David Bridges
Apple unveiled a quartet of iPhones on Monday, together with the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max. As anticipated, the updates are largely iterative. The usual fashions now have the programmable Motion button from final 12 months’s Professional collection, barely improved battery life and an up to date digital camera module that is stacked vertically as an alternative of diagonally.
The Professional telephones, in the meantime, characteristic larger shows with slimmer bezels, improved battery life and a handful of digital camera upgrades, together with a 5x optical zoom for the smaller Professional and a sharper ultrawide digital camera. The usual fashions run on Apple’s new A18 silicon, whereas the Professional fashions, fittingly, use a sooner and extra environment friendly chip referred to as the A18 Professional.
Probably the most notable {hardware} change throughout the board may be a brand new touch-sensitive “Digital camera Management” button that makes capturing pictures and video slightly extra DSLR-like. Principally, although, these telephones do not look to be huge departures from the iPhone 15s earlier than them. A lot of Apple’s gross sales pitch will come right down to how useful its “Apple Intelligence” AI instruments are out within the wild.
We have already got a hands-on preview for the iPhone 16 Professional up on the location, and we’ll have full critiques for your complete iPhone 16 lineup within the close to future. However when you’re desirous about pre-ordering immediately, we have damaged down how the brand new iPhone 16 Professional compares to 2 of its most distinguished rivals within the $1,000 value bracket, the Google Pixel 9 Professional and Samsung Galaxy S24+, on the spec sheet. Per common, uncooked specs will not inform the complete story — you’d most likely purchase an iPhone since you need iOS and an Android telephone since you want Android — however when you’re questioning what a $1,000 smartphone will get you in 2024, this is how Apple’s newest handset stacks up.
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Apple iPhone 16 Professional |
Google Pixel 9 Professional |
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Pricing (MSRP) |
$999 (128GB), $1,099 (256GB), $1,299 (512GB), $1,499 (1TB) |
$999 (128GB), $1,099 (256GB), $1,219 (512GB), $1,449 (1TB) |
$1,000 (256GB), $1,120 (512GB) |
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Dimensions |
5.9 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches |
6 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches |
6.2 x 3 x 0.3 inches |
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Weight |
7.03 ounces |
7 ounces |
6.9 ounces |
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Display measurement |
6.3 inches |
6.3 inches |
6.7 inches |
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1,206 x 2,622 (460 ppi) |
1,280 x 2,856 (495 ppi) |
1,440 x 3,120 (512 ppi) |
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Display kind |
OLED As much as 120Hz (1-120Hz) As much as 2,000 nits (peak brightness) Ceramic Defend |
LTPO OLED As much as 120Hz (1-120Hz) As much as 3,000 nits (peak brightness) Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
Dynamic AMOLED 2X As much as 120Hz (1-120Hz) As much as 2,600 nits (peak brightness) Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
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SoC |
Apple A18 Professional (6-core) |
Google Tensor G4 (8-core) |
NA/China: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (8-core) Int’l: Samsung Exynos 2400 (10-core) |
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RAM |
Not specified |
16GB RAM |
12GB RAM |
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Battery |
“As much as 27” hours video playback |
4,700 mAh “24+ hours” with combined utilization |
4,900mAh “As much as 29” hours video playback |
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Charging |
Wired: not specified 25W wi-fi (with MagSafe charger; as much as 15W with Qi2 chargers) |
27W wired 21W wi-fi (with Pixel Stand; as much as 12W with different Qi chargers) |
45W wired 15W wi-fi |
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Storage |
128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB |
128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB (1TB solely out there with Obsidian mannequin) |
256GB, 512GB |
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Rear digital camera |
Essential (“Fusion”): 48 MP, f/1.78 Ultrawide: 48 MP, f/2.2, 120° FOV Telephoto: 12 MP, f/2.8, 5x optical zoom |
Essential: 50 MP, f/1.68, 82° FOV Ultrawide: 48 MP, f/1.7, 123° FOV Telephoto: 48 MP, f/2.8, 5x optical zoom |
Essential: 50 MP, f/1.8, 85° FOV Ultrawide: 12MP, f/2.2, 120° FOV Telephoto: 10MP, f/2.4, 3x optical zoom |
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Entrance digital camera |
12 MP, f/1.9 |
42 MP, f/2.2, 103° FOV |
12 MP, f/2.2, 80° FOV |
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Video seize |
Rear: 4K at 24/25/30/60/100/120 fps, 1080p as much as 240 fps Entrance: 4K at 24/24/30/60 fps, 1080p as much as 120 fps |
Rear: 8K at 30 fps, 4K at 24/30/60 fps, 1080p as much as 240 fps Entrance: 4K at 30/60 fps |
Rear: 8K at 24/30 fps, 4K at 30/60 fps, 1080p as much as 240 fps Entrance: 4K at 30/60 fps |
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Water and dirt resistance ranking |
IP68 |
IP68 |
IP68 |
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Wi-Fi |
Wi-Fi 7 |
Wi-Fi 7 |
Wi-Fi 6e |
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Bluetooth 5.3 |
Bluetooth 5.3 |
Bluetooth 5.3 |
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OS |
iOS 18 |
Android 14 |
Android 14 |
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Colours and end |
Glass entrance, glass again, titanium body Black Titanium, White Titanium, Pure Titanium, Desert Titanium |
Glass entrance, glass again, aluminum body Porcelain, Rose Quartz, Hazel, Obsidian |
Glass entrance, glass again, aluminum body Cobalt Violet, Amber Yellow, Onyx Black, Marble Grey, Jade Inexperienced, Sandstone Orange, Sapphire Blue |
Atone for all of the information from Apple’s iPhone 16 occasion!
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