Apple iPhone Air vs Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB)
Quick Comparison
In terms of display resolution, Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB) has better resolution of 2796 x 1290 than Apple iPhone Air which has resolution of 2736 x 1260. Both have the same amount of internal memory.
| Name | Apple iPhone Air | Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB) |
| Display | 6.5 in | 6.7 in |
|---|---|---|
| Internal Memory | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Battery | 3149 mAh | 4674 mAh |
| Camera | 48 MP | 48 MP + 12 MP Dual |
| Price | Rs. 109990 | Rs. 81999 |
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Price And Launch
The launch Date of the first phone is September 09, 2025. The cost of Apple iPhone Air is Rs. 109990. The launch Date of the second phone is September 09, 2024. The cost of Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB) is Rs. 81999.
Display comparison
Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB) has larger screen size of 6.7 inches in comparison to Apple iPhone Air's 6.5 inch screen. There is OLED Screen Type in both the phones. Both have same 460 PPI. In terms of screen to body ratio, Apple iPhone Air has better screen to body ratio of ~ 89.9% than Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB)'s ~ 88%. Both phones have same aspect ratio of 20:9.
Memory comparison
and both have same Internal Memory of 256 GB.
Camera comparison
They both have the same 48 MP Rear Camera. Apple iPhone Air will be better choice if you're looking to click lot of selfies as it has better 18 MP Front Camera in comparison to Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB)'s 12 MP Front Camera.
Technical comparison
Both the phones has iOS Operating System but the first one runs on version 26 and the second one on 18 version.
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| Name | Apple iPhone Air | Apple iPhone 16 Plus (256GB) |
| General | ||
| Model | iPhone 17 AIr | iPhone 16 Plus |
| Sim Type | Dual Sim | Dual Sim, GSM+GSM |
| Dual Sim | Yes | Yes |
| Sim Size | eSIM SIM | eSIM+Nano SIM |
| Device Type | Smartphone | Smartphone |
| Release Date | September 09, 2025 | September 09, 2024 |
| In The Box | iPhone with iOS 26, USB-C Charge Cable (1 m), Documentation | |
| Design | ||
| Dimensions | 74.7 x 156.2 x 5.6 mm | 77.8 x 160.9 x 7.8 mm |
| Weight | 165 g | 199 g |
| Colors | Space Black, Cloud White, Light Gold, Sky Blue | Black, White, Pink, Teal, Ultramarine |
| Display | ||
| Type | Color OLED Screen (1B Colors) | Color OLED Screen (1B) |
| Touch | Yes | Yes |
| Size | 6.5 inches, 1260 x 2736 pixels | 6.7 inches, 1290 x 2796 pixels, 60 Hz |
| Aspect Ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | ~ 460 PPI | ~ 460 PPI |
| Screen to Body Ratio | ~ 89.9% | ~ 88% |
| Glass Type | Ceramic Shield 2 | Ceramic Shield glass (2024 gen) |
| Brightness | 1,000 Nits Max Brightness (Typical); 1,600 Nits Peak Brightness (Hdr); 3,000 Nits Peak Brightness (Outdoor); 1 Nit Minimum Brightness | |
| Features | Super Retina XDR Display, 16.63 Cm (6.5″) (Diagonal) All‑screen Oled Display, 2736x1260‑pixel Resolution At 460 Ppi, Dynamic Island, Always-on Display, Promotion Technology With Adaptive Refresh Rates Up To 120hz, Hdr Display, True Tone, Wide Colour (P3), Haptic Touch, 20,00,000:1 Contrast Ratio (Typical), Anti-reflective Coating, Support For Display Of Multiple Languages And Characters Simultaneously | Dynamic Island, HDR displaym, True Tone, Wide colour (P3), Haptic Touch, 20,00,000:1 contrast ratio (typical), 1,000 nits max brightness (typical); 1,600 nits peak brightness (HDR); 2,000 nits peak brightness (outdoor); 1 nit minimum brightness, Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, Dolby Vision |
| Notch | Yes, Dynamic Island | Yes, Dynamic Island |
| Memory | ||
| RAM | 8 GB | |
| Storage | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Card Slot | No | No |
| Connectivity | ||
| GPRS | Yes | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes |
| 3G | Yes | Yes |
| 4G | Yes | Yes |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Bands | FDD-5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n26, n28, n30, n66, n70, n75), TDD-5G NR (Bands n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n77, n78, n79) | FDD‑5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76), TDD‑5G NR (Bands n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n77, n78, n79) |
| VoLTE | Yes | Yes |
| Wifi | Yes, with wifi-hotspot | Yes, with wifi-hotspot |
