Why the iPhone 16 Plus is Pro Enough!
Summary
TLDRThe iPhone 16 and 16 Plus offer vibrant colors and a refined design, featuring the new A18 chip for improved performance. Notable additions include the action button for shortcuts, a pill-shaped camera module for better spatial video capture, and a camera control button for quick settings adjustments. The device comes in multiple colors and has an upgraded front glass for durability. Despite no 120Hz refresh rate, the camera has been enhanced with a 48-megapixel sensor and new photographic styles for creative photo editing.
Takeaways
- π± The iPhone 16 Plus is Apple's affordable flagship phone this year, with similarities to last year's model but refined features.
- π¨ The new iPhone 16 series offers the most vibrant colors since the iPhone 5c, including teal, ultramarine, and pink.
- βοΈ It comes equipped with Apple's A18 chip, 8GB of RAM, and can be specced up to 512GB of storage, offering improved performance.
- π The Action Button is now available on the base iPhone 16 models, allowing users to customize shortcuts like activating Focus Mode.
- πΈ The camera design has a new pill shape and features a 48MP Fusion camera with improved anti-reflective coating.
- π· A new Camera Control Button allows users to change camera settings and capture photos and videos more easily without touching the screen.
- π The iPhone 16 Plus has excellent battery life, lasting about 7 hours of screen-on time with moderate usage, outperforming the iPhone 16 Pro.
- π¦ The phoneβs front glass is more durable, and MagSafe charging has been upgraded to 25W, though a new charging puck is required.
- π₯ Quick Take videos now record in 4K 30fps compared to the previous 1080p 30fps, improving video quality.
- πΈ Photographic Styles in the iPhone 16 are more customizable, allowing users to adjust tone, shadows, and highlights, making photos more lifelike.
Q & A
What is the iPhone 16 Plus considered to be in terms of price?
-The iPhone 16 Plus is considered one of Apple's cheapest big phone flagships for the year.
What is the performance improvement in the iPhone 16 series due to the new chip?
-The iPhone 16 series has improved performance due to the inclusion of Apple's A18 chip, which is two generations ahead of the previous non-pro iPhones.
What is the maximum storage capacity available for the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus?
-The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus can be specified up to 512 gigs of storage.
What new design features have been introduced in the iPhone 16 series?
-New design features include the action button, a pill-shaped camera module reminiscent of the iPhone 10, and a new camera control button.
What are the new color options for the iPhone 16?
-The iPhone 16 comes in white, black, teal, ultramarine, and a standout pink color.
What is special about the Bank's armor tint case mentioned in the script?
-The Bank's armor tint case is built with Kevlar fiber, making it durable and impact-resistant while still being thin and light.
What is the new camera control button on the iPhone 16 used for?
-The new camera control button allows for launching the camera, taking photos, recording videos, and adjusting camera settings without touching the screen.
How does the iPhone 16's camera perform in terms of macro photography?
-The iPhone 16 has a slightly smaller sensor compared to the Pro models, which allows for a closer minimum focusing distance, enhancing macro photography capabilities.
What is the difference in photo processing between the iPhone 16 and previous models?
-The iPhone 16 features a new ISP on the A18 chip, which is better at processing shadows and highlights, resulting in more lifelike and contrasty photos.
What is the battery life experience of the iPhone 16 Plus compared to the Pro model?
-The iPhone 16 Plus offers better battery life than the Pro model, with the user experiencing about an hour or two more usage time.
What video recording upgrade does the iPhone 16 offer over previous models?
-The iPhone 16 now records quick take videos in 4K at 30 frames per second, an upgrade from the 1080p30 of previous models.
Outlines
π± Overview of the iPhone 16 Plus - Apple's Affordable Flagship
The iPhone 16 Plus is Apple's latest big flagship phone, featuring vibrant colors reminiscent of the iPhone 5c. Despite its similarities to last year's model, the 16 Plus is refined and offers notable improvements, such as the A18 chip and 8GB RAM for better performance. Apple also introduces the action button for customizable shortcuts and a redesigned camera module for enhanced spatial video capture. The new camera control button and stronger front glass are other key features.
