iPhone 16/16 Pro Review: Times Have Changed!

Marques Brownlee
23 Sept 202420:41

Summary

TLDRIn this review, the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro are unveiled with incremental updates and a focus on AI features, despite these being incomplete at launch. The new models introduce a camera control button, enhanced displays, and improved battery life. The iPhone 16 offers a solid camera experience, while the Pro model excels with its main sensor and additional camera capabilities. The reviewer suggests upgrading from an iPhone 13 or older for the best experience but advises against it for those with newer models, emphasizing the importance of current features over promised future updates.

Takeaways

  • 📱 iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro have been launched with a focus on new AI capabilities and improved hardware.
  • 🎨 The iPhone 16 Pro introduces a new 'camera control' button for manual camera settings, enhancing photography experience.
  • 🔋 Battery life is slightly improved with larger capacity batteries, but the difference may not be very noticeable.
  • 🚀 The new iPhones support faster charging up to 45 watts, but the fast charger is not included in the box.
  • 💾 All iPhone 16 models now have 8GB of RAM, likely to support upcoming AI features.
  • 📲 iOS 18 comes with the new iPhones, offering more customization options for the iPhone.
  • 📸 The iPhone 16 Pro has a significant camera upgrade with a larger main sensor, higher resolution ultra-wide, and a 5x telephoto lens.
  • 📹 Video capabilities have been enhanced, with the iPhone 16 Pro supporting 4K at 120 FPS.
  • 🤖 Apple is emphasizing AI features, but they are not yet available on the new iPhones, which is an unusual move for the company.
  • 💡 The reviewer suggests buying the iPhone 16 if you're using an iPhone 13 or older, and the iPhone 16 Pro for those seeking better cameras and displays.

Q & A

  • What is the name of the new app for wallpapers mentioned in the script?

    -The name of the new app for wallpapers is 'panels'.

  • On which platforms is the 'panels' app available?

    -The 'panels' app is available on both iOS and Android platforms.

  • What is the claim about the wallpapers in the reviewer's videos over the past year?

    -The claim is that almost all the wallpapers used in the reviewer's videos for the past year have come from the 'panels' app.

  • What is the iPhone 16's relationship to the iPhone 15 in terms of updates?

    -The iPhone 16 is a minor update over the iPhone 15 with a ton of new AI features labeled as 'Apple intelligence'.

  • What is considered unfinished about the iPhone 16 at launch?

    -The iPhone 16 is considered unfinished because the 'Apple intelligence' features, which were heavily marketed, are not available at launch and are labeled as 'coming soon'.

  • What new physical buttons have been added to the iPhone 16?

    -The iPhone 16 has added the action button from last year's models and a new button called 'camera control'.

  • What is the claim about the iPhone 16 Pro's battery life?

    -The iPhone 16 Pro is claimed to have the longest battery life ever in an iPhone.

  • What is the new charging feature of the iPhone 16 lineup?

    -All new iPhone 16 models support up to 45 watt wired charging.

  • What is the significance of the new camera control button on the iPhone 16?

    -The new camera control button is meant to give users more control over the camera settings, allowing for customization of photographic styles, tone, and other elements.

  • How does the reviewer feel about the new camera capabilities of the iPhone 16 Pro?

    -The reviewer feels that the new cameras on the iPhone 16 Pro, especially the main camera and the 5x telephoto, are a significant step up and have risen the iPhone back to the top of their personal favorite rankings for smartphone cameras.

  • What is the reviewer's recommendation on whether to buy the new iPhones?

    -The reviewer recommends buying the iPhone 16 if you're on an iPhone 13 or older and looking for an upgrade. They recommend the iPhone 16 Pro for those who want better cameras or displays. They advise buying for what the phone is today, not for what it could be tomorrow.

