Last year I reviewed iPhone 16 rumors, and today, Everything is finally revealed at Apple’s Glowtime event. Most of the rumors we reported turned out to be true. The iPhone 16 does feature a stacked camera system on the back, along with the same action buttons as the iPhone 15 Pro. The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro have a camera control button that lets you flip the device over and pretend it’s a point-and-shoot camera. Yes, the iPhone 16 Pro is bronze. It’s not brown as originally reported, which we’re all excited about. Apple calls it “Desert Titanium,” and in fact, I could see someone in Palm Springs wearing this tan color.
I personally experienced this new color iPhone 16 Pro and the new color iPhone 16, specifically cyan and pink. The most notable change to this generation’s lineup is the camera control buttons I mentioned earlier. This is an odd addition considering we’re already talking about the iPhone 17’s buttonless functionality. The “taptic” button is a bit confusing to use at first.
iPhone 16 and camera capture button
I had a hard time getting my hands on the Desert Titanium iPhone 16 Pro. this is a popular color in the demonstration hall at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, probably because it looks expensive. Desert Titanium looks like gold from a distance, and that’s because of the gold bezel surrounding the chassis. The actual back of the phone is more of the golden beige color you’d wear in places like Death Valley or the Sahara Desert. I don’t think brown is a game changer, but you’ve seen it. Apple made history. If that’s not your thing, there’s black titanium, natural titanium, and white titanium.
Sincerely, Apple’s take on the Pro is that it’s very professional at work, always dressed for work, so the back is mute, I’ve seen people complain about this on Threads and elsewhere because people associate them with colorful The array compares iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. However, When a company sells a phone that starts at $1,000 and claims to have Hollywood-caliber video recording capabilities, the color on the back doesn’t need to be eye-catching.
Having said that, the new color matching of iPhone 16 is actually very eye-catching. Seen up close and from a distance, they are full of energy. I’m also digging the new stacked camera array. It looks more put together than the previous stove, which only had two lenses. The action button and camera capture button are both there, in the same color as the rest of the iPhone 16.
Apple is trying to send a message that its smartphones this The camera to beat, hence the “Camera Capture” button. I demonstrated it briefly, although an Apple employee wiretapped it for me. Camera Capture’s tap button means it senses when you tap or press it fully. It also senses your finger sliding from left to right to cycle through menu options or zoom. It works exactly as you’d imagine, and for a split second it feels as responsive as a Handycam-era W/T.
Bigger is better
Another trend I noticed during the Glowtime event is that Apple’s device lineup is getting bigger, even as people are getting more and more of it. longing for For smaller phones. The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are 6.3 inches and 6.9 inches respectively, which are a bit larger than before. But since these are pro-grade phones, they should big Giving you more room to edit, pan, slide and scroll on any work or project at hand. I still prefer the smaller iPhone 16 Pro to the Pro Max. This year, you don’t have to choose between Pro and Pro Max and compromise on optical zoom. This time the optical zoom is 5x on both devices.
Apple Smart is coming
I know you’d like to see more of Apple Intelligence in action. I do too but we are still waiting for it to be launched. I see more sophisticated editing features between the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro series. But I don’t see any generated text, ChatGPT magic, or anything like that. That’s on the road next month.
When we get our hands on an iPhone 16 review unit, we’ll be particularly curious to see if the heat work Apple does on the inside of the phone will translate to the outside. Some viewers around me were muttering that their iPhone 15 Pros were getting too hot to operate after a while. I’m also curious about the space footage the iPhone 16 can capture, and whether there’s a way to convert that content outside of the Vision Pro environment so that it’s not limited to Apple’s lineup.
If you want to be among the first to get a camera button, you can pre-order the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro later this week. Officially launched on September 20th.
