The iPhone 16 collection is a mixture of previous and new, with varied new and improved options, however plenty of acquainted features too.
It’s the brand new although that we’re serious about right here, and whereas there are dozens of adjustments throughout these telephones, beneath we have highlighted simply essentially the most substantial and attention-grabbing new or improved options.
Our listing comprises a mixture of stuff you’ll discover on all 4 fashions – particularly the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max – and issues which can be solely discovered on one or two of them, however we’ll point out when that is the case.
And for a better take a look at how effectively these varied options carry out in apply, try our hands-on iPhone 16 assessment, our hands-on iPhone 16 Plus assessment, our hands-on iPhone 16 Pro assessment, and our hands-on iPhone 16 Pro Max assessment.
A brand new Camera Control button
Perhaps the one largest improve on the iPhone 16 line is a brand new button – and in contrast to a number of the options beneath, this can be a button that’s current on all 4 iPhone 16 fashions.
The Camera Control button because it’s known as can be utilized to take images and movies, however relatively than merely being a digicam shortcut, you too can edit digicam settings, zoom out and in, and extra, all by way of a mixture of faucets and swipes.
That ought to make this button a strong addition to the digicam, and much more practical than merely setting the Action button to take footage, which you’ll already do with the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, because the Action button lacks all of the swiping and light-weight urgent potential of the Camera Control button.
The Camera Control button is housed below the ability key on the appropriate fringe of the iPhone 16, and in addition to that, there’s nonetheless an Action button on the left – which is that this time supplied throughout the road, relatively than simply on the Pro fashions.
Bigger screens for the Pro fashions
One massive – actually – function that Apple has delivered particularly on the Pro fashions is a rise in display dimension, with the iPhone 16 Pro having a 6.3-inch show (up from 6.1 inches on the iPhone 15 Pro), and the iPhone 16 Pro Max having a 6.9-inch display (up from 6.7 inches on the iPhone 15 Pro Max).
So, in each circumstances, these telephones are 0.2 inches greater than their predecessors, however maybe extra notably, this enhance makes the Pro fashions bigger than the non-Pro ones, which stay at 6.1 inches for the iPhone 16 and 6.7 inches for the iPhone 16 Plus.
This enhance in display dimension additional widens the hole between the Pro and non-Pro fashions, although it does imply that in the event you’re a fan of compact telephones, your selections have additional diminished.
Still, these greater screens ought to make the iPhone 16 Pro fashions superior for video viewing, and you may even have extra space for interacting with apps and video games.
Plus, the bezels have been diminished, so the general footprint is not vastly greater than that of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. Specifically, the iPhone 16 Pro is 149.6 x 71.5 x 8.3mm (up from the 146.6 x 70.6 x 8.3mm iPhone 15 Pro), and the iPhone 16 Pro Max is 163 x 77.6 x 8.3mm (up from the 159.9 x 76.7 x 8.3mm iPhone 15 Pro Max).
Camera upgrades
Sadly, the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus did not get any important digicam upgrades, however the Pro fashions did.
For one factor, the iPhone 16 Pro has the identical 12MP 5x optical zoom digicam because the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which is an improve on the iPhone 15 Pro’s 12MP 3x optical zoom.
On high of this, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max each additionally obtained a brand new 48MP ultra-wide digicam, rather than the earlier mannequin’s 12MP sensor.
And whereas the principle 48MP digicam hasn’t had a lot of an improve, Apple has added assist for 4K 120fps Dolby Vision video recording from it.
A speedy new chipset
The remaining massive new function is a brand new chipset, which within the case of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus is an A18, and within the case of the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max is an A18 Pro.
This is the primary time shortly that each one 4 fashions have gotten a brand new chipset, with Apple in recent times equipping the bottom and Plus fashions with the earlier yr’s Pro-level chipset.
But that is seemingly as a result of Apple needs to place all 4 of those telephones as being constructed for Apple Intelligence, and so a brand new chipset is required.
In all, Apple claims the A18 has an as much as 30% quicker CPU and an as much as 40% quicker GPU than the A16 Bionic within the earlier base iPhone, whereas the A18 Pro has an as much as 15% quicker CPU and as much as 20% quicker GPU than the A17 Pro in final yr’s high iPhones.
