The iPhone 16 range is now available for pre-order through iStore , the Core Group-owned retail chain, and will be shipped to consumers by 20 September, when they will also be available in stores.
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The iPhone 16 is the first in the series designed specifically with artificial intelligence in mind and will be the first newly released iPhones to feature Apple Intelligence. (The iPhone 15 Pro models will also get Apple Intelligence.)
The cheapest base model iPhone 16 with 128GB of storage costs R20 999, a 4.5% reduction from the iPhone 15's price at launch. The 256GB and 512GB variants cost R23 999 and R28 999, respectively, and are cheaper by 4% and 4.8%.
The iPhone Plus saw similar drops in pricing between version 15 and 16, with the 128GB iPhone 16 variant going for R23 999, the 256GB for R26 499 and the 512GB at R31 799.
