Apple has a new candidate for the best mobile phone of 2024 – and a good part of 2025. The iPhone 16 Pro was officially introduced in San Francisco, along with the Max model. The new iPhone 16 comes with the Apple Watch Series 10, the new AirPods 4 and the AirPods Max 2. A new processor, camera improvements, Apple Intelligence as the main asset (although it’s a future today) and the promise of being the best iPhone in history for another year.

That’s everything you need to know about the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, two solid phones that have a lot to say about them.

Familiar faces. Small changes

To find the differences at the design level, you have to have the iPhone 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max next to the completely new models. The rears are almost the same as seen last year, with a triple camera module, an arrangement that Apple has repeated since the iPhone 11 Pro. It is now repeated in titanium, a fifth grade, and promises to be more resistant than the previous generation.

Yes, there are changes on the front, where the reduced bezels are the main protagonists. Apple has reduced them to a minimum to offer a front surface that covers the entire screen, preserving the complete symmetry that is one of the most defining features of the iPhone.

They are also larger devices. The screens have increased from 6.1 to 6.3 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro and from 6.7 to 6.9 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The same resolution, OLED technology and Super Retina XDR name are retained as last year, reminding us that the calibration of these iPhones remains at the level of the best Macs.

New Camera Control

The new camera button doesn’t just open it. It also allows you to take a photo with a single click. If we leave it pressed, we will start recording a video. It can also be used with a light or double press to access functions such as zoom, depth, etc. It will be pressure sensitive, not just a touch button.

A new processor to rule them all without bursting into flames

The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are joined by the new Apple 18 Pro, a much more powerful revision over the A18 used by its smaller sibling. One of the most important aspects of performance has to do with thermal dissipation.

The iPhone 16 features a graphite chamber cooling system for the first time. Heat has been a historical concern with iPhones for generations, and investing in a cooling system (as with almost all of its competitors) has become more necessary than ever.

Apple Intelligence

Apple’s AI will play a key role in the iPhone 16 Pro, although Europe is not making things easy for Apple and we don’t expect Apple Intelligence until 2025. Here are the main points they highlighted.

• Private Cloud Computing: Apple ensures that data is never stored and is only used to respond to your requests. While Apple Intelligence combines local functionality with other functions in the cloud, the common thread they promise is security.
• We will succeed create emojis with just a description. AI will do the rest. Yes, the possibilities are endless.
• Relive memories. All you have to do is write a description of a photo to make it appear in the gallery. They can also be added to private collections.
• Summaries in notifications: AI will be responsible for prioritizing notifications based on their importance, as well as providing complete summaries so that we don’t have to read notifications one by one.
• A new SiriIn addition to being able to not only talk to Siri but also type, Siri will be able to perform more functions than ever before.
• Visual Intelligence. Apple’s alternative to Google Lens takes this name. All you have to do to analyze the content you watch is open the camera with this function.
• Integration with ChatGPTAs previously announced in the Apple Intelligence presentation, ChatGPT 4o will be a free integration.

Apple Intelligence will arrive in the United States next month. We shouldn’t expect it in Spain until next year.

In development…

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