| Wifi Version | Wi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO | Wi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO7 |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v6.0, A2DP, LE | Yes, v5.3, A2DP, LE |
| USB | Yes, USB-C v2.0 | Yes, USB-C v2.0 |
| USB Features | USB on-the-go, USB Charging | USB Tethering, USB on-the-go, USB Charging |
| Performance | ||
| AnTuTu Score | 1,592,494 (Total) (v10) 432,406 (CPU) 621,977 (GPU) 182,308 (Memory) 355,803 (UX) | |
| Geekbench Score | 7,902 (Multi Core) (v6) 3,281 (Single Core) | |
| 3DMark Score | 4,332 (Wild Life Extreme) | |
| Speaker Score | 78 (Very Good) | |
| Battery Test Result | 18.67 hours | |
| Extra | ||
| GPS | Precision dual-frequency GPS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and NavIC), Digital compass, Wi‑Fi, Cellular, iBeacon micro-location | yes with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou |
| Fingerprint Sensor | No | No |
| Face Unlock | Yes | Yes |
| Sensors | Face Id, Barometer, High Dynamic Range Gyro, High-g Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Dual Ambient Light Sensors | Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass,Barometer |
| 3.5mm Headphone Jack | No | No |
| NFC | Yes | Yes |
| AI Features | Apple Intelligence | |
| Water Resistance | Yes, 6 m upto 30 min | Yes, 6 m upto 30 min |
| IP Rating | IP68 | IP68 |
| Dust Resistant | Yes | Yes |
| Extra Features | Apple C1X Cellular Modem, Apple N1 Wireless Networking Chip | Satellite Connectivity, Crash Detection, Action Buttion, Camera Control Buttion, Ai Mobile (Apple Intelligence), New 16‑core Neural Engine, NVMe Storage |
| Camera | ||
| Rear Camera | 48 MP ƒ/1.6 (Wide Angle) | 48 MP ƒ/1.6 (Wide Angle) 26mm, 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS 12 MP ƒ/2.2 (Ultra Wide) 13mm, 120˚, 0.7µm, dual pixel PDAF |
| Camera Sensor | IMX904 | |
| Auto Focus | Yes, Phase Detection autofocus | Yes, Phase Detection autofocus |
| Features | Digital Zoom Up to 10x, Customisable Default Lens (Fusion Main), Sapphire Crystal Lens Cover, True Tone Flash, Photonic Engine, Deep Fusion, Smart Hdr 5, Next-generation Portraits With Focus and Depth Control, Portrait Lighting With Six Effects, Night Mode, Panorama (Up to 63mp), Latest-generation Photographic Styles, Wide Colour Capture for Photos and Live Photos, Advanced Red‑eye Correction, Auto Image Stabilisation, Burst Mode, Photo Geotagging, Image Formats Captured: Heif and Jpeg | Camera Control, Sapphire crystal lens cover, True Tone flash, Photonic Engine, Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 5, Next-generation portraits with Focus and Depth Control, Portrait Lighting with six effects, Night mode, Panorama (up to 63MP), Latest-generation Photographic Styles, Spatial photos, Macro photography, Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos, Lens correction (Ultra Wide), Advanced red‑eye correction, Auto image stabilisation, Burst mode, Photo geotagging, Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG, Digital zoom up to 10x |
| Video Recording | 4K @ 60 fps UHD, 1080p @ 120 fps FHD | 4K @ 60 fps UHD, 1080p @ 60 fps FHD, 720p @ 30 fps HD |
| Flash | Yes, Dual LED | Yes, LED |
| Front Camera | 18 MP ƒ/1.9 (Wide Angle) IMX914 Retina Flash | 12 MP ƒ/1.9 (Wide Angle) 23mm, 1/3.6", PDAF Retina Flash |
| Front Video Recording | 4K @ 60 fps UHD, 1080p @ 60 fps FHD | 4K @ 60 fps UHD, 1080p @ 60 fps FHD |
| Technical | ||
| OS | iOS v26 | iOS v18 |
| Chipset | Apple A19 Pro | Apple Bionic A18 |
| CPU | Hexa Core Processor | 4.04 GHz, Hexa Core Processor |
| Core Details | 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores | |
| Fabrication Node | 3nm | |
| GPU | Apple GPU (5-core graphics) | Apple GPU (5-core graphics) |
| Java | No | No |
| Browser | Yes | Yes |
| Multimedia | ||
| Yes | Yes | |
| Music | AAC‑LC, HE‑AAC, HE‑AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC‑3), Dolby Digital Plus (E‑AC‑3), Dolby Atmos and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+) | AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos, Spatial Audio playback |
| Video | HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2 and Motion JPEG, HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG | HEVC, H.264 and AV1, HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and HLG |
| FM Radio | No | No |
| Audio Jack Type | USB Type-C | |
| Document Reader | Yes | Yes |
| Battery | ||
| Type | Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Size | 3149 mAh, Li-ion Battery | 4674 mAh, Li-ion Battery |
| Fast Charging | Yes | Yes |
| Wireless Charging | Yes, 20W | Yes, 25W |
| Reverse Wireless Charging | Yes, 4.5W | |
| Video Playback Time | 27 hours | |
| Music Playback Time | 100 hours | 100 hours |