Apple held its annual iPhone event this morning, and 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.
