Apple announces iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Apple has announced the iPhone 16 series. Here's everything you need to know about the most anticipated phones of 2024.

iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus

Let's start with the regular versions. The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus now have an Action button (instead of the silent/mute switch), which was previously exclusive to the Pro versions. In addition to this, both of the non-Pro models have gained a macro lens for the rear camera array.

The iPhone 16 features a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display with a Dynamic Island at the top of the screen. The panel supports 60Hz Refresh Rate, and has a screen resolution of 2556 x 1179 pixels, 2000 nits peak brightness and 1 nit minimum brightness.

All models in the iPhone 16 series run on iOS 18, and support Emergency SOS via satellite, Crash Detection, Roadside Assistance via satellite, Messages via satellite. Of course, the highlight of the devices is the AI feature, Apple Intelligence. But here's the thing, these features are not even ready for launch. A footnote on the announcement page says that Apple Intelligence "will be available in beta next month as part of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1". And that's just for the U.S., Apple stated that it will add support for other localized English versions for the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada, in December.

As for the chipset on the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus, Apple chose to skip the A17 chips entirely. Instead, the devices are powered by the A18 chip that has a 6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores. Apple says that the 3nm A18 chip is 30% more power-efficient, and up to 30% faster than the iPhone 15's A16 Bionic. It offers 17% more system memory bandwidth. The GPU has 5-cores, and the company says it is "desktop-class", and offers 40% faster performance while using 35% less power. The Neural Engine has 16-cores, and the NPU offers 2x faster performance for machine learning tasks.

Apple says that the iPhone 16 will offer 22 hours of battery life for video playback, 18 hours of video streaming, or 80 hours of audio playback. In compairsion the iPhone 16 Plus will get you 27 hours video playback, 24 hours video streaming, or 100 hours audio playback.

The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are still made of Aluminium, with Titanium being "reserved" for the more expensive Pro models. The important change here is the addition of a Camera Control button, which sits below the power button. It offers a variety of shortcuts such as single click to open the camera or take a picture, click and hold to start a video recording, zoom, etc.



iPhone 16 models sold in the U.S. will not have a physical SIM card tray, i.e. they only support eSIMs. All models sold in other Countries have a physical SIM tray.

Apple has announced support for Messages via Satellite in Canada, and Roadside Assistance in U.K. (coming soon) via Green Flag.
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