What does iPhone 16,1 mean on my iPhone 15 Pro?

i bought iPhone 15 pro device on August in 2024 and i was wondering why i had iPhone 16,1 signed in on 4 May 2025 update information on my iPhone 15 pro



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iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on May 12, 2025 02:44 PM

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May 13, 2025 12:26 AM in response to phakawadee

It doesn't mean that an iPhone 16 device signed in to one of your accounts.


It sounds like the message was simply a log entry saying that your iPhone 15 Pro (model identifier iPhone16,1) had applied some sort of update to itself. Something that might be of interest to a developer or to a support person in the event that they were trying to troubleshoot a problem happening with a phone.


Since the message probably wasn't meant mainly for your consumption, whoever coded the message felt free to use an internal model identifier instead of your phone's official marketing name.

May 13, 2025 02:45 AM in response to phakawadee

phakawadee wrote:

So it means not an iPhone 16 device signed in to my iPhone 15 pro device account right?


Here is a list of models and model codes for iPhone, iPad, Watch, and some other Apple gear (but not Mac):



This numbering scheme goes back roughly thirty years at Apple, well before iPhone (with Mac):


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