The iPhone 16 has a secret battery improve that can blow your thoughts

The brand new iPhone 16 and 16 Plus could look comparable on the skin, however there are some main adjustments on the within. And the best by far is one you’ll most likely by no means see.

In its customary teardown, iFixit has found a number of small adjustments to the interior format of elements, together with a brand new L-shaped logic board and the removing of one of many mmWave 5G antennas. Most of those adjustments are because of the batteries, that are each bigger than the iPhone 15 fashions and have “a tough metal case as a substitute of a mushy pouch.”

However the coolest function is hidden below the battery. iFixit found that the batteries are secured by a sensible adhesive “that may debond while you go {an electrical} present by way of it.” Not solely does that imply it would keep in place till an electrical cost is utilized to it, it additionally means “no extra reliance on finicky, brittle adhesive strips, only a constant, simply repeatable course of.” 

There aren’t even pull tabs. The way in which it really works is the adhesive stays caught till a 9V present runs by way of it. Like a automotive battery, you’ll want to connect an alligator clip to the silver tab on the battery and one other to the grounding screw by the USB-C port. Hook it as much as an influence supply and wait a couple of minute and the battery will magically launch from the case.

Then while you substitute it with a brand new battery, the substrate layer will rebond to the case. You possibly can watch it in motion within the video beneath.