Earlier this week, restore website iFixit took aside the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus to exhibit the brand new battery removing course of that makes use of electrical energy for adhesive removing, and immediately, iFixit is again with a teardown of the iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max.
Apple’s iPhone 16 Professional fashions should not have the identical simplified battery removing course of because the iPhone 16, with Apple as a substitute utilizing conventional stretch launch adhesive for its pricier iPhones. It is nonetheless simpler to get inside, although, as a result of you are able to do so by the again of the iPhone slightly than the show, which could be simply broken.
Apple encased the iPhone 16 Professional battery in steel just like the iPhone 16 fashions, however the iPhone 16 Professional Max doesn’t have the steel casing round its battery, and it is not clear why. iFixit known as the choice to make use of the metal-encased battery in simply the 16 Professional and never the 16 Professional Max “perplexing.”
The LiDAR Scanner is extra accessible, which makes it simpler to entry for repairs. In prior Professional iPhone fashions, it was below the principle digicam meeting. The digicam modules are virtually equivalent, however not fairly interchangeable resulting from a special cable size and a screw positioned in two separate places inside every mannequin.
Apple moved the mmWave antenna to make room for the Digicam Management button, and within the 16 Professional fashions, it is in a hollowed out house close to the highest of the system. iFixit says that mmWave sign might nonetheless endure as a result of titanium body of the iPhone 16 Professional fashions.
USB-C port removing is “massively” simplified, however iFixit factors out that Apple doesn’t promote alternative USB-C ports. The logic board will also be pulled out with solely the removing of the higher speaker meeting, which is a significant enchancment to the design.
Notably, the teardown revealed that the iPhone 16 Professional fashions are utilizing a Qualcomm SDX71M modem, which is a customized model of the SDX70M modem used within the iPhone 15 Professional fashions. Rumors had advised the Professional fashions would come with the Qualcomm X75 modem, which does not seem like the case.
iFixit gave the iPhone 16 Professional fashions a repairability rating of seven out of 10 as a result of design adjustments and the provision of restore manuals.