Apple revealed the full iPhone 16 line at Monday’s “Glowtime” event. According to CEO Tim Cook, the new handsets are “built around Apple Intelligence from the ground up.” Along with the base-level models, the company debuted the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, which both feature the new A18 Chip.
The Pro Displays are now available in 6.3- and 6.9-inch displays. The body is made of grade five titanium, available in four different colors. As with the 16, the battery size has increased, with the Max model sporting the line’s longest-ever life, according to the company.
The A18 Pro has a 16-core CPU, while the new GPU offers 2x faster ray tracing in games, according to the company. Apple says the chip is also more power efficient than last year’s model, while offering faster data transfer speeds via USB.
As with the 16, the new Pro models feature a devoted camera button. The camera array has been updated as well, with significantly faster shutter speeds. The main and ultra-wide cameras are 48 megapixels. The latter can shoot micro images, while the third camera — a telephoto — offers 5x “optical quality” telephoto shots.
The camera control has been upgraded as well, with new “pro” features that offer improved control over things like color grading. The phone can shoot 4K video at 120 frames a second. This allows for improved slow-motion shooting; notably the playback speed can be toggled after the video is shot.
Users can also capture Spatial Audio while shooting video; the sound quality is improved via “studio quality” microphones. Users can switch between audio mixes after capture, which means you can, say, isolate in-frame audio while drowning out ambient noise.
An update to Voice Memos makes it possible to layer tracks. In the example given, a user sings over a music track as it plays back through the speakers. When played back, the instrumental track is removed and the voice isolated.
The 16 Pro starts at $999, while the Pro Max runs $1,119 and up. Preorder opens Friday. The handsets start shipping on September 20.
