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How much does the iPhone 16 series cost?

Fortunately, Apple hasn't hiked up the price of the iPhone 16 lineup this time around. In fact, all the models are a little bit cheaper!

Optus iPhone 16 plans and deals

Optus's main spotlight is on its trade-in offer, giving up to $1,500 in credit for eligible phones. This will be issued as a prepaid Mastercard gift card.

For example, if your iPhone 15 Pro Max (1TB) is in good working condition, you could potentially get the full $1,500.

This won't knock anything off the price of your iPhone 16 directly, but you can still use the gift card for other stuff.

Just remember, you'll need to be an existing Optus customer to score the trade-in deal.

Signing up to an Optus plan will also give you access to:

• Bonus 3 months of Amazon Prime worth $29.97
• Optus Sport at a discounted price. You'll pay $9.99 per month instead of the usual $24.99
• Endless data. Your speeds will be capped at 1.5Mbps once you've chewed through your data allowance
• Data sharing across eligible linked accounts
• Unlimited international calls and texts to 35 selected destinations (on its Medium plan and above)
• Up to 10% in savings when you bundle 3 or more subscriptions via Optus SubHub or up to $20 every month on streaming when you sign up to the Large Choice

Vodafone iPhone 16 plans and deals

Vodafone has a couple of deals in play.

• $150 bonus trade-in credit on top of the regular trade-in credit if you stay connected for 12, 24 or 36 months.
• $1,299 in credit when you pair any iPhone 16 with Vodafone's new $79 Promo plan (600GB of data, new customers only), and stay connected for 36 months.

You can use the $1,299 credit offer with a regular trade-in to save money on an iPhone 16 Pro or 16 Pro Max or possibly to get either of the models for $0 depending on the phone you're trading in.

Even if you don't have a phone to trade in, you can get an iPhone 16 128GB for $100 by taking advantage of just the $1,299 credit offer.

Keep in mind that the $150 bonus trade-in credit isn't available with the $79 Promo plan.

On a Vodafone plan, you'll also get:

• No excess charges. Your speeds will be capped at 2Mbps once you've used up your data allowance
• 3 months of BINGE for both new and returning customers
• Unlimited international texts on all plans
• Unlimited international minutes to Zone 1 countries and 300 minutes to Zone 2 countries on the medium and large SIM-only plans
• $5 a day roaming to use your regular SIM-only plan overseas

Telstra iPhone 16 plans and deals

Telstra's is offering $275 bonus trade-in credit plus 40,000 bonus Telstra Plus points if you're not already an existing postpaid customer.

With a Telstra mobile plan, you'll get:

• Access to the largest 4G and 5G networks in Australia
• No excess data charges. Your speeds will be capped at 1.5Mbps once you've used up your data allowance
• 4-month access to Spotify Premium for new subscribers and 2-month subscription to BINGE for new customers
• Unlimited international texts to all countries and at least 30 minutes of free calls

When did the Apple iPhone 16 series come out?

Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 series on 13 September 2024.

It's now available to everyone in Australia as of 20 September 2024.

iPhone 16 colours and specifications

Here's a quick look at the specs and colours for the iPhone 16 lineup before we dive into more details.

Is the iPhone 16 worth buying?

Honestly, it's still a bit early to say for sure. Apple Intelligence has been at the centre of the tech giant's phone launch. Yet, it won't come out in Australia until December and there are a lot of unknowns around how it'll impact device performance.

Then we have smaller changes such as the colour selection for the phones, a new camera control button and the vertical camera layout of the two base models.

If you're coming from a very old iPhone model, then perhaps you might be included to upgrade to anyway, regardless of how small the changes are.

You can read our roundup of first impressions following the launch of the iPhone 16 series if you're still on the fence.

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