The iPhone 16 Professional Max is just about a “phablet” — it is acquired a bigger 6.9-inch display screen, up from the iPhone 15 Professional Max’s 6.7-inch show. So you may’t inform me that the iPhone 16 Professional Max is not some type of phone-and-tablet hybrid.
However you recognize what? I am not complaining. I’ve by no means been within the “Waa! Telephones are getting too large” camp. My jean pockets have all the time been massive sufficient to retailer my gigantic telephones.
Smaller telephones usually are not my jam. (Sorry, however I do not miss you iPhone mini!) A smaller chassis usually means a smaller battery, which frequently results in shorter battery life. No thanks! Give me the mega handset with the mega battery runtime.
That being stated, I acquired to expertise the iPhone 16 Professional Max in my palm of arms. Is it as unwieldy because it appears?
iPhone 16 Professional Max hands-on
The very first thing I needed to check with the iPhone 16 Professional Max, particularly with its new 6.9-inch show, was whether or not it will really feel too massive in my arms.
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Nonetheless, after I picked it up, it was surprisingly comfy after I clutched it. I used to be a bit shocked by this. How does it not really feel awkward? It does not even really feel heavy, because of its Titanium enclosure.
Throughout the iPhone 16 showcase at Steve Jobs Theater, I could not assist however gravitate towards the Desert Titanium colorway. Earlier than the “Glowtime” occasion on Sept. 9 that unveiled the brand new iPhone 16 collection, leakers could not appear to agree on Desert Titanium’s precise shade.
Some instructed that it is pink, darkish gold, and even bronze. Nonetheless, Desert Titanium is a barely there shade. The easiest way to explain it? It is as if somebody dropped slightly little bit of pink in a bucket of beige paint.
iPhone 16 Professional Max in Desert Titanium
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As such, Desert Titanium is much less camel and extra sand in the case of its hue. (The iPhone 16 Professional Max additionally is available in White Titanium, Black Titanium, and Pure Titanium.)
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iPhone 16 Professional Max ‘Digicam Management’ button
Surprisingly, Apple did not reserve the brand new Digicam Management button for the iPhone 16 Professional fashions. (Apple often retains all of the cool new options for the upper-tier telephones.)
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I attempted the Digicam Management button on each the entry-level iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional fashions, and as you’d count on, the previous is of course slightly simpler to deal with as a result of the 6.1-inch telephone is lighter and extra compact than the 6.9-inch gadget.
Nonetheless, utilizing the Digicam Management button on the iPhone 16 Professional Max was nonetheless manageable.
(I did a separate hands-on on the Digicam Management button; learn it to see why I consider the video seize possibility could possibly be higher.)
Much less bezels, extra display screen actual property
The iPhone 16 Professional Max additionally has ultra-thin bezels. In different phrases, the body across the telephone has slimmed down, providing you with a better screen-to-body ratio. I’ve by no means been somebody who actually cared a lot about slim bezels, however I see the attraction.
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Nonetheless, if Apple desires to create a distraction-free expertise with the show, I’m wondering if the Dynamic Island will see its means out quickly. I’ve all the time been detached to that glorified notch characteristic. Certain, the animations that inform you what your telephone is as much as are fairly cool, however actually, if Apple eliminated the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 17 collection, I would not miss it a lot.
What I am most excited for, nevertheless, is the truth that the iPhone 16 Professional Max might have some unimaginable battery life. Greater than something, I worth lengthy runtimes and energy effectivity. I can not wait to check this dangerous boy and see how lengthy it lasts on a cost.
Is the iPhone 16 Professional Max value it?
Another new options that the iPhone 16 Professional Max presents embrace a brand new 48MP ultrawide digital camera (so your panorama pictures and different wide-angle footage ought to prove higher than ever) and 4K video capturing at 120Hz.
The iPhone 16 Professional Max additionally has improved mic high quality, too, in addition to the flexibility to layer audio over one other within the Voice Memos app.
These are unique to the iPhone 16 Professional fashions, however until you simply need to have the most recent and best iPhone simply to point out off, most individuals will not actually profit from the aforementioned perks.
You’d simply be tremendous with the iPhone 16, significantly because it has the Digicam Management button.
The iPhone 16 Professional Max begins at $1,199 through Apple’s official on-line retailer.
