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- Recapping Apple’s “Glowtime” Event
- All The iPhone 16 Models Compared
- iPhone Gaining Visual & On-Screen Intelligence
- Everything Else You Need To Know
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Recap: iPhone 16 Event In 16 Minutes
Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event made big news of small changes. Many of the newly noted “features” are not improvements of the phone itself, but rather what iOS 18 is bringing to the device.
In this email, we’re going to tackle the most important information from the event, but you can watch the video above instead if you have the time.
All The iPhone 16 Models Compared
iPhone Pro & Pro Max
Display:
- iPhone 16 Pro: 6.3-inch Super Retina display
- iPhone 16 Pro Max: 6.9-inch Super Retina display
Size (L x W x H) & Weight:
- iPhone 16 Pro: 149.6mm x 71.5mm x 8.25mm; 199 grams
- iPhone 16 Pro Max: 163mm x 77.6mm x 8.25mm; 227 grams
Common Specs:
- Processor: A18 Pro chip
- Rear Camera: 48-megapixel, ƒ/1.78 aperture main sensor; 48-megapixel, ƒ/2.2 aperture ultrawide sensor; 12-megapixel, ƒ/2.8 aperture telephoto sensor with up to 5x optical zoom
- Front Camera: 12-megapixel, ƒ/1.9 aperture
- Charging: USB C with USB 3 support
- Colors: black titanium, natural titanium, white titanium and desert titanium
iPhone 16 & Plus
Display:
- iPhone 16: 6.1-inch Super Retina display
- iPhone 16 Plus: 6.7-inch Super Retina display
Size (L x W x H) & Weight:
- iPhone 16: 147.6mm x 71.6mm x 7.80mm; 170 grams
- iPhone 16 Plus: 160.9mm x 77.8mm x 8.25mm; 199 grams
Common Specs:
- Processor: A18 chip
- Rear Camera: 48-megapixel, ƒ/1.78 aperture main sensor; 48-megapixel, ƒ/2.2 aperture ultrawide sensor; 12-megapixel; 2x optical zoom
- Front Camera: 12-megapixel, ƒ/1.9 aperture
- Charging: USB-C with USB 2 support
- Colors: black titanium, natural titanium, white titanium and desert titanium
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iPhone 16 Gains Visual Intelligence
The iPhone 16 series is set to include Apple Intelligence, launching in beta next month. These AI-driven features will allow users to search their photo library by describing images and create custom emojis.
The Camera Control button will introduce “Visual Intelligence,” enabling the phone to automatically search for objects in photos and perform actions like adding event details to the calendar from a snapped concert poster.
Additionally, Siri will now know what’s happening on your device and on-screen.
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