Outlines

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📱 Introduction to iPhone 16 and Panels App

The script introduces the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, highlighting their new features and design. The reviewer has been testing them for two weeks. A significant part of the introduction is dedicated to the launch of a new app called 'Panels,' which offers wallpapers created by various artists. The app is available on both iOS and Android. The reviewer also discusses the incremental hardware improvements and AI features in new smartphones, noting that the iPhone 16 series is a minor update with a lot of new AI features labeled 'Apple intelligence,' although these are not yet available.

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🔋 Battery Life and Charging Improvements

The script discusses the battery life of the iPhone 16 series, mentioning that the batteries are slightly larger than previous models, with the Pro models having a 9% increase. The reviewer found the battery life to be similar to the previous year's models. However, a significant improvement is the support for faster charging up to 45 watts, although the phone does not come with a fast charger. The script also mentions the new A18 and A18 Pro chips, which offer better performance, and the increase in RAM to 8GB across all models to support future AI features.

10:03

📸 Camera Control and New Camera Features

The script focuses on the new camera control button on the iPhone 16, which allows for more manual control over camera settings. The reviewer likens the camera's adjustability to headphone EQ, where users can tweak settings like exposure compensation, photographic styles, and tone to achieve their desired look. The new camera control button is described as finicky but useful once users get accustomed to it. The script also discusses the new camera hardware on the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, with the Pro models receiving significant upgrades in camera capabilities.

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🤖 The Hype and Delay of Apple Intelligence

The script addresses the hype around Apple intelligence, which was heavily promoted by Apple but is not yet available on the iPhone 16 series. The reviewer expresses disappointment that the phone is being marketed with features that are not yet implemented, calling the phone 'unfinished.' There is a discussion about the pressure on companies to appear as AI leaders and the trend of promising future software updates that may not yet be fully developed.

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🛍️ Should You Buy the iPhone 16?

The script concludes with a recommendation on whether to purchase the iPhone 16. The reviewer suggests that users with an iPhone 13 or older should consider upgrading, while those with newer models may not see a significant benefit. The iPhone 16 Pro is recommended for users who value camera and display improvements. The script reiterates the idea of buying a product for its current capabilities, not for promised future updates.

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Keywords

💡iPhone 16

The iPhone 16 is the latest iteration of Apple's smartphone series mentioned in the script. It represents a minor update over the iPhone 15 with a focus on new AI features. The term is central to the video's theme as the script discusses its features, improvements, and comparisons to previous models.

💡iPhone 16 Pro

The iPhone 16 Pro is the professional version of the iPhone 16, offering enhanced features such as better displays and camera capabilities. It is a key focus of the video as the reviewer compares it to the standard iPhone 16 and discusses its suitability for users who require advanced camera and display features.

💡Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence refers to the suite of AI-driven features that Apple has been promoting but have not yet been implemented in the iPhone 16 at the time of the review. It's a significant part of the video's narrative as the reviewer discusses the discrepancy between the marketing and the actual available features.

💡Action Button

The Action Button is a new feature added to the iPhone 16, allowing for quick access to specific functions. It's an example of the incremental hardware improvements discussed in the video, and the reviewer mentions it as part of the new physical buttons added to the phone.

💡Camera Control

Camera Control is a new feature that provides users with more manual control over the iPhone's camera settings. The reviewer discusses how this feature, along with physical buttons, allows for better photography outcomes, making it a central concept in the video's discussion on the phone's camera capabilities.

💡Battery Life

Battery Life is a critical aspect of any smartphone review, and the script mentions that the iPhone 16 series comes with slightly larger capacity batteries. The reviewer, however, notes that the actual improvement in battery life is not significantly noticeable, which is an important point for potential buyers.

💡Fast Charging

Fast Charging is a feature that allows the iPhone 16 to charge more quickly than its predecessors. The reviewer appreciates this improvement, indicating that it's a welcome advancement in the user experience, despite Apple not including a fast charger in the box.

