iPhone 16 Pro Review: Not much new, but everything is better

Produced by Extra Ordinary for Cult of Mac
Music composed by Will Davenport, arranged by D. Griffin Jones

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Design
2:57 Desert Titanium
3:49 Size & Weight
4:33 Camera Control
6:43 Cameras
11:42 Apple Intelligence
15:13 Old New Features
20:31 Speed, Battery Life, Charging
21:54 iPhone 16 or 16 Pro?

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[qa]

Good review. Your dry humor always cracks me up.

[sharonb.]

Great review. Nice roundup of the highlights without the constant and unnecessary negativity. I especially enjoyed your realistic discussion of added features when coming from an older phone, not last year’s model!

[DaveEales]

The best iPhone review I think I’ve seen! So thorough but relatable (not just listing off tech specs). Great dry humour too…..As a Brit, that’s appreciated 👍🏻

[MetalMike]

Best hair in tech reviews! Thank you D. Griffin Jones.

[mark_edwards]

Apple iPhone users are the only premium smartphone users to upgrade to the latest phone and then also openly say they have little to no intention to use any of the new features that differentiate the new phones from previous models like cinematic modes, portrait mode, RAW 48mp still captures, the photo capture button, the new shortcut button, and especially always on display, which uses a negligible amount of battery power to work, etc. People complained about the iPhone not having AOD and when they finally gave it to us "The first thing I did was turn it off."

[norm]

Why aren’t you guys getting the views you deserve. Just good content. ❤

[michaelbakhtiar]

excellent. For phone call quality, this is actually important for business users. Not upload/download speeds but actual call reliability and quality. I'm curious what you found. Thank you!

[bmorehemi]

Hey nice video ..what case was that at 6:18?

[UltraDoug]

Great review. Question; how is the battery life with 18.1? I’m in the “brave” category, but not at the cost of a large hit on battery.

[Mmacrossfirekenai]

Refined = underwhelming. No AI (yet). No 8K recording. No USB 4. No Promotion 240 MHz. No reverse wireless charging. No true multitasking. No 48/48/48 MP cameras. No Aquamarine colour. It is an iPhone 15 Pro Max S. Apple should be embarrassed by this mediocre launch.