If the last few years are anything to go by, Apple is due to announce the iPhone 16 series in the first couple of weeks of September - the tech giant has launched its flagship iPhones each September for more than a decade, save for the iPhone 12 event that was in October 2020, presumably delayed due to the pandemic.

Although Apple is better than rivals such as Google at keeping its new smartphones under wraps, as we near the rumoured announcement we are beginning to see a few leaks that point to what to expect from the new devices.

The iPhone 15 last year introduced a matt glass finish, more rounded edges and the Dynamic Island to the base model iPhone, while the the iPhone 15 Pro uses titanium for the first time for a lighter build and also become more rounded and comfortable to hold, moving on from the sharper flat edges seen since the iPhone 12.

Now, tech reviewer and historically reliable Apple leaker Sonny Dickson has posted two images on X that claim to show off the designs of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. If accurate, there are big changes coming for the regular iPhone this year.

As you can see in the below image, there are five alleged iPhone 16 models in different colours. While they don’t sport Apple logos, these sorts of leaks are usually of either prototype devices or dummy models that represent the eventual dimensions and design of the iPhone.

Compared to the iPhone 15, the iPhone 16 looks like it will have vertically stacked dual cameras, with a look that returns to that of the iPhone X and was continued until the iPhone 12. Since the iPhone 13, Apple has arranged these cameras diagonally. It’s widely thought Apple makes one clear design change year to year to encourage people to upgrade their handset.

If the colours on show here are accurate, the iPhone 16 will return to the solid colour options of earlier years; the iPhone 15 range used very pale pastel tones.

If you’re more interested in the iPhone 16 Pro, Dickson posted the below image that appears to be of alleged iPhone 16 Pro Max models:

If accurate, the Pro iPhone will see far fewer changes this year. The white and titanium models here look incredibly similar to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, though the black one in the middle is a much darker tone than we’ve seen on a Pro before.

But as with the iPhone 16, you should take these with a pinch of salt. The camera module and general design is more likely to be accurate than the colour options. Famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has reported the iPhone 16 Pro will come in natural, white and black titanium, with a ‘rose’ titanium replacing the current blue hue of the 15 Pro range, while his report that the regular 16 and 16 Plus will come in black, green, pink, blue, white matches Dickson’s leak.