iPhone comparability chart: Each iPhone in contrast

The iPhone 16 is a giant leap from the earlier era, the truth is, the step is giant sufficient that it’s catching the Professional mannequin up. The place the iPhone 15 introduced only some new options that the iPhone 14 lacked, within the iPhone 16 we’ve got a brand new cellphone with a considerably higher processor, the brand new Digicam Seize and Motion buttons, and improved battery life. The query is extra about why you’ll wish to purchase the iPhone 16 Professional when you may get an honest cellphone for $200/£200 much less.

The iPhone 16 has a brand new look because of a daring shade palette and two new buttons on the right-hand aspect: the Motion button and a Digicam Seize button. The colours on supply are Ultramarine, Teal, Pink, White, Black, all darker shades than the earlier era. Shade selections are a matter of private choice, however we’d recommend that selecting a brand new iPhone primarily based on the colour could be a nasty thought as you may be retaining it in a case if you’re smart.

The Motion button first arrived on the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max in 2023. It’s a customizable button that provides fast entry to numerous features that you could select, such because the flashlight (torch), activating Voice Memos, or accessibility options. The Digicam Management button is a brand new function of all 4 2024 iPhones and lets customers shortly entry digital camera instruments and use numerous gestures to regulate digital camera features like publicity or depth of subject. This digital camera button makes use of a Taptic Engine to simulate the sensation that it’s being pressed, so that you get a bit extra suggestions than the onscreen button.

Nonetheless, the Digicam Management button has its limitations: you received’t have the ability to use it whereas sporting gloves. This button is an effective motive to decide on the smaller iPhone fashions although, as it may be a little bit of an uncomfortable stretch to make use of when you’ve got small fingers.

The cameras themselves get a lift within the iPhone 16 because of some improvements. The 2-in-one ‘Fusion’ digital camera presents inbuilt 2x telephoto performance and incorporates a new 48-megapixel sensor that provides higher decision and light-weight depth. The 12MP Extremely Huge digital camera has a bigger aperture and greater pixels than the earlier era. It will possibly seize 2.6x extra mild and may now shoot shut‑up macro images or wider images.

With regards to video the iPhone 16 can shoot 4K/60fps, which is greater than sufficient for most individuals. A brand new Audio Combine function enables you to alter the way in which voices sound in your movies. You’ll be able to lower background sound, or simply concentrate on the voices which can be in body, for instance. There’s additionally a brand new Spatial Seize function, however that solely actually issues to those that personal a Imaginative and prescient Professional.

Most of the new photo-related options are made doable by the A18 chip. It is a leap of two generations from the A16 that featured within the iPhone 15 (and the iPhone 14 Professional earlier than that). Since 2022’s iPhone 14, Apple has given the usual iPhone the processor utilized by the Professional fashions within the previous era, however in 2024, somewhat than equip the iPhone 16 with the A17, the iPhone 16 has the identical era of processor because the iPhone 16 Professional, albeit with one fewer GPU chip and different behind-the-scenes variations.

The A18 is a powerful chip and our Geekbench outcomes show it. Within the Geekbench 6 multi-processor check the iPhone 16 reveals a major 25% improve in efficiency from 6,242 factors to 7,828 factors. Efficiency jumps within the graphics benchmarks had been much more pronounced.

One other enchancment in comparison with the earlier era is the battery. The telephones have been re-engineered to raised dissipate warmth and to create space for a bigger battery, consequently, battery life extends to 22 hours on the iPhone 16, in comparison with 20 on the iPhone 15. In order for you longer battery life, each the iPhone 16 Plus and iPhone 16 Professional can handle 27 hours, whereas the Professional Max boosts that to 33 hours.

