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Summarised – This Year's iPhone Changes

While working on a different blog post, I made a list of changes to the different iPhone models. Instead of just scrapping it, I thought I’d post it here.

The 'It's Glow Time' poster.

Improvements across the line(s)

  • Camera Control button added
  • Support for Dolby Vision video
  • Latest generation Photographic Styles
  • Anti-reflective lens coating
  • Improved glass
  • Faster MagSafe charging
  • Lower minimum brightness
  • A bit longer battery life

iPhone 15 Pro → 16 Pro

  • Larger screen size, from 6.1" to 6.3" / /6.7" to 6.9" (A negative in my book, but not in most’s, I assume.)
  • Upgraded chip, from A17 Pro to 18 Pro (Doesn’t seem like the largest bump.)
  • Improved thermals
  • New ultra-wide camera (Seems substantial!)
  • The non-Max also gets last year’s 5x tele lens
  • Improved microphones

iPhone 15 → Iphone 16

  • Upgraded chip, from A16 to A18 (All-new architecture – more substantial upgrade.)
  • More RAM, from 6 GB to 8 GB.
  • Support for Apple Intelligence (Due to the last two things mentioned.)
  • Added Action button
  • New ultra-wide camera (With support for Macro photography – but not as large an upgrade as on the Pro.)
  • Support for spatial video
  • Thread radio
  • 1 whole gram lower weight (🤓)

Anything I missed? Feel free to let me know!

My recommendation is that it seems like the iPhone 16 (regular model) is the best buy at the moment. And that the €100 higher price compared to buying last year’s iPhone 15 is well worth it. (Where a used 15 Pro fits in the calculation, is a more complicated question!)