Should I buy the iPhone 16?
- Apple A18 chipset
- 6.1-inch 60Hz LTPS OLED display
- Apple Intelligence support
- 8GB RAM
- 48MP main and 12MP ultrawide cameras in vertical arrangement
- Action Button
- New colors like yellow or white
Moreover, it will be the most compact 2024 iPhone affair, what with the screen remaining 6.1 inches, so if you want a compact but powerful Apple handset to take advantage of all the options that Apple Intelligence offers, the iPhone 16 will be a good bet.
iPhone 16 dummies | Image credit – Sonny Dickson
This year, this will be valid even if you are coming from the iPhone 15 for a change, since the latter only has 6GB RAM and can’t run Apple Intelligence software, while the iPhone 16 will come with 8GB RAM, just as its more expensive siblings.
Should I buy the iPhone 16 Plus?
For just three more Benjamins, the iPhone 16 Pro Max would offer an even larger, 6.9-inch display, and a brilliant one at that, with higher peak brightness and 10Hz-120Hz dynamic refresh rate.
Its virtues won’t stop here, though, as it will also offer the Tetraprism folded optics zoom camera that the 16 Plus will lack, and a giant battery that will return the best battery life on an iPhone despite the larger display with high refresh rate, because of the LTPO panel technology.
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max vs iPhone 16 Plus differences to expect
| iPhone 16 Pro Max | iPhone 16 Plus |
|---|---|
| Faster with Apple 18 Pro 3nm chipset | Using the old Apple 17 Pro chipset, still very potent |
| New 48MP ultrawide camera plus tetraprism telephoto lens | Using the old 12MP ultrawide, and no tertraprism zoom, only sensor crop from the main camera |
| Frugal 6.9-inch LTPO OLED screen with 1-120Hz ProMotion | Smaller 6.7-inch LTPS OLED, possibly with a fixed 60Hz refresh rate |
| Bigger 4,676mAh battery and longer battery life | 4,006mAh battery |
| 8/256GB base memory configuration | 8/128GB base memory configuration |
| Capture and Action buttons | Action button |
| Around $1,200 starting price | ~$900 for the base model |
Should I buy the iPhone 16 Pro?
- Apple A18 chipset
- 6.3-inch 120Hz LTPO Pro Motion display
- Apple Intelligence support
- 8GB RAM
- 48MP main / ultrawide and 12MP 5x Tetraprism zoom cameras
- New colors like bronze/pink
- Capture Button
For all other intents and purposes, even if Apple raises the iPhone 16 Pro price with just $100, you’d be better off going a Benjamin more and getting the iPhone 16 Pro Max, unless you really want a more compact phone with fast display and folded optics zoom. Well, that and the largest battery capacity increase of the iPhone 16 line, though it won’t beat what will be in the 16 Pro Max.
Should I buy the iPhone 16 Pro Max?
The iPhone 16 Pro Max would be a real no-brainer at its expected $1,199 price, and not only because it would have the largest display and longest battery life Apple has ever graced an iPhone with.
If Apple raises the price of the titanium iPhone 16 Pro Max, though, the buying decision should be more carefully calibrated against what will inevitably be a rather significant footprint, or, should we say palmprint of the largest and heaviest ever iPhone.
At the rumored 6.42 x 3.06 x 0.33 inches (163.0 x 77.58 x 8.26 mm) dimensions and 7.94 oz (225 g) of weight, the iPhone 16 Pro Max will be a chunky monkey and that may be the only thing to make you go hmm about buying it.