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Here's What the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max Will Look Like

xgman said:
kinda looks just the same to me.
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Yeah, that’s what everyone going into the Apple Store will be saying too. Then the employee will say yeah it does look the same as the 15 Pro/Pro Max, but it has something the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max doesn’t have and that is next generation Siri, a 16 Pro/Pro Max exclusive!!!
 
Maybe its what the next "📷" camera will look like instead of the phone..since that is whats getting more changes and updates than the actual phone. ;)
 
OK, two years in the row, that’s enough, you already had your stupid fun with that extra roaming money gig with your American telecom psychos, now bring the sim tray back already…
 
I was using a friends Pixel 8, good camera but I like the iPhones better, but feature wise the call screening is grreat but it relises on AI, siri could not talk to a caller put them on hold and notify me who oit was if its not in my phone book, it would open my music app. I don't care to much about design, I am fed up with new chip better battery life where it stays the same but we get more bloated features.

I'm using less and less of them these days, but just give me some of the pixels features, with a true browser of my choice, I mean you can have Firefox with ublock Origin on the pixel 8, not webkit versions. Android has changed a lot, I quite like it but I'm in deep with the Apple ecosystem and changing would not be easy, so Apple think better battery life and maybe features people need, not a journal when that's what the app store is for. <sigh>
 
Looks exactly like the 15 Pro models, except for the Capture button. Would love to hear more about the new colour
 
Hardly ever use the action button on my current 15PM - I don't need another one!
This year is going to be a 'skip year' for me. See no compelling reason to upgrade.
 
I wonder why taller?
I already see far too many people walking about with their huge iPhones sticking half way out of their pockets.

On the other hand, fashions are changing and the move is definitely away from skinny jeans/trousers toward HUGE cargo trousers… massive pockets.

Is this change in fashion being driven by the need to accommodate the massive phones current?

Some of these pockets walking about can easily accommodate an iPad it seems.

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MacRumors said:
Here's What the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max Will Look Like
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And once again MacRumours stumble over the use of a simple modal verb.

Might, could or may would have been better to use.

Pedantic of me? Perhaps.
Unless of course you have the iPhone 16 Pro in your hands right now, signed off by Tim Cook et al, it is still speculation, no matter how many 3D renders you commission.
 
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Maybe upgrading every year wasn't such a good idea after all. While letting computers (remember them} languish for years.
 
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xbjllb said:
Maybe upgrading every year wasn't such a good idea after all. While letting computers (remember them} languish for years.
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I wonder what's Mother Nature input on these "each year new marginally upgraded stuff" :cool:
 
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atomic.flip said:
Man it’s really gotten to be so damn formulaic with these miniscule iterative design changes. Do we really need annual revisions? I think it would be worth considering a two or even three year release cycle with a more profound design revision in that span of time.

Meanwhile the focus could be on software interface refinement.

Idk. I just don’t see this as a sustainable business model anymore. And especially if you consider the carbon footprint all this needless production leaving behind. I really think we need to reconsider how this entire (mobile) market segment is driven.
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The changes are only small if you upgrade your phone every year, but if you upgrade every two or three years the changes are noticeable.
 
summiter said:
I’ve been an iPhone buyer every year since the 3g. This year is the first year I’ve actually seriously considered moving away from Apple. The micro iterations and mostly unchanged UI and body design are now just fatiguing and unexciting.
Just personal thoughts. Would be interested in what other long-time iPhone users are thinking.
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The micro iterations don’t bother me. We are ensconced within the ecosystem. Someone in the family gets a new phone every year but not everybody gets a new phone every year automatically.

There are only so many shapes a phone can be in. Foldables may not be the last great frontier. Apple and other manufacturers of consumer devices have to innovate outside of the phone. If I had the 14pm I wouldn’t have necessarily bought a 15pm, but having both in the family the 15pm is more than a micro iteration. The small adjustments in dimensions and balancing and titanium make the world of difference in the hand.
 
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You really shouldn't use words like “will” until it’s announced, otherwise you’re misleading people who don’t follow rumours as closely as some of us do
 
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JCCL said:
Talking about the rumored capture button. Good for you that you need so much of a flashlight that need a dedicated button for that. The button on the Lock Screen is more than enough for all my flashlight needs. And I do have the flashlight assigned to the action button in my Apple Watch Ultra in case I want to go to the bathroom at night. Much more useful there. The action button in my iPhone 15 Pro Max only use is to do be pressed accidentally, which is why it’s back to a more inconvenient mute switch. Less disruptive action in case of accidental press.
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I have the same settings on my Apple Watch Ultra but could never sleep with it on as it’s uncomfortable to wear at night. There should never be any complaints about added features that you may not use. As others do. Especially when you can simply disable them 🤦‍♂️
 

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Gosh, Apple should patent all those things which aren't straight lines, especially the ones that closed back onto themselves for the lens.

BTW, 'touch' surfaces? That looks like a recipe for disaster from past experience with that kind of control from static, user feedback to diagnose 'issues', damage meaning replacement of the entire bezel, etc. Maybe I'll pop for the iPhone 15 instead.
 
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I’ve been an iPhone buyer every year since the 3g. This year is the first year I’ve actually seriously considered moving away from Apple. The micro iterations and mostly unchanged UI and body design are now just fatiguing and unexciting.
Just personal thoughts. Would be interested in what other long-time iPhone users are thinking.
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Or you could... just don't upgrade every year and wait 2 or 3 years instead? There hasn't been a compelling reason to upgrade annually for quite a while, even on the Android side. Why is your reaction to completely jump ship to Android instead of just stop throwing money away each year?
 
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Having kept the 14 Pro Max, I am actually looking forward to next year, where I can choose between three sizes conceivably (16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max). I think the overall point, though, is to buy a phone and keep it for two or three years. Most people I see are still on phones with notches, so the vast majority of iPhone users haven't bough the 14 or 15 Pro Phones.

Also - I am starting to feel the best value is in the regular series
 
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