First iPhone 16 Pro Unboxing Video Shared Online

The first iPhone 16 Pro unboxing video has been shared on Weibo (via Majin Bu), revealing Apple's new packaging design for its latest flagship smartphone.

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With Apple keen to promote its environmental sustainability credentials, there hasn't been much to the unboxing experience with recent iPhone models, and that looks to be the case even more so this year. Assuming the packaging isn't region specific, Apple appears to have done away with the little booklet containing SIM card and other basic instructions.

Also, like the iPad Pro and iPad Air models that were unveiled earlier this year, there are no Apple stickers included in the box. All you get is the iPhone 16 and a braided USB-C cable. It's not too surprising – Apple previously announced that it aimed to achieve plastic-free packaging by 2025.

iPhone 16 Pro models have several new features, including larger 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays with thinner bezels, longer battery life, a new Camera Control button for quick access to camera functions, a 48-megapixel Ultra Wide camera, a faster A18 Pro chip, Wi-Fi 7 support, faster 5G, faster charging, and more.


Pre-orders for iPhone 16 models began at the end of last week, and shipping estimates for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max on Apple's online store in the U.S. have since slipped into October for many configurations. Many of the lower-end iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus models are delayed from between 7 days and 2-3 weeks after launch-day delivery on Friday, September 20.

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Top Rated Comments

pugxiwawa Avatar
16 months ago
Very exciting unboxing the same phone 6 years in a row!
Score: 40 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Andres Cantu Avatar
16 months ago
No Apple stickers = no buy.

?
Score: 39 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MathersMahmood Avatar
16 months ago
Exactly the same unboxing experience since they removed the charging plug.
Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vegetassj4 Avatar
16 months ago
I'm going to post a REboxing video when I return mine for being the same phone as last year.

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Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vegetassj4 Avatar
16 months ago

What's the difference?
It helps you with regularity
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WarmWinterHat Avatar
16 months ago

It's getting a bit austere these days. You're buying a luxury priced product, it should feel like it. Not, like the priority is "how [S]cheap[/S] environmentally friendly can we make this". Mostly you want it to arrive in good condition with these thinner boxes (but I'm sure they have good engineers for that).
When I buy an iPhone, I'm buying an iPhone, not the box. It gets removed and then I never look at the box again.

As long at it protects it between the factory and you, who cares?
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)