The new iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are tipped for a wide range of upgrades, including larger displays, a powerful new A18 Pro chip, and lots of new generative AI features. Could they even be borrowing Gemini from Google? From the design and battery life to the cameras, here are all the biggest iPhone16 Pro rumors and leaks so far.
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00:00A larger screen, major camera upgrades,
00:02and lots and lots of AI.
00:04Yes, the regular iPhone 16 will be here before you know it,
00:07but I'm more excited for the iPhone 16 Pro
00:09and iPhone 16 Pro Max.
00:11Let's get into the biggest rumors right now.
00:14The first rumor we've been following
00:15about the iPhone 16 Pro is the display size,
00:18and it looks like we're going to get
00:19the biggest iPhone display ever.
00:22As a reminder, the iPhone Pro Max series
00:24has had a 6.7 inch display size
00:27since the iPhone 12 Pro Max was introduced back in 2020.
00:30Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that the new Pro Max
00:33will feature a 6.9 inch display.
00:36That would mean the iPhone's display would be even bigger
00:38than the 6.8 inch one on the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
00:42The regular iPhone 16 Pro is also tipped
00:44for a screen size increase,
00:46growing from 6.1 to 6.3 inches.
00:49That's not all in terms of design.
00:50The iPhone 16 Pro series could get a new control button
00:53on the right side of the phone
00:54below where the lock button currently sits.
00:56This button will apparently be separate
00:58from the action button that debuted on the iPhone 15 Pro,
01:01featuring a solid state capacitive design
01:04with haptic feedback.
01:05A leaker on Weibo is calling this the capture button
01:08and says that it'll likely be used
01:09to control the iPhone 16 Pro's camera,
01:11perhaps even acting as a focusing toggle.
01:14We're assuming that this capture button
01:15will be used to launch the camera and take photos quickly,
01:18but its force sensor functionality
01:20could open up other possibilities.
01:22For example, maybe you'll be able to make
01:24a more forceful press to start recording video.
01:27Speaking of the cameras, the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max
01:30are rumored to get some big upgrades.
01:32Apple needs a good encore
01:34for the Tetra Prism 5X optical zoom lens
01:36and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, after all.
01:38For starters, the regular iPhone 16 Pro
01:41is tipped for the same zoom upgrade,
01:42which would be a welcome boost.
01:44And both models are tipped
01:45to get a sharper 48 megapixel ultra wide camera,
01:49up from 12 megapixels on previous models.
01:51Plus, the main 48 megapixel sensor
01:53is tipped to have a larger lens that lets in more light,
01:56though this could be a Pro Max exclusive.
01:59If there's one thing we do know
02:00about the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max,
02:02it's that the phones will pack the A18 Pro chip.
02:05The A17 Pro was powerful,
02:07but Apple will need to speed things up with this new chip
02:09if it wants the iPhone 16 Pro Max
02:11to be the fastest phone around.
02:13If leaked Geekbench scores are a guide,
02:15the A18 Pro could reach a single-core result
02:17of over 3,500 and a multi-core score of over 9,300.
02:21That said, I'm more interested
02:23in the machine learning performance
02:24of the A18 Pro's neural engine.
02:27That neural engine is set to help the new iPhones
02:29with generative AI tasks.
02:31Apple is apparently investing heavily
02:33in multiple generative AI tools for the iPhone,
02:35including automating tasks
02:37that would normally take multiple steps using your voice,
02:40as well as a new version of Siri
02:41based on Apple's large language models.
02:44Apple is said to be boosting many of its own apps with AI, too,
02:47including Notes, Photos, and more.
02:50if Apple didn't finally introduce features
02:52such as removing objects from images
02:54or filling in backgrounds in pictures.
02:56Apple is also said to be in conversations with Google
02:59to potentially license its Gemini product for generative AI,
03:02but that feels like cheating.
03:04The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
03:06are expected to arrive this September,
03:08and we'll be tracking all the latest rumors
03:09leading up to the big reveal.
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03:17Otherwise, let me know which of these rumors
03:18sounds most exciting to you and not in the comments.
03:21I'm Mark Sprunauer, and I'll see you in the next video.