💡A18 Chip

The A18 Chip refers to the processor used in the iPhone 16 models, which is supposed to offer performance improvements. Although the reviewer does not notice a significant difference immediately, the chip is part of the discussion around the phone's hardware capabilities.

💡iOS 18

iOS 18 is the latest operating system released by Apple, which comes with new features and improvements. The reviewer dedicates a separate video to it, indicating its importance and the impact it has on the overall user experience of the iPhone 16.

💡Fusion Camera

Fusion Camera is a term used to describe Apple's approach to combining multiple camera technologies to enhance photo quality. The reviewer discusses this in the context of the iPhone 16 Pro's camera capabilities, suggesting it's a marketing term for their improved image processing.

💡Promotion

Promotion, in the context of the video, refers to the high refresh rate display technology. The reviewer mentions that the standard iPhone 16 now includes this feature, which was previously exclusive to the Pro models, making it a significant upgrade for users who value smooth scrolling and motion.

Highlights

Introduction of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro with new AI capabilities

Launch of the 'panels' app for wallpapers on iOS and Android

The iPhone 16 is described as unfinished due to missing Apple intelligence features

Physical changes to the iPhone 16 include new colors and a camera control button

iPhone 16 Pro models have slightly larger displays and thinner bezels

New iPhone models have larger capacity batteries but without specific numbers provided

Faster charging is now supported up to 45 watts in the new iPhone lineup

All new iPhone models come with 8GB of RAM for improved performance

iOS 18 introduces new customization features for the iPhone

The new camera control button offers more manual control over smartphone photography

iPhone 16 Pro has a significant camera upgrade with a larger main sensor and higher resolution lenses

iPhone 16 Pro supports 4K 120 FPS video recording

The term 'Fusion camera' is introduced, indicating an updated image processing pipeline

Critique on the marketing of Apple intelligence before the features are fully available

Recommendation on whether to buy the new iPhones based on current features rather than promised updates

Final thoughts on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro as solid incremental upgrades

Transcripts

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a widescreen iPod with touch controls a

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revolutionary mobile phone and a

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breakthrough internet communication

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[Music]

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device profound new intelligence

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capabilities that will make our

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platforms even

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smarter so this is the iPhone 16 and

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this is the iPhone 16 Pro brand new and

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I've been testing them for about 2 weeks

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now but you know what I've been doing

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way longer than 2 weeks weeks working on

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a new app that we are finally launching

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you guys have always been asking me

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where I get my wallpapers like it's

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frequently the number one suggested

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search result under my name has been for

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years so now we've put them all in one

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place it's called panels and it's

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finally live in the App Store both on

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iOS and on Android feels really good to

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be able to say that so if you're

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wondering where the wallpaper on these

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phones and the review came from panels

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if you're wondering where the wallpaper

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in the last video came from panels

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matter of fact almost all the wallpapers

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all the devices and in backgrounds

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you've seen in my videos for the past

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year have all come from panels which is

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pretty sick we have a bunch of awesome

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artists over there that we are splitting

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profits with 50/50 and there's already a

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ton of great collections of Art and much

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more incoming and we have some pretty

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big plans for this thing so it's

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starting off as a wallpaper app now I

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don't want to overpromise too much but

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it's going to be pretty consistently

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improving over time which is part of the

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reason why we're offering a subscription

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to support it so go pick it up now poke

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around find your new favorite wallpaper

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your new favorite artist and let me know

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what you think it's kind of fun to be on

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the other side now on the development

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side where now other people are going to

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review what we make which is always

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exciting anyway so the meta with new

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smartphones these days is a bunch of

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incremental Hardware improvements and

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then a whole bunch of AI features that

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also are being added on top which is

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where the real value is and while

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they're a little late to the game Apple

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has hit that chapter 2 with the iPhone

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whether we like it or not so the iPhone

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16 is a minor minor update over the 15

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but with a ton of new AI stuff labeled

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Apple intelligence except that stuff's

