Biggest iPhones Ever, Ranked by Size (2026)

If you are shopping for the largest iPhone you can get, or you just want to know how the big models stack up against each other, the short answer is simple. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is the biggest iPhone ever made, with a 6.9-inch display and a body measuring 163.4 x 78 x 8.75 mm. Nothing Apple has released is taller, and only the 6.9-inch iPhone 16 Pro Max comes close.

“Biggest” can mean two different things, though: the physical footprint of the phone in your hand, and the size of the screen on the front. They usually track together, but not always, so below we rank the largest iPhones by their physical size, then break them down by screen size, width, and where the small models sit for anyone searching smallest to biggest. For the complete model-by-model breakdown, our full iPhone size comparison chart lists every iPhone Apple has ever shipped.

The Biggest iPhone You Can Buy Right Now

The current size champion is the iPhone 17 Pro Max. Its 6.9-inch OLED screen matches the previous record holder, the iPhone 16 Pro Max, but at 163.4 mm tall it is fractionally the largest iPhone body Apple has ever produced. If your priority is the most screen and the biggest phone full stop, this is the one to buy. If you want something almost as large for less, the iPhone 16 Pro Max is functionally the same size.

The Biggest iPhones Ever, Ranked by Size

Here are the 15 largest iPhones of all time, ranked by physical footprint (height first, then width). Screen size is listed alongside, because a few older models have big bodies but modest displays thanks to their thick bezels.

A few things jump out. The top two spots belong to the only two 6.9-inch iPhones ever made. Positions 5, 6, and 7 are effectively a three-way tie: the iPhone 12 Pro Max, 13 Pro Max, and 14 Plus share an identical 160.8 x 78.1 mm footprint and differ only in thickness, so a case for one often fits the others. And notice how high the old iPhone 8 Plus and 7 Plus rank despite their small 5.5-inch screens, a reminder of just how much room those chunky top and bottom bezels used to take up.

Ranked by Screen Size

If it is purely the display you care about, the picture is cleaner. Apple has used four large screen sizes across its biggest phones:

• 6.9 inches (the biggest ever): iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone 16 Pro Max
• 6.7 inches: iPhone 15 and 16 Plus, iPhone 14 Plus, and the 12, 13, 14, and 15 Pro Max
• 6.5 inches: iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 17 Air
• 5.5 inches (the old Plus era): iPhone 6 Plus, 6s Plus, 7 Plus, 8 Plus

The jump from 6.7 to 6.9 inches with the iPhone 16 Pro Max in 2024 was the first time Apple pushed past the 6.7-inch ceiling it had held since the iPhone 12 Pro Max in 2020.

The Widest iPhone Ever

Height grabs the headlines, but width is what actually decides whether a phone is comfortable to hold and reach across one-handed. The widest iPhone ever measures 78.1 mm, a figure shared by an unlikely group: the iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max, and iPhone 14 Plus. Interestingly, the newer 6.9-inch models are actually a touch narrower at 77.6 to 78 mm, because Apple has trimmed the bezels to fit a larger screen into a similar frame.

And the Thinnest of the Big iPhones

One 2025 model breaks the usual rule that big means bulky. The iPhone 17 Air pairs a large 6.5-inch screen with a body just 5.6 mm thick, making it the thinnest iPhone Apple has ever built. It sits near the bottom of our size ranking on height alone, yet in the hand it feels nothing like the heavier Plus and Pro Max models above it. Proof that the biggest screen and the biggest phone are not always the same thing.

iPhones From Smallest to Biggest

Flip the ranking around and the range Apple covers is enormous. The smallest iPhones ever are the original iPhone and iPhone 4 and 4s, all around 115 mm tall with 3.5-inch screens. In the modern era, the iPhone 12 mini and 13 mini are the most compact at 131.5 mm, while the iPhone SE (2022) is the smallest recent model with a home button, at 138.4 mm. From there sizes climb through the 6.1-inch mainstream models up to the 6.9-inch iPhone 17 Pro Max at the very top. You can see every model laid out in order in our complete iPhone size comparison chart, and trace how phones grew over time in our history of the mobile phone.

How We Ranked iPhone Size

“Size” has no single official measure, so we ranked the phones by physical footprint, using height as the primary sort and width as the tie-breaker, since those two numbers decide how big a phone feels and whether it fits your hand or pocket. We list screen size separately because it does not always match the body: a heavily bezelled older phone can have a larger footprint than a newer one with a bigger screen. All dimensions are Apple’s official figures in millimetres, measured as height x width x depth.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the biggest iPhone ever made?

The iPhone 17 Pro Max is the biggest iPhone ever, measuring 163.4 x 78 x 8.75 mm with a 6.9-inch display. The iPhone 16 Pro Max is a very close second at 163 mm tall with the same 6.9-inch screen.

What is the biggest iPhone screen?

The largest iPhone screen is 6.9 inches, found on the iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Before those, the biggest was 6.7 inches, used across the Plus and Pro Max models from the iPhone 12 Pro Max onward.

What is the widest iPhone?

The widest iPhone is 78.1 mm across, a width shared by the iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max, and iPhone 14 Plus.

Which is bigger, the Plus or the Pro Max?

It depends on the year. In the 6.7-inch era the Plus and Pro Max were almost identical in footprint. Since 2024, though, the Pro Max moved to a larger 6.9-inch screen, so the current iPhone 16 and 17 Pro Max are bigger than any Plus model Apple has made.

Will there be a bigger iPhone than the 17 Pro Max?

Almost certainly. Each new Pro Max has matched or slightly exceeded the last, and Apple’s long-rumoured foldable iPhone would unfold to a display considerably larger than 6.9 inches, which would reset the record entirely.