iPhone 16 Pro not turning on

Thanks for this, Mark. The piece that worked for me was the "quick" volume up, then down. After two quicks on the left side of the device, the right side button hold down produced the Apple logo in about 6 seconds.

Thank you. I know that I’m not speaking to Apple here but was venting as to the issue. Glad you haven’t had the same issue with your phones that the many posters on here are experiencing.

The phones we have had the issue with are IPhone 16. Not the pro.

susagoode wrote:

I had the problem with my 16 and now a week or so later my husband had the same problem this morning. It took him several times trying the hard reset before turning on. Apple needs to fix this. I took mine in to the Apple store when it wouldn’t go on and the lady there that fixed it didn’t mention the hard reset or that this is evidently a problem but acted more like I just didn’t hold the power button long enough, although I had the phone for 2 weeks with no problem turning it on. I really do know how to turn the phone on.

Come on Apple, fix it!

You aren't speaking with Apple here. This is a user to user only forum. If you want Apple to hear you, provide feedback here --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple

That said, I own iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, which I've owned since launch day and I've not had this issue at all on either phone. Why you may be having such an issue is unknown, but it's not a universal issue affecting all iPhone 16 Pro's.

carvalho75 wrote:

Well just got my son and iPhone 16 and had it for one day and it isn’t starting up! So frustrating brand new phone and so far the worst experience with this phone. Maybe a recall should be in the works. Seeing this happening to everyone with their iPhone 16 pro. Ugh .shouldn’t have gotten this new model . Very frustrated!

This is most definitely not happening to "everyone" as you suggest. If your sons iPhone isn't turning on, Force Restart it.

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

this just happen right now and honestly I am disappointed on apple. been an iphone user from the beginning. I hope apple will patch this up soon.

definitely passing this info with my friends.

Looks like this is an issue when phone charges to 100%. If I set it to 80% it seems to work but 90 or 100% it won’t open without reset. Pretty ridiculous.

Doubt it is a charger issue (although I think apple is hoping it is), same with my Apple MagSafe.

After I was able to turn my phone on, I updated to 18.0.1 and reduced battery charging to 90%. So far so good.

My daughter is also having the same issue. This started after she updated to 18.0.1. This is extremely frustrating and unacceptable for a phone that costs $1,000.

It's definitely random. My husband's 16 pro and both my daughter's 16 are fine. It's only my 16 plus that is having an issue. I use the usb-c it came with and upgraded to 18.0.1. Very frustrating.

Nothing. THey are doing nothing. second time in two weeks and second time with apple support chat and they got nothing.

Thank you all you previous commenters. I kept the hard restart going until my phone turned on. Then ran around saying “ it’s not my fault”. This is bonkers.

Diagnostics show nothing. Apple help chat has nothing to help you. This is known problem, which they are doing nothing about.

I conducted the side by side update and am having the issue.

I tried repeatedly for a few hours to get it to turn on. Eventually pressing the up and down and on it worked - must have tried 50+ times!