π¨ Vibrant Colors and Durable Case Options
The iPhone 16 is available in vibrant colors, including teal, ultramarine, and pink, which stand out this year. To protect the phone, the speaker introduces cases from Banks, known for their durability with Kevlar fiber construction and strong magnets for MagSafe compatibility. Additionally, Banks offers a glass screen protector with sapphire coating for enhanced scratch resistance. A link to purchase these accessories is provided.
πΈ iPhone 16 Design Changes and Enhanced Durability
The iPhone 16 Plus introduces a new pill-shaped camera module, moving away from the traditional square design. This change improves spatial video capabilities. Other design elements, such as a more durable front glass and upgraded MagSafe charging (25 watts), add to the phone's sturdiness. The A18 chip ensures high performance, handling demanding tasks like gaming and photo editing with ease. However, the lack of a higher refresh rate is still a notable limitation.
π₯ Camera Control Button and Enhanced Photography Features
The new camera control button allows users to launch the camera and adjust settings without touching the screen. It doubles as a shutter button and can trigger video recording with a long press. Users can also customize photographic styles, adjusting exposure, zoom, and other settings on the fly. The 48MP Fusion camera offers better night shots, anti-reflective coating, and closer macro photography, although it lacks some features found on the Pro line.
πΈ Improved Image Processing and Photographic Styles
The iPhone 16 Plus delivers enhanced photo processing thanks to the A18 chip and new ISP, offering better handling of shadows, highlights, and contrast. While Smart HDR 5 still makes photos look somewhat flat, the new photographic styles feature allows users to customize image tones before or after shooting. These styles are compared to film recipes, and the speaker plans to explore them further in a future review.
π₯ Video Upgrades and Battery Life Insights
On the video front, the iPhone 16 Plus doesn't introduce major changes compared to the Pro model but does upgrade QuickTake video to 4K 30fps. Battery life on the 16 Plus is impressive, with around 7 hours of screen time, making it ideal for users prioritizing battery longevity. The speaker notes that a full review will be provided once iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence features are released.
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Keywords
π‘iPhone 16 Plus
π‘A18 chip
π‘Action button
π‘Camera control button
π‘48-megapixel Fusion camera
π‘Photographic Styles
π‘Macro photography
π‘MagSafe charging
π‘Smart HDR 5
π‘120Hz refresh rate
Highlights
iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are Apple's most affordable big phones this year.
The iPhone 16 Plus offers vibrant colors reminiscent of the iPhone 5c.
iPhone 16 models come with Apple's A18 chip for enhanced performance.
The iPhone 16 has 8GB of RAM and storage options up to 512GB.
New design features include an action button, a pill-shaped camera module, and a camera control button.
The action button allows for quick activation of shortcuts and apps.
The camera module's new design aids in capturing spatial video.
The camera control button offers on-the-fly camera setting adjustments.
New color options for the iPhone 16 include teal, ultramarine, and a standout pink.
Bank's armor tint cases provide durable protection with Kevlar fiber.
The iPhone 16's front glass is more durable than previous models.
Max safe charging is upgraded to 25 watts on the iPhone 16.
The A18 chip in the iPhone 16 offers fast performance for gaming and photo editing.
The iPhone 16's 60 Hz refresh rate is less of an issue than commonly complained.
The camera control button allows launching the camera and assigning third-party apps.
Photographic Styles on the iPhone 16 offer customizable color grading.
The iPhone 16's camera has a lower aperture but an improved sensor for macro photography.
Photo processing on the iPhone 16 is enhanced for more lifelike and contrasty images.
Quick take videos on the iPhone 16 now record in 4K 30fps.
The iPhone 16 Plus offers excellent battery life, lasting a full day or more.
