I’ve been writing about technology for two decades and am routinely struck by how the sector swings from startling innovation to persistent repetitiveness. My areas of specialty are wearable tech, cameras, home entertainment and mobile technology.
Sometimes there’s a sense of disenchantment about one or other of the range of iPhones when they’re announced. Why hasn’t the regular iPhone got some of the special features reserved for the Pro ? Why is the Pro so expensive? This year’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus close the gap between regular and Pro like never before. So, should you buy one?This is a short section, dear reader, because the two iPhones which don’t have Pro in their name are almost identical.
These are some of the best, most eye-catching colors the iPhone has ever sported and different enough from each other to mean you’ll likely find one you like, though I miss the fact that yellow is absent this time around. The new look to these iPhones includes a feature from the iPhone 15 Pro: the mute/ring switch on every regular iPhone until now has been replaced with the more adaptable Action Button which can be used for all sorts of things, including muting the ring. You can choose to start voice memos or launch the camera, for instance.
The Ultra Wide camera is new, with a faster aperture, now f/2.2 instead of the previous f/2.4 and it has bigger pixels. This works better in low light, it’s claimed, and my tests bear that out. Apple has created an all-new processor this year, the A18 and a souped-up version called the A18 Pro is in the iPhone 16 Pro. Enough of the numbers, the point is that the new chips are both designed for Apple Intelligence, and this may mean the 16 and 16 Plus got more of a speed boost than they otherwise would have. Yet another way the regular iPhones have inched closer to the power of the Pro this year.
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