Apple took to its annual Apple Park event this morning to reveal the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, the new Apple Watch Series 10, AirPods Gen 4 with noise cancelling and the AirPods Max with USB-C connectivity.
IPHONE 16 PRO AND IPHONE 16 PRO MAX
Without doubt the biggest announcement was the new iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max which comes with larger 6.3-inch and 6.9inch displays thanks to thinner bezels.
It has a new Camera Control button on the right hand size that can be used to not only open the camera app and take a photo/video, but it’s touch sensitive so can be used to control things such as zoom, focus and brightness and will allow you to short press it to focus on a subject later this year.
The ultra wide lens has also been upgraded to 48MP and the 5x telephoto lens that was exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro Max is now in both models this time around. As far as video goes there’s now 4K/120FPS capability.
As far as battery life goes, it has a 4-10 hour better battery depending on the phone with the 16 Pro Max providing the best iPhone battery ever. MagSafe can also charge at 25w although this will require a new MagSafe charger and a 30w charging brick.
Performance has also been improved with the A18 Pro chip which will provide 20% faster GPU performance and Apple Intelligence will run 15% faster than it does on the A17 Pro chip.
IPHONE 16 PRO AND IPHONE 16 PRO MAX AUSTRALIAN PRICES AND RELEASE DATE
The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will release on September 20th with pre-orders staring at 10:00pm on September 13th. It comes in desert titanium, natural titanium, white titanium and black titanium.
The iPhone 16 Pro starts at $1,799 AUD whilst the 16 Pro Max stats at $2,149 for 128GB.
IPHONE 16 AND IPHONE 16 PLUS
The standard iPhone 16 has a surprising amount of new features this year. It retains the standard 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screen sizes, but it gets the new camera control button as well as the action button.
The chip hasn’t been hampered either with it having a brand new A18 chip that should allow for strong Apple Intelligence computing.
The cameras themselves haven’t been hugely improved, but the layout of lenses has to allow for spatial video capture.
IPHONE 16 AND IPHONE 16 PLUS AUSTRALIAN PRICES AND RELEASE DATE
The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus will release on September 20th with pre-orders staring at 10:00pm on September 13th. It comes in Ultramarine, Teal, Pink, White and Black.
The iPhone 16 starts at $1,399 AUD whilst the 16 Plus stats at $1,599 for 128GB.
APPLE WATCH SERIES 10
The Apple Watch has been majorly redesigned with a thinner body and larger screens on both models. The new displays come in at 42mm and 46mm sizes which offers up to 9 percent more screen realestate than the Apple Watch Series 9. There’s new aluminium finishes including a gorgeous jet black watch.
There’s a new wide-angle OLED display which allows for up to 40% more brightness than the Series 9 when viewed at an angle making it even easier to read at a glance. It’s also more power efficient too.
The Series 10 Apple Watch now has faster charging as well with up to 15 minutes of charge providing up to 8 hours of normal use.
As far as new sensors go, there’s now 50-metre water resistance, automatic stroke detection and lap counting and it can sense the temperature of the water and how far down you are as well. There is also a new sleep apnea detection mode that will come to the Apple Watch Series 9 as well.
As far as the Apple Watch Ultra goes, it’s still the same model but now comes in a gorgeous new titanium black finish that looks absolutely stunning.
APPLE WATCH SERIES 10 AUSTRALIAN PRICES AND RELEASE DATE
The Apple Watch Series 10 release on September 20th with pre-orders staring at 10:00pm on September 13th. Aluminium and Titanium materials with a gorgeous new jet black finish.
The 42mm version starts at $649 whilst the 46mm version starts at $699.
APPLE AIRPODS 4 AND NEW AIRPODS MAX
Apple has announced the new AirPods 4 which are the first open-ear AirPods to feature active noise cancelling including all the new AirPods features including voice isolation and nod to interact. It also comes in a non-active noise cancellation version as well.
The charging case now is a USB-C one and it’s 10% smaller in volume than that of the AirPods Gen 3 case as well. It has the same battery life with up to 30 hours including what you get out of the case.
AirPods now have the ability to be medical grade certified hearing aids which is obviously a massive deal.
As far as the AirPods Max go, they finally have USB-C and come in five new colours: midnight, starlight, blue, orange and purple.
APPLE AIRPODS 4 AND NEW AIRPODS MAX AUSTRALIAN PRICES AND RELEASE DATE
Both the AirPods Gen 4 and new AirPods Max are available to order now and will be available on September 20th.
The AirPods Gen 4 are $219 for the regular version and $299 for the ANC version. The AirPods Max are still $899.
