iPhone screen sizes
iPhone 16 screen size
The iPhone 16 has a 6.1-inch screen that apps lay out in 393 × 852 points. At @3x that is 1179 × 2556 pixels, at 460 pixels per inch.
Checked against Apple's pages on 27 October 2026.
| Points | 393 × 852 pt |
|---|---|
| Pixels | 1179 × 2556 px |
| Scale | @3x |
| Pixel density | 460 ppi |
| Display | 6.1 inches (6.12 inches as a rectangle) |
| Top of the screen | Dynamic Island |
| Safe area | 59 pt top, 34 pt bottom in Borel's preview (Apple publishes no numbers) |
| Screen corner | 55 pt in Borel's preview (Apple publishes no number) |
| App Store screenshot | 1179 × 2556 px, iPhone with Dynamic Island (medium display) (required) |
| Released | 2024 |
| Same screen | iPhone 15 (2023), iPhone 15 Pro (2023), iPhone 14 Pro (2022) |
How the iPhone 16 compares
The iPhone 16 lays out in 393 × 852 points: a 6.1-inch, 2556 × 1179 pixel display at 460 ppi with the Dynamic Island. The iPhone 15, 15 Pro and 14 Pro have the same screen.
It is 9 points narrower and 22 points shorter than the iPhone 17 Pro, and 3 points wider and 8 points taller than the iPhone 17e, which has a notch instead of the Dynamic Island.
What designers need to know
- Apple's required screenshot group, iPhone with Dynamic Island (medium display), accepts this phone's 1179 × 2556 as well as the newer 1206 × 2622.
- Borel's preview gives it a 59 point top safe area, 3 points less than the 6.3-inch Pro models: another reason not to hard-code a top margin.
- Like the 16 Plus, it has no ProMotion in Apple's specs, so test animations on it as well as on a Pro.
App Store screenshots
Apple puts the iPhone 16 in its iPhone with Dynamic Island (medium display) group, which takes 1179 × 2556, 1206 × 2622 pixels in portrait. This is the one iPhone group App Store Connect requires.
Build for this screen with Borel
Borel writes iPhone apps in Swift with SwiftUI, whose layouts follow the safe area of whichever iPhone they run on, so one app fits this screen and every other here. You try it in Apple's iOS Simulator in your browser, with no Mac needed.
Frequently asked questions
393 by 852 points at @3x, per Apple's Human Interface Guidelines; 1179 by 2556 pixels on a 6.1-inch display.
Yes. Both are 6.1-inch, 2556 by 1179 pixel displays at 460 ppi with the Dynamic Island, at 393 by 852 points.
Yes. 1179 by 2556 pixels is one of the two sizes Apple accepts for the iPhone with Dynamic Island (medium display) group, the required one.
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