Apple debuts iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, to sell in Vietnam this month

Apple Inc. introduced iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max on Monday, providing pre-orders from this Friday (September 13) with availability beginning a week later (September 20).

In some markets, including Macao, Vietnam, and 19 others, the products will be available from September 27.

iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be available in black titanium, natural titanium, white titanium, and desert titanium, in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB storage capacities. iOS 18 will be available as a free software update next Monday (September 16).

iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are designed with the environment in mind. As part of Apple 2030, Apple’s ambitious goal to become carbon neutral across its entire carbon footprint by the end of this decade, Apple is prioritizing renewable electricity in manufacturing, and investing in wind and solar projects around the world to address the electricity used to charge all Apple products, including the iPhone 16 lineup. Currently, all Apple facilities run on 100% renewable electricity, including the data centers powering its Apple Intelligence.

To achieve Apple 2030, the company is also designing products with recycled and renewable materials. iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max feature more than 25% recycled content overall, including 100% recycled aluminum in the internal structural frame and 80% or more recycled steel across multiple components.

The battery is made with 100% recycled cobalt and in a first for iPhone lineup, over 95% recycled lithium. iPhone 16 Pro lineup also meets Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency and is free of mercury and PVC. The packaging is entirely fiber-based, bringing Apple closer to its goal of removing plastic from its packaging by next year.

iPhone is among the most popular smart phones in Vietnam. Vietnam spent $3.5 billion on importing smartphones in 2022, with iPhones accounting for the biggest portion of $1.61 billion, or 46.05% of the total, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam hosted 35 Apple suppliers as of the end of fiscal year 2023, up from 25 a year earlier, according to the American tech giant. The “Apple Supplier List” represents 98% of direct spending for materials, manufacturing and assembly of Apple products worldwide for fiscal year 2023.

Mainland China housed the biggest number of Apple suppliers (158), followed by Taiwan (48), and Japan (42). Other major locations for Apple suppliers were South Korea (33), the U.S. (26), Thailand (24), Singapore (23), Malaysia (19) and India (14).