Mockups of the iPhone 16 lineup have been spotted on a French website, showing small but still noticeable changes to the MagSafe charging ring.
The shapes also reflect the changes we expect to see in the camera placement of the base and iPhone 16 …
iPhone 16 charging ring MagSafe
MagSafe debuted in the iPhone lineup with iPhone 12 and immediately made wireless charging more convenient and reliable. These days, many of us use this feature to not only charge our iPhones, but also to magnetically attach them to stands.
The system requires a ring of magnets and coils, but if the iPhone 16 is stated to be made in shape obtained by French website ShopSystem is the real deal, then Apple appears to have managed to reduce the thickness of the ring.
Here you can see a comparison of the shapes for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro:
This appears to show that the ring is significantly thinner, giving it a smaller outer diameter.
The site suggests that this could mean that accessory makers will have to adapt their chargers to accommodate this, but this is extremely unlikely. The new iPhone lineup will undoubtedly remain compatible with all existing MagSafe and Qi2 chargers.
The molds also show the vertical camera layout we expect to see on the base model iPhone 16 and iPhone. 16 Plus. This is expected to bring spatial video capabilities to the entire line.
Images: ShopSystem
