Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max is noticeably snappier than its predecessor

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Apple’s new iPhone 16 Pro Max, built from the ground up for Apple Intelligence, larger display sizes, new creative capabilities with innovative pro camera features, stunning graphics for immersive gaming, and more — all powered by the A18 Pro chip. With Apple Intelligence, powerful Apple-built generative models come to iPhone in the easy-to-use personal intelligence system that understands personal context to deliver intelligence that is helpful and relevant while protecting user privacy. Camera Control unlocks a fast, intuitive way to tap into visual intelligence and easily interact with the advanced camera system. Featuring a new 48MP Fusion camera with a faster quad-pixel sensor that enables 4K120 fps video recording in Dolby Vision, the new iPhone 16 Pro models achieve the highest resolution and frame-rate combination ever available on iPhone. Additional advancements include a new 48MP Ultra Wide camera for higher-resolution photography, including macro; a 5x Telephoto camera on both Pro models; and studio-quality mics to record more true-to-life audio. The durable titanium design is strong yet lightweight, with larger display sizes, the thinnest borders on any Apple product, and a huge leap in battery life — with iPhone 16 Pro Max offering the best battery life on iPhone ever.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
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• When the phone is in a case, it’s nearly indistinguishable from the last few iPhones. Even the slimmer bezels basically disappear when the device is in a cover. To notice the reduced edges, you also need to put the phone up against the iPhone 15 Pro side by side. That said, the change is more noticeable if you’re coming from an iPhone 14.
• Also negligible: the screen size increases. Unless you’re coming from a model that’s older than an iPhone 12, the bigger displays won’t be noticeable and don’t add much during day-to-day use.
• The processor gains are more impressive (15% faster for the main chip). I found that launching apps and jumping between windows actually has been snappier.
• In just a couple of days of use, the improvements to battery life are already apparent. On its website, Apple quotes a four-hour boost over the iPhone 15 Pro Max for video playback. If that holds up over time, that’s a remarkable gain.
• I find the Camera Control interface — the main addition — to be terrific. It takes a few minutes to get the hang of it (how hard you need to press and how to swipe between camera settings), but once you do, you probably won’t want to use the touch screen for operating the camera app any longer. I do wish, however, that you could swipe between camera modes (spatial, slow-mo, panorama, etc.) via the interface as well.

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MacDailyNews Note: Gurman also reports that “it does look like the iPhone 16 may well be a hit product, based on the early buzz on launch day.”

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