Transcripts
[Music]
and here we are with the iPhone 16 the
16 plus to be exact and this is one of
Apple's cheapest big phone Flagship this
year and spoiler alert it's a really
good iPhone that feels very similar to
last year's model but just refined and
offers the most vibrant colors since the
iPhone 5c now it's only about you know a
week or so since uh switching from the
pro iPhone to the 16 plus and honestly
this might be the phone everyone should
look into if you want Apple's latest
iPhone let me explain now just as a
quick refresher I did want to go over
the specs of the new iPhone 16 real
quick so the iPhone 16 this year still
comes in two sizes 6.1 in and 6.7 in on
the plus model now inside these new
iPhones it's Apple's a18 chip they're
jumping two generations for the non-pro
iPhones this year to give users much
better performance but also give that
boost when Apple intelligence becomes
available in a future update now besides
that this also comes equipped with 8
gigs of RAM and you can spec both the 16
and 16 plus up to 512 gigs of storage
now what is new this year though
design-wise are three things first
things first the action button finally
made its way to the base model iPhones
and this will basically let you activate
a bunch of shortcuts which you can set
up in the settings I personally have my
action button set to focus mode just cuz
you know during the week I'm almost
always on do not disturb mode so I don't
get distracted and procrastinate but you
can conf configure it to a bunch of
different actions or apps in the
settings now second thing that they
change here is the camera module on the
back we have two cameras on the back
that are in a pill shape again very
reminiscent of the iPhone 10 they went
back to this design to help capture
spatial video a lot better on these new
base model iPhones so yeah I definitely
dig this new old camera design a lot now
last but not least which also has
something to do with the cameras uh is
the brand new camera control button
which sits right near the power button
on the right side of the iPhone now the
pros also have this new camera control
button right here and I'm actually glad
that it's here on the base model iPhone
16 and 16 plus cuz typically new
features are reserved for the Pro Line
like we saw with the action button last
year now this will basically allow you
to control a bunch of camera settings on
the fly with just a press and swipe but
we'll talk more about this in just a few
minutes now the new colors this year are
absolutely fire they're the most vibrant
colored iPhones I've seen in a while so
the iPhone 16 comes in a few different
colors it comes in the usual white and
black colors and then there's teal
ultramarine and this beautiful pink
color which I personally think is the
standout color this year now as much as
I love showing off these new colors I've
been traveling way too often and I
actually got to protect this new iPhone
16 so Bank sent over a few of their
cases for me to use with this new iPhone
16 series now this is their armor tint
cases and what's great about these armor
tint case is is that it's built with
Kevlar fiber so it's really durable that
can withstand impact while still giving
you a thin and light case their armor
tin series is the perfect case if you
want to add some color to your phone
while still protecting it I have right
here their Dawn light gold and their
polar light green case which looks
absolutely gorgeous in person now what I
like about these cases is that it uses
really strong magnets inside so that any
mag safe accessories that you use can
stick to it really strong as with any of
their iPhone 16 cases is you also have a
proper cutout for the camera control
button so you can still use it no
problem now they also sent over their
glass Warrior screen protector which
offers a bubble-free installation and
real sapphire coding to provide the
highest level of scratch protection
available so if you guys want to pick
one up for your brand new iPhone 16 or
16 plus click the first link in the
description below and again huge shout
out to Banks for sponsoring a portion of
this video okay so the iPhone 16 and 16
plus like I mentioned earlier now looks
a bit different from the back if the
saturated colors don't give that away
the camera module on the back for sure
will I'm actually kind of glad that
Apple moved away from you know the usual
Square camera bump and went with a more
simple pill-shaped cutout I think this
looks way better in my opinion but what
do you guys think besides that though
everything else design-wise feels and
looks like the iPhone 15 from last year
now Apple did improved the durability of
the front glass making it a lot stronger
and more durable than previous iPhones
and the max safe charging on the back
did get an upgrade to 25 watts versus 15
watts from previous generations but you
do have to use the new Puck and as for
its performance it's running the all new
a18 chip and it's incredibly fast not A8
pro fast but any High demanding games
that you throw on this phone from the
App Store can play those games without
this phone breaking a sweat or if you
need to you know bulk edit highr photos
in Lightroom it's going to be able to do
those tasks no problem now I know what
you're going to say there's one thing
that Apple needs to do on these based
iPhones and it's 60 HZ and to be quite
honest it didn't really bother me as
much as people complain about it now I
get the argument of you know some
