparatively less complex, a new teardown video of the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, now available on YouTube, apparently suggests the difference between the newly announced models.
iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max teardown video features
- New iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have been torn down by YouTuber Zack of JerryRigEverything.
- The two iPhones have more or less the same internal structures, but they differ on one variation.
- The YouTuber starts deconstructing the iPhone 16 Pro Max, failing to get the new metal casing for which Apple ostensibly designed it to be easier to take out the battery.
- However, this metal casing was only available on the iPhone 16 Pro. Other than this, it has the same internal components and design as the other two phones.
The teardown video shows that the Pro models do not include the new voltage-sensitive battery glue found in the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. More importantly, though, it shows that the iPhone 16 Pro has a 3,582mAh battery capacity and the iPhone 16 Pro Max boasts a cell of 4,695mAh.
Apart from that, the metal battery enclosure might result in more thermal control, and as the YouTuber highlighted, there is no support within for heat dissipation. Zack assumes that the change might be due to the EU regulations, which are forcing the manufacturers to make the batteries removable by 2027.
Zack also de-soldered the two metal plates held by seven TriPoint screws to get to the internal components of the iPhone 16 Pro Max. There are complications in its disassembly because Apple uses different sizes of screws. There is a layer of thermal graphite that transfers heat from the motherboard to the aluminum frame.
The camera department The teardown video shows all the sensors integrated into one module. OIS is featured in the main as well as the periscopic sensor but not in the ultra-wide sensor.
The YouTuber says that the tech giant makes use of sensor-shift stabilisation, which involves magnets and parts and is inside the sensor itself. It shows a bit of tetra prism glass, an optical component in camera systems, that does separate the telephoto sensor and the lens.
Bhupendra Singh Chundawat is a seasoned technology journalist with over 22 years of experience in the media industry. He specializes in covering the global technology landscape, with a deep focus on manufacturing trends and the geopolitical impact on tech companies. Currently serving as the Editor at Udaipur Kiran, his insights are shaped by decades of hands-on reporting and editorial leadership in the fast-evolving world of technology.