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not here yet which is a little awkward

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considering basically all of the

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marketing for this phone is Apple

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intelligence stuff like I've seen

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Billboards touting that as the new thing

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here their whole event was about how

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it's glow time which is a reference to

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the new glowing Siri animation but none

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of that stuff

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is on this phone none of it so the only

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way to square the state of this phone

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right now with everything Apple has said

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about this phone is that it's unfinished

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like this is the most unfinished I've

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ever seen a new iPhone launch so until

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we actually have all that Apple

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intelligence stuff we are left with a

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very incremental upgrade cycle

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so there's not a lot actually physically

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new with this year's iPhone but it's not

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nothing so the iPhone 16 looks a little

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different from the iPhone 15 there was a

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moment in time not that long ago where

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Apple removed the headphone jack and

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then there was a ton of speculation

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about them maybe removing all the ports

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and all the buttons but instead it's

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gone the opposite way and they've added

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the action button from last year's pros

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and yet another button called camera

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control which we'll get to in a second

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aesthetically though there are some

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really poppy new colors and slightly

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larer protruding cameras lined up on the

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back of the phone and okay I know

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everyone puts a case on their phone so

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this is probably nothing but I think

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this is the wobbly slab phone I have

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ever seen or at least that I can

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remember but either way the rest of the

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general shape and flat sides and

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dimensions of this phone are basically

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the same very familiar iPhone the pro

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phones are even harder to tell apart but

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they do have new displays and they are

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great so they're slightly bigger 6.3 and

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6.9 in respectively

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and the bezels are I think actually

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noticeably thinner and still even all

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the way around so both sized phones are

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just a little larger than last year and

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fit bigger batteries too and we should

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talk about batteries so when Apple

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unveiled all these new phones they made

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kind of a big deal about how they all

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have slightly larger capacity batteries

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across the board and that the new Pro

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Max would have the longest battery life

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ever in an iPhone which I mean I would

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hope that your newest most expensive

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most high-tech big biggest phone ever is

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the longest battery but still they

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didn't give any numbers to support that

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so we don't actually know how much

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larger and milliamp hours the battery is

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or how much longer the battery actually

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lasts all I have to go on is Apple's

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websites comparison tool which only

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measures in video playback hours so it

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has the iPhone 16 at 22 hours of video

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playback up from 20 and the 16 Pro Max

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is all the way up to 33 hours versus

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last year's big phones 29 unfortunately

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this means almost nothing to me because

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that video playback can be optimized

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with like cores on a chip who cares but

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now the phones are out and people have

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gotten them and torn them apart measured

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them turns out the batteries are about

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6% larger across the board and 9% larger

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on the pro and I found battery life

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about the same as last year to be honest

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like not noticeably better not

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noticeably worse I end up saying a lot

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of the same things about it like it

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lasts me a whole day on the pro heavy

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use no problem

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what actually did make a difference to

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me though is faster charging less people

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are talking about it but all of the new

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iPhone 16 lineup supports up to 45 watt

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wired charging now Apple never talks

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about fast charging they never brag

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about like how fast you can go 0 to 100

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or 0 to 80% but when their phones do get

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slightly faster at charging it's pretty

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nice it's too bad it doesn't come with

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the fast charging Brick In The Box but I

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have a fast charger I am loving the new

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fast charging and bursts and also mag

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safe supports with the new Puck up to 25

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W wireless charging instead of 15 on the

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inside these phones have the a18 and a18

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pro chips and again I'd be lying if I

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told you I just noticed any difference

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right out the box and I think basically

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anybody would but yes they will

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Benchmark 10 20 30% faster depending on

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what you ask it to do but the extra

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power is definitely more about Fringe

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activities high-end stuff future

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proofing I was actually more curious

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though to find that all of the models

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have 8 gigs of RAM now so the pro phone

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and the non-pr phones which usually have

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different amounts no doubt this is

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because the Apple intelligence features