Android phones that cost $200 have had
120 Herz for a while but as someone who
just switched over from the 16 Pro with
promotion it really isn't as bad as
people say it is but I agree with all of
you guys we need 120 Herz on these base
iPhones so hopefully we get a faster
refresh rate next year cuz I think
performance is really going to shine
with the way Apple's been making these
processors all right now let's talk
about this new camera control button uh
I think a lot of people are going to ask
about this since it's basically a new
way for people to capture photos and
videos and change settings without
having to touch the screen all right so
first things first it can be used to
launch the camera from anywhere and you
can assign thirdparty apps to launch
instead of the default camera app now
this can also be your dedicated shutter
button it's super simple so when you're
on the camera app you can just press
down on the button and it'll take a
photo now now when you press and hold
down on that button it'll record a video
instead it's all really cool stuff but
besides that you can soft press twice
before taking a photo and that'll show
you a few different settings pop up like
your Zoom your exposure your
photographic Styles your f-stop and then
you can swipe and soft press to confirm
different settings it's all really neat
actually now I'm not sure if this is
something that I'll use on a regular
basis but maybe just you know to quickly
change the photographic Styles but yeah
we'll see how it goes in a month or two
when I do a full review on these new
iPhones and as far as camera Hardware
goes it got a slight refinement in terms
of the sensors so we still have a dual
camera setup here for the base iPhone 16
but just like the pr line this year they
renam the camera to the 48 megapixel
Fusion camera now I'm not exactly sure
what that means but I do know that this
Now features an even better
anti-reflective coding than previous
iPhones so hopefully less ghosting and
Reflections at night but yeah the iPhone
16 and 16 plus actually has a lower
aperture than the pr line but the actual
sensor is different
uh here on the 16 and 16 plus we have a
slightly smaller sensor and the pros
have the bigger sensors on the main
camera uh and for my testing the minimum
focusing distance on the base 16 is
going to be a lot closer uh than you
know on the Prine which is something I
actually prefer now what this means is
that you have way better macro
photography using the main 1X and 2x
zoom function uh but since the Prine
this year got an upgraded 48 megapixel
Ultra wide camera you kind of have more
flexibility there on the pr line in
terms of macro photography now as far as
photo quality goes I've only been able
to shoot a handful of photos Since
switching over from the pro iPhone but
here are some of the photos that I've
taken so far now most of these shots are
shot on the 16 plus and I shot them
using the ultrawide the 1X and 2x zoom
in my opinion the processing this year
is just a little bit better than last
year uh just like the a18 pro we also
have a new ISP on the a18 chip which I
think is way better at processing the
little things like shadows and
highlights now even though we're still
on Smart HDR 5 I'm noticing that photos
look a little bit more lifelike and a
bit more contrasty than before it is
still flatter looking than other Android
phones which does open up things to you
know like color grading in Lightroom uh
but what is cool on the 16 Series this
year though is the inclusion of their
next Generation photographic Styles
which is kind of like film recipes for
Fuji film cameras but a little bit more
toned down and a lot easier to customize
you can get super creative with the
colors and adjust the tone and the
shadows and highlights before shooting
your photos or the look after you've
taken the shot now I still need to play
around with this feature a little bit
more but so far some of the styles that
you know I've been able to cook up here
are looking quite good for everyday
shots but let me know if you guys want a
dedicated video on the best photographic
Styles and I'll try to make a video on
that now on the video side of things we
didn't really get anything major here
compared to the Prine uh but I am happy
to report that quick take videos now
record in 4k 30 versus 1080p30 I think
this is an awesome upgrade and this is
probably one of my other favorite
features on the camera this year besides
the new photographic Styles now as far
as battery life goes if you're not
looking into the pro line and want to
stick with the base 16 series and you
want the best battery life definitely go
for the 16 plus it's been really good
for me I think I'm getting about an hour
or two more than the 16 Pro I was just
using and how I've been using the 16
plus as of late is just replying to a
bunch of emails and messages scrolling
and posting on social since I was on a
trip to Berlin recently and shooting a
bunch of photos for this video uh and I
was able to get about 7 hours of screen
on time which is pretty good and can
easily last you an entire day and maybe
till the next morning now I will still
be doing a full review on both the 16
and 16 plus once iOS 18.1 comes out with
apple intelligence I'll also be doing
the same for the iPhone 16 Pro and 16
Pro Max so stay tuned to the channel hit
that subscribe button and yeah I'll see
you all in the next one
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