Comparison of iPhone 16 Pro with iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro: what has changed?

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At the «It’s Glowtime» event on September 9, Apple unveiled its latest flagship smartphones — iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. In this article, we will look at the key differences between these new products and their predecessors: iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro, Pro Max.

iPhone 16 pro: key changes

Unlike last year, when there was a switch from stainless steel to titanium, this year’s iPhone Pro retains its body materials. Apple is still using grade 5 titanium, although this time buyers have a new color: golden Desert Titanium, which replaced Blue Titanium.

The iPhone Pro line now offers larger displays. Both models have gained an additional 0.2 inches, making the iPhone 16 Pro 6.3 inches and the iPhone 16 Pro Max — 6.9 inches.

Aside from the larger displays, the biggest external changes to the iPhone 16 Pro are new Camera Control — a special button on the right side. You can press it to start the camera and take photos or record videos. In addition, the button has a touch surface that allows you to swipe and tap to control various settings, such as zoom, exposure, and more. Last year’s Action Button is still here, and its capabilities remain unchanged.

The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are equipped with the all-new 3nm A18 Pro processor. Apple promises a 17% increase in system memory bandwidth, 20% faster graphics with twice as fast hardware ray tracing, and about 15% faster processor cores that consume 20% less power.

Apple has also improved the cameras. Both smartphones are equipped with a 48-megapixel Fusion camera system with faster sensors and new features. The iPhone 16 Pro can shoot 4K/120 FPS video in Dolby Vision and take 48MP ProRAW or HEIF photos. In addition to the main wide camera, the ultra-wide-angle lens has a new 48-megapixel sensor. As for the telephoto lens, the smaller iPhone 16 Pro now features the same 12-megapixel telephoto camera with 5x zoom.

The key changes are summarized in the list:

Larger displays by 0.2 inches: 6.3″ in the regular iPhone 16 Pro and 6.9″ in the iPhone 16 Pro Max
New 3nm Apple A18 Pro processor
New physical Camera Control button with touch surface
New 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera
5x telephoto lens on the standard iPhone 16 Pro model
Video recording up to 4K 120 frames per second
Support for Wi-Fi 7
Significantly better battery life
Faster wireless charging up to 25W with 30W adapter
New color option: Desert Titanium

Comparison of iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max with iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro

	iPhone 16 Pro / Pro Max		iPhone 15 Pro / Pro Max		iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max
Display	6,3″ 2622×1206 1000/1600/2000 nits brightness 1 nt min. brightness Dynamic Island Always-on-Display 1-120 Hz	6,9″ 2868×1320 1000/1600/2000 nits brightness 1 nit min. brightness Dynamic Island Always-on-Display 1-120 Hz	6,1″ 2556×1179 1000/1600/2000 nt brightness Dynamic Island Always-on-Display 1-120 Hz	6,7″ 2796×1290 1000/1600/2000 nt brightness Dynamic Island Always-on-Display 1-120 Hz	6,1″ 2556×1179 1000/1600/2000 nt brightness Dynamic Island Always-on-Display 1-120 Hz	6,1″ 2796×1290 1000/1600/2000 nt brightness Dynamic Island Always-on-Display 1-120 Hz
Body	Titanium 199 г Action Button Camera Control	Titanium 227 г Action Button	Titanium 187 г Action Button	Titanium 221 г Action Button	Stainless steel 206 г Mute switch	Stainless steel 240 г Mute switch
Processor	6-core A18 Pro 6-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine	6-core A18 Pro 6-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine	6-core A17 Pro Bionic 6-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine	6-core A17 Pro Bionic 6-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine	6-core A16 Bionic 5-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine	6-core A16 Bionic 5-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine
RAM	8 GB	8 GB	8 GB	8 GB	6 GB	6 GB
Storage	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB
Photo	48 MP Fusion + 48 MP ultra-wide + 12 MP telephoto Aperture f/1.78 + f/2.2 + f/2.8 Optical zoom 0.5x / 1x / 5xSecond generation sensor-shift OIS Adaptive flash True Tone Photonic Engine Deep Fusion Smart HDR 5 for photos Photographic styles Macrophotography	48 MP Fusion + 48 MP ultra-wide + 12 MP telephoto Aperture f/1.78 + f/2.2 + f/2.8 Optical zoom 0.5x / 1x / 5xSecond generation sensor-shift OIS Adaptive flash True Tone Photonic Engine Deep Fusion Smart HDR 5 for photos Photographic styles Macrophotography	Aperture f/1.78 + f/2.2 + f/2.8 Optical zoom 0.5x / 1x / 2xSecond generation sensor-shift OIS Adaptive True Tone Flash Photonic Engine Deep Fusion Smart HDR 5 for photos Photographic styles Macrophotography	Aperture f/1.78 + f/2.2 + f/2.8 Optical zoom 0.5x / 1x / 2x / 5xSecond generation sensor-shift OIS Adaptive True Tone Flash Photonic Engine Deep Fusion Smart HDR 5 for photos Photographic Styles Macro Photography	48 MP wide-angle + 12 MP ultra-wide + 12 MP telephoto Aperture f/1.78 + f/2.2 + f/2.8 Optical zoom 0.5x / 1x / 2x / 3x Second generation sensor-shift OIS Adaptive flash True Tone Photonic Engine Deep Fusion Smart HDR 4 for photos Photographic styles Macrophotography	48 MP wide-angle + 12 MP ultra-wide + 12 MP telephoto Aperture f/1.78 + f/2.2 + f/2.8 Optical zoom 0.5x / 1x / 2x / 3x Second generation sensor-shift OIS Adaptive flash True Tone Photonic Engine Deep Fusion Smart HDR 4 for photos Photographic styles Macrophotography
Video	Cinematic mode for 4K HDR 30fps video with shallow depth of field ProRes video up to 4K at 120fps with external recording Time-lapse video up to 4K 120fps with external recording Video recording in Log format Academy Color Encoding System Recording spatial video 4K video at 60 frames per second Macro video recording Action Mode	Cinematic mode for 4K HDR 30fps video with shallow depth of field ProRes video up to 4K at 120fps with external recording Time-lapse video up to 4K 120fps with external recording Video recording in Log format Academy Color Encoding System Recording spatial video 4K video at 60 frames per second Macro video recording Action Mode	Cinematic mode for 4K HDR 30fps video with shallow depth of field ProRes video up to 4K at 60fps with external recording Video recording in Log format Academy Color Encoding System Recording spatial video 4K video at 60 frames per second Macro video recording Action mode	Cinematic mode for 4K HDR 30fps video with shallow depth of field ProRes video up to 4K at 60fps with external recording Video recording in Log format Academy Color Encoding System Recording spatial video 4K video at 60 frames per second Macro video recording Action mode	Cinematic mode for 4K HDR 30fps video with shallow depth of field ProRes video up to 4K at 30 frames per second 4K video at 60 frames per second Record macro video Action mode	Cinematic mode for 4K HDR 30fps video with shallow depth of field ProRes video up to 4K at 30 frames per second 4K video at 60 frames per second Record macro video Action mode
Front camera	12 MP, f/1.9 aperture Photonic Engine Smart HDR 5 Photographic styles Cinematic mode up to 4K HDR 30fps HDR video with Dolby Vision 4K 60 fps	12 MP, f/1.9 aperture Photonic Engine Smart HDR 5 Photographic styles Cinematic mode up to 4K HDR 30fps HDR video with Dolby Vision 4K 60 fps	12 MP, f/1.9 aperture Photonic Engine Smart HDR 5 Photographic styles Cinematic mode up to 4K HDR 30fps HDR video with Dolby Vision 4K 60 fps	12 MP, f/1.9 aperture Photonic Engine Smart HDR 5 Photographic styles Cinematic mode up to 4K HDR 30fps HDR video with Dolby Vision 4K 60 fps	12 MP, f/1.9 aperture Photonic Engine Smart HDR 4 Photographic styles Cinematic mode up to 4K HDR 30 fps HDR video with Dolby Vision 4K 60 fps	12 MP, f/1.9 aperture Photonic Engine Smart HDR 4 Photographic styles Cinematic mode up to 4K HDR 30 fps HDR video with Dolby Vision 4K 60 fps
Data	GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+ 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave) Wi-Fi 7 UWB chip Bluetooth 5.3 Emergency SOS via satellite Emergency detection Thread networking technology	GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+ 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave) Wi-Fi 7 UWB chip Bluetooth 5.3 Emergency SOS via satellite Emergency detection Thread networking technology	GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+ 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave) Wi-Fi 6E UWB chip Bluetooth 5.3 Emergency SOS via satellite Emergency detection Thread networking technology	GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+ 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave) Wi-Fi 6E UWB chip Bluetooth 5.3 Emergency SOS via satellite Emergency detection Thread networking technology	GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+ 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave) Wi-Fi 6 UWB chip Bluetooth 5.3 Emergency SOS via satellite Emergency detection	GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+ 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave)Wi-Fi 6 UWB chip Bluetooth 5.3 Emergency SOS via satellite Emergency detection
SIM	Without a physical SIM Support for two eSIMs	Without a physical SIM Support for two eSIMs	Without a physical SIM Support for two eSIMs	Without a physical SIM Support for two eSIMs	Without a physical SIM Support for two eSIMs	Without a physical SIM Support for two eSIMs
Battery	Capacity will be announced later 27 hours of video playback	Capacity will be announced later 33 hours of video playback	3274 mAh 23 hours of video playback	4422 mAh 29 hours of video playback	3200 mAh 23 hours of video playback	4323 mAh 29 hours of video playback
Ports	USB-C (10 Gbps), MagSafe and Qi2 Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 20W adapter 25W wireless charging with 30W adapter	USB-C (10 Gbps), MagSafe and Qi2 Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 20W adapter 25W wireless charging with 30W adapter	USB-C (10 Gbps), MagSafe and Qi2 Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 20W adapter	USB-C (10 Gbps), MagSafe and Qi2 Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 20W adapter	Lightning, MagSafe and Qi Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 20W adapter	Lightning, MagSafe and Qi Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes with 20W adapter
Colors	Black Titanium, White Titanium, Natural Ttanium, Desert Titanium	Black Titanium, White Titanium, Natural Ttanium, Desert Titanium	Natural Titanium, Blue Titanium, White Titanium, Black Titanium	Natural Titanium, Blue Titanium, White Titanium, Black Titanium	Deep Purple, Gold, Silver, Space Black	Deep Purple, Gold, Silver, Space Black
Prices	$999+	$1199+	$999+	$1199+	$999+	$1099+

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Source: Neowin

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