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when they eventually ship are going to

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need every last bit of it but for now

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hey you can enjoy more RAM for all your

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other apps too iOS 18 launched with

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these new phones too so I made an entire

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separate video about iOS 18 all the new

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features that's what's rolling out to

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everybody's older iPhones as well now

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too so you can put your home screen

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icons wherever you can color your home

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screen icons you can change your lock

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screen shortcuts basically customize the

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iPhone a bit more than ever before you

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could argue this makes a bigger

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difference to the iPhone than any of the

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other Hardware stuff but yeah I'll I'll

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link that full video below but speaking

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of new hardware there is one other new

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button so I guess nobody at Apple is

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allowed to call it a button but I'm

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going to call it a button so this is the

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new camera control button on all of the

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new iPhone Ione 16s I've used and played

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with and thought a lot about this button

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and actually it all comes down to

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smartphone cameras in general my take is

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that smartphone cameras are like

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headphones EQ like you get a new pair of

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headphones out the box and you listen to

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them you don't like them oh no no don't

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worry that's just one of the ways that

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these headphones can sound you can

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change the EQ and it'll sound like a

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totally different pair of headphones and

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that's also true with smartphone cameras

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this year more than ever with the iPhone

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so the default photos from the iPhone

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look more iphony than ever remember how

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every year in the blind smartphone

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camera test the iPhone loses because it

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kind of overly brightens all the shadows

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and it doesn't have as much contrast

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yeah it's still doing that especially in

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photos with people in it but the purpose

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of this new button has been made very

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clear and it's kind of a theme for the

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whole phone which is well camera control

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this year Apple's kind of just giving

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back control of the camera to users in

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an interesting way but you have to know

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how to use it like you have to know that

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it's a double half press with just the

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right weight to bring up the sliding

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menu of camera controls for things like

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exposure compensation and zoom and

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photographic Styles and tone and then

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play with it enough to realize that tone

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is actually maybe the most important one

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where turning up tone actually removes

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Shadows even more but turning down tone

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brings real Shadows back but it doesn't

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seem to have a memory so you have to

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remember to set it every time you open

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the the camera app but you also have

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this d-pad that lets you change even

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more elements of a photo including

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undertones and mood and color and really

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mess around and dial in the look of the

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photos you want and this one does have

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memory so every subsequent time you open

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the camera it'll remember your color Hue

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and tone so I found that tone at around

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minus5 is a nice balance for most photos

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that I've been taking feels less flat

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more contrasty this is all really useful

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to me and combined with the actual new

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cameras on the phones this has risen the

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iPhone back to the top of my personal

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favorite rankings of smartphones to

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shoot with I just like having more

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control over the camera camera control

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but it is really finicky like the

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placement on the side of the phone for

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the button is mostly ideal for landscape

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but would definitely be easier to reach

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if it was closer to the corner but for

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being honest most people take photos and

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videos in portrait these days and the

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corner would be horrible for portrait so

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they split the difference and moved it

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up a bit so you could reach it but it's

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still not great and the half press

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sensitivity takes some time to really

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get used to I'm on week three now and

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I'm still accidentally taking pictures

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by tapping too hard and the scrolling it

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has momentum physics and you can

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accidentally scroll too far and go past

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the thing you were targeting in this

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more continuous scrolling interface it

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is just finicky enough and just hidden

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enough that I I honestly think like 99%

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of people will never use this for

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anything other than just a camera

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shutter

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button and I guess that's fine too I

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personally did quickly get used to

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opening the camera quickly with the

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camera control button and so I remapped

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my action button to something else my

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tasks app and I've also remapped my lock

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screen shortcut so it's now flashlight

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and my tasks app again and you can

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always just swipe over sideways from the

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lock screen and get to the stock camera

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app so if you really want you can map

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the camera control button to open any

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other camera app on your phone or just

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keep waiting for app intelligence

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features that this will probably make

