The iPhone 16 Professional Max is just about a “phablet” — it is bought a bigger 6.9-inch display, up from the iPhone 15 Professional Max’s 6.7-inch show. So you possibly can’t inform me that the iPhone 16 Professional Max is not some kind of phone-and-tablet hybrid.
However you realize what? I am not complaining. I’ve by no means been within the “Waa! Phones are getting too big” camp. My jean pockets have at all times been giant sufficient to retailer my gigantic telephones.
Smaller telephones are usually not my jam. (Sorry, however I do not miss you iPhone mini!) A smaller chassis sometimes 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 mentioned, I bought to expertise the iPhone 16 Professional Max in my palm of fingers. Is it as unwieldy because it appears?
iPhone 16 Professional Max hands-on
The very first thing I wished 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 giant in my fingers.
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Nevertheless, once I picked it up, it was surprisingly comfy once I clutched it. I used to be a bit shocked by this. How does it not really feel awkward? It would not even really feel heavy, because of its Titanium enclosure.
Through 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 sequence, leakers could not appear to agree on Desert Titanium’s actual shade.
Some urged that it is pink, darkish gold, and even bronze. Nevertheless, Desert Titanium is a barely there shade. The easiest way to explain it? It is as if somebody dropped a little bit 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 ‘Digital camera Management’ button
Surprisingly, Apple did not reserve the brand new Digital camera Management button for the iPhone 16 Professional fashions. (Apple normally retains all of the cool new options for the upper-tier telephones.)
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I attempted the Digital camera Management button on each the entry-level iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional fashions, and as you’d anticipate, the previous is of course a little bit simpler to deal with as a result of the 6.1-inch cellphone is lighter and extra compact than the 6.9-inch machine.
Nevertheless, utilizing the Digital camera Management button on the iPhone 16 Professional Max was nonetheless manageable.
(I did a separate hands-on on the Digital camera Management button; learn it to see why I imagine the video seize possibility may very well be higher.)
Much less bezels, extra display actual property
The iPhone 16 Professional Max additionally has ultra-thin bezels. In different phrases, the body across the cellphone 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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Nevertheless, if Apple desires to create a distraction-free expertise with the show, I’m wondering if the Dynamic Island will see its approach out quickly. I’ve at all times been detached to that glorified notch function. Certain, the animations that let you know what your cellphone is as much as are fairly cool, however actually, if Apple eliminated the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 17 sequence, I would not miss it a lot.
What I am most excited for, nevertheless, is the truth that the iPhone 16 Professional Max could have some unbelievable 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 price it?
Another new options that the iPhone 16 Professional Max gives embrace a brand new 48MP ultrawide digital camera (so your panorama photographs and different wide-angle footage ought to prove higher than ever) and 4K video taking pictures 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 indicate off, most individuals will not actually profit from the aforementioned perks.
You’d simply be fantastic with the iPhone 16, significantly because it has the Digital camera Management button.
The iPhone 16 Professional Max begins at $1,199 through Apple’s official on-line retailer.
