Introducing the New iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus: Innovations and Features

The new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus have arrived, packed with incredible new features. Not only has the new custom-made A18 been introduced, but also new amazing camera functions that elevate what the iPhone can do. Apple products are known for their design and elegance: it has always been a strength of the brand. The new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are no exception. They are also more robust and durable: they include a strong back glass, water and dust resistance, regular software updates, and the next-generation ceramic shield, now with an evolved composition that makes it 50% more resistant than the first generation and twice as strong as the glass of any other smartphone. Stronger Batteries They also address another issue. It is often joked about on social media regarding the short battery life of phones: 'Our relationship lasted less than an iPhone charge.' Well, the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus have been redesigned internally to make space for a larger battery and to facilitate heat dissipation, making battery maintenance easier. Thanks to the new internal design and the advanced power management made possible by iOS 18, the batteries are optimized to offer significantly longer life. The Super Retina XDR display with OLED technology and Dynamic Island is available in 6.1" and 6.7" sizes, offering an exceptional visual experience. The Action Button The Action Button debuts on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, allowing users to access various functions with a simple touch. It can be used to quickly activate the camera or flashlight, or to view controls, switch to Silent mode, recognize a song with Shazam, record a voice memo, switch to Focus mode, access accessibility features like Magnifier, or open Shortcuts for other options. The Action Button can also allow access to functions within apps, such as opening and closing the car with FordPass. New Camera Control Resulting from the perfect integration between hardware and software, Camera Control optimizes the photo and video experience on all iPhone 16 models and is a true concentration of innovation. It consists of a touch-sensitive switch that mimics the feel of a click, a high-precision pressure sensor that detects light touches, and a capacitive sensor that allows touch interactions. It allows you to quickly open the camera, take a photo, and start recording a video without missing a second of the action. A new camera preview helps the user perfect the framing and adjust other options, such as zoom, exposure, and depth of field, to compose spectacular photos or videos by swiping their finger on Camera Control. Additionally, software developers will be able to utilize Camera Control in third-party apps like Snapchat. Furthermore, Camera Control will provide visual information to help users learn more about objects and places quickly. Starting next year in the countries and territories where Apple Intelligence will be available, it will be possible to hold down Camera Control to quickly see the opening hours or ratings of a restaurant, add an event from a flyer to the calendar, instantly identify a dog breed, and much more. Camera Control will also serve as a gateway to third-party tools with specific functions, for example, when the user wants to search on Google where to buy a specific product or utilize ChatGPT's problem-solving capabilities. The user has control over when these third-party tools are used and what information is shared. New Video Features Now videos can be recorded with spatial audio, making the listening experience immersive when using a pair of AirPods, Apple Vision Pro, or a surround sound system. Both iPhone models introduce new creative ways to edit sound in videos with the Audio Mix feature, which leverages advanced intelligence and machine learning (ML). With Audio Mix, the user can edit the sound after recording to highlight the voice of the person in the frame, as if the video was recorded in a professional studio, or to place vocal tracks in the foreground and ambient sounds in the background. In wind noise reduction, powerful ML algorithms reduce unwanted sounds for better audio quality. What is the A18 Chip? The new chip is based on second-generation 3-nanometer technology which, in addition to enabling graphically demanding games, also makes computational photography functions possible and further accelerates Apple Intelligence. An updated 16-core Neural Engine is optimized for large generative models and allows ML models to run up to 2 times faster than the A16 Bionic chip. Designed for Apple Intelligence The iPhone 16 lineup is designed for Apple Intelligence and leverages the power of the Apple chip and Apple-created generative models to understand and create text and images, perform actions within apps, and rely on personal context to simplify and speed up everyday tasks. Apple Intelligence ensures user data privacy and security with Private Cloud Compute. This revolutionary approach allows flexible balancing of computing power between on-device processing and larger server-based models with dedicated Apple chips: an extraordinary advancement in privacy in artificial intelligence. Apple Intelligence offers users new ways to enhance their texts with system-wide writing tools that allow rewriting, correcting, and summarizing any document. Communicating and expressing oneself is also more fun with the ability to create an original Genmoji, while Image Playground allows creating humorous images in seconds. Additionally, Apple Intelligence summarizes notifications and highlights urgent messages with the Priority feature in Mail. In the Notes and Phone apps, users can record, transcribe, and summarize audio segments. When starting to record a call made with the Phone app, participants receive an automatic notification, and at the end of the conversation, Apple Intelligence generates a summary to capture key points. Siri Siri has a brand new design and becomes more natural and flexible, reaching unprecedented levels of system integration. With significantly improved language understanding, Siri understands users even when they stumble over words and doesn't lose track between one request and the next. Users can interact with Siri in writing and alternate between writing and voice commands to speed up everyday tasks. Siri now also has in-depth product knowledge and can answer thousands of questions about how to use iPhone and other Apple devices, and will be able to provide personalized information based on the user's personal context. Knowing what appears on the display, Siri can understand and interact with user content and can perform hundreds of new actions in Apple and third-party apps. While using iOS 18 features like Siri and Writing Tools, users can also easily access ChatGPT from OpenAI. iPhone 16 Prices iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will be available in ultramarine blue, aqua green, pink, white, and black colors, and in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB models. iPhone 16 starts at €979 (VAT included) or €40.79 per month, while iPhone 16 Plus starts at €1,129 (VAT included) or €47.04 per month. iOS 18: From September 16 Apple Intelligence will be available as a free software update. The first set of Apple Intelligence features will be available next month in beta as part of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1; additional features will be available in the following months. It will be available on iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max, and on iPad and Mac with M1 chip and later, setting Siri and the device language to American English. Apple Intelligence is not currently available on iPhones in the European Union. Over the next year, it will be available for additional languages and platforms.