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more sense for so yeah long story short

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one it's a button two it's also a

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customization slider

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three is just going to be a button for

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most people but also four there are new

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cameras on the

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[Music]

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back so there's a bunch of new cameras

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across the line for both iPhone 16 and

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16 Pro best way to summarize it okay so

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iPhone 16 cameras are nice like they're

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pretty solid main cameras very much in

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character with iPhones of the past but

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not noticeably better than previous

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years and then the 16 Pro cameras with

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the much bigger main sensor and the

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higher resolution Ultra wide and the 5x

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telephoto are a significant step up in

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my opinion the main camera I think is my

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favorite primary sensor in any

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smartphone to shoot with right now it's

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really good at basically everything the

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ultrawide is also better but kind of

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only in detail during the daytime since

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it's the 48 megapixel sensor now but the

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sensor is not bigger enough to matter at

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night though and now my night Ultra

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wides all look kind of vignetted for

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some reason I mean look at that it looks

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like I added a filter but then the 5x

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telephoto on both the pros is also nice

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now and there is some chatter about it

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being worse at the 3x to 4X range

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because you're still having to do

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digital zoom and technically that's true

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but I find the 5x to be a pretty useful

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zoom and it's also better at resolving

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all the detail past 5x than before even

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without AI shutter speeds are super fast

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and freeze action better than ever

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before this is kind of underrated but I

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love this like this shot came from a

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moving car at highway speed and so did

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this one so that's sick and the ease at

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which you can get a shallow depth of

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field with a close-up subject is on par

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with any other big sensor Android

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Flagship like s24 Ultra or pixel9 Pro

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and no apple has absolutely not fixed

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the lens flare issue with Point lights

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at night

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so for those who are wondering sorry but

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aside from that video is very impressive

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I'll be publishing the next autofocus

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video on the Silverado EV pickup truck

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pretty soon so subscribe over there for

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that first of all but that's going to be

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shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro and I've

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been very happy with it and apple also

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added a 4K 120 FPS mode to the pro

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phones and it's sick it looks great it

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is really convenient to shoot and edit

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the only thing you got to be careful

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with is storage cuz it can really eat up

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storage like you can get up to near a

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gig a minute and that's before you even

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do 4K 120 Pro res or prores log but yeah

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I still love shooting it anyway it also

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proves to me that they have the

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processing power and the sensor readout

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speed to do 8K 30 they just choose not

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to and I wonder why sometimes this also

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the first year they're using the term

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Fusion camera and you kind of have to

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dig in a little bit to try to figure out

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what that means turns out it's basically

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the same thing as last year's like punch

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in Optical quality Zoom but with a

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slightly updated image processing

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pipeline cool but also that Zoom is not

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technically one: one Optical quality

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because the photo sites are smaller in

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that smaller crop nevertheless iPhone 16

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camera good iPhone 16 Pro Camera great

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there is something truly weird about

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this product being launched at an Apple

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event called glow time and not launching

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with the thing that glows the new Siri

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there's something weird about people

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happily going out to a Fifth Avenue

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Apple Store this week which is literally

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glowing with rainbows now and walking

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out with a brand new phone that doesn't

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have that like there's something just

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off about Billboards and marketing

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material and all highlighting Apple

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intelligence and Tim Cook saying this

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was the first phone built from the

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ground up for Apple intelligence the

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next generation of iPhone has been

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designed for Apple intelligence from the

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ground up yet this phone does not have

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apple intelligence at all it's all

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coming soon and coming later this year

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and into next year eventually with

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software updates but if I've said it

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once I've said it a million times never

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buy a product based on the promise of

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future software updates buy it for what

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it is right now when you buy it that's

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been the golden rule for

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forever but yet here we

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are times have changed this has been a

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common Trend alongside Ai and you think

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Apple might be immune to it but they're

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not they're a public company and just

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like lots of other public companies

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they've sort of caved to this pressure

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that they have to appear like an AI

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first AI forward company like a leader

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in AI so they have presented a ton of AI

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stuff that they working on and they've

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done the song and dance of like hey we

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are AI first and the phone's built from

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the ground up for AI it's our whole

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theme this year but the fact of the

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matter is it's not good yet it's not

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it's that's actually not even finished

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if it was they'd be shipping it but it's

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in beta and they're still working on it

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and they'd rather keep working on it

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than ship it to you

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now so how do we Square this do we even

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Square

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this you remember the rabbit R1 the

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rabbit was a little AI in a box pretty

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classic 2024 product when I reviewed

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that rabbit it was basically useless

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like literally almost none of the

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functionality was working as it shipped

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and so I said so in the review same with

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the Humane AI pin really really really

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bad product missing almost all of its

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functionality worst product I'd ever

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reviewed for now both of those products

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have started to get some updates since I

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reviewed them but again I can only

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review what's in front of me like I got

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that thing in the mail just like real

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customers are going to get that thing in

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the mail and now it feels like the new

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iPhone is suddenly in the same boat so I

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guess the difference between the rabbit

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and the Humane pin and the iPhone is

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well one the iPhone is a fine Standalone

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product even without the promised stuff

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and it's buyable and usable where the

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other two not so much but

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two is that Apple at least now has

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some element of a track record of

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developing and shipping things that they

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promised where Humane and rabbit didn't

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so you could argue there's some

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dimension of trust to this and that

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apple is really leaning heavily on how

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much you trust them because to be honest

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to me it's really bold to be shipping

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the product like this without any of

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these big things that you're promising

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like they must really believe in

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themselves to eventually ship this stuff

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so that people aren't mad

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but yeah there's that's the AI world we

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live in I guess is that everyone has

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this pressure to feel like a leader in

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Ai and be shipping all these new

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features and stuff but a lot of it not

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that good yet not that done yet so I'm

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planning an entire separate review of

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Apple intelligence as a whole when it

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comes out I've been using some of the

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features in 18.1 beta on my 15 Pro but

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even this is really limited like it's

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basically just writing tools and the new

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Siri animation but they have a long way

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to go I'll say get subscribed to see the

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Apple intelligence review when it drops

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when it's done because clearly it's a

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big part of this

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phone so you made it this far into the

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video or you skipped ahead to this

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chapter because you just really wanted

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an answer on if you should buy these

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phones or not fine either way so okay

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you should buy the iPhone 16 if you're

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on

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an iPhone 13 or older and you know that

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phone is on its last legs and you're

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really looking for an upgrade to a new

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iPhone fine anything newer and it

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probably won't feel like it's worth an

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upgrade and you should buy the iPhone 16

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Pro if you really want a better phone in

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cameras or displays that's really the

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two places where the pro shines over the

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regular phone the cheap iPhone really

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has never looked better honestly it has

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the camera control it matches the ram of

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the more expensive Pros it has the more

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interesting colors if you're into that

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it has the action button now too and it

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has the same brightness of a display and

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it also goes all the way down to one

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knit just like the pro screen now I

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personally cannot use a 60 HZ $800 phone

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in 2024 I just can't do it and there are

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lots of people just like me who will

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immediately have to upgrade to the pro

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just for that but there are also tons of

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people who don't even notice or care

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about promotion which I know it's it's

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kind of hard to WRA my head around too

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but for those people yeah this phone is

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the base phone is going to be great but

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then it's someone who shoots a lot of

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photos and videos and you know Social

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Media stuff the autofocus Channel

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between all that the cameras are better

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enough on the pros for that to be worth

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the upgrade for me but yeah I still say

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buy it for what it is today not for what

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it could be tomorrow and even without

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any of the AI stuff maybe ever coming to

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these phones they're still Rock Solid

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very very incremental

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upgrades thanks for watching catch you

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guys in the next one peace

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