Additionally learn: Greatest iPhone 16 offers (US) and Greatest iPhone 16 offers (UK)

If it’s an enormous iPhone you need then the iPhone 16 Professional Max has the largest display on an iPhone ever. Just like the iPhone 16 Professional, Apple’s upped the display measurement for this era, so the iPhone 16 Professional Max now boasts a 6.9-inch display, up from 6.7 inches. The bigger display is made doable by diminished bezels, so the size aren’t a lot larger than the earlier era and it’s a related measurement to the iPhone 16 Plus. It’s about 30g heavier than the iPhone 16 Plus and iPhone 16 Professional although.

Aside from that there’s little to separate the iPhone 16 Professional and the iPhone 16 Professional Max, so all the small print within the iPhone 16 Professional part (under) apply right here too. This yr the cameras in each the professional iPhones are equivalent, so that’s now not a motive to go Max.

What stands out most in regards to the iPhone 16 Professional Max is the battery life, which, in accordance with Apple is as much as 33 hours in comparison with 27 hours for the iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Plus. These are Apple’s battery claims and rely upon what you might be utilizing the iPhone for. However six further hours of battery life ought to be important. That mentioned, does battery life past the size of a typical waking day actually matter? In idea, it may get you thru most of a second day when you didn’t have entry to a charger the night time earlier than.

For those who like a big cellphone and also you need all of the digital camera options the iPhone 16 Professional Max will greater than fulfill, though when you’ve got the iPhone 15 Professional Max you possibly can simply wait one other era for the iPhone 17 Professional Max with out lacking out on an excessive amount of.

The hole might have closed considerably between the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Professional, however there are nonetheless loads of options solely provided by the iPhone 16 Professional that will nicely entice you, and a few important generational updates worthy of consideration. 

First up, maybe the obvious distinction (apart from the brand new Digicam Management button which is a function of all the brand new iPhones for 2024) is the bigger display. It’s now not the case that the iPhone 16 and 16 Professional share the identical display measurement, now the iPhone 16 Professional incorporates a 6.3-inch show, up from 6.1 inches. The cellphone itself is simply fractionally larger than the iPhone 16, the bigger display is made doable by diminished bezels. It weighs a good bit greater than the junior handset although, at 199 video games (7.03 ounces) somewhat than 170 grams (6.00 ounces). Solely the Professional fashions get the All the time-On show and ProMotion (120hz) refresh fee launched a few generations in the past.

The opposite factor setting the professional and normal iPhones aside is the colour selections. Historically Apple positions the usual iPhone as extra consumer-friendly, with enjoyable daring shade selections. The Professional fashions get extra businesslike micro-blasted metallic finishes. The 2024 iPhone 16 Professional shade choices aren’t rather a lot totally different from the iPhone 15 Professional shade choices. The brand new entry is Desert Titanium, changing Blue Titanium as an possibility. Desert Titanium is a pleasant shade that fluctuates between bronze and a delicate rose gold relying on the sunshine. On the finish of the day, the colour doesn’t actually matter as a result of you’ll put it in a case to guard it regardless of Apple’s claims that each one the 2024 iPhones are protected by next-generation Ceramic Protect expertise that makes it two occasions more durable than any sensible­cellphone glass.

Externally not so Mac has modified, however on the within it’s a unique story. There are inside design enhancements together with modifications to the aluminum thermal substructure and again glass optimizations that additional dissipate warmth and allow as much as 20 % higher sustained carry out­ance than 15 Professional, in accordance with Apple. 

The A18 Professional chip within the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max is superior to the A18 within the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus. In our Geekbench exams, the iPhone 16 Professional Max scored 8,146 in comparison with 7,828 within the iPhone 16. There’s additionally two occasions quicker hardware-accelerated ray tracing within the A18 Professional that can improve video games. In follow, you might be unlikely to learn from the computing energy of the A18 Professional, until you shoot skilled movies or play video games like “Resident Evil Village” on the absolute best graphics settings. However that has all the time been the case with Professional fashions.

Talking of images, that is an space the place the iPhone 16 Professional and Max stand out from the iPhone 16 and Plus. There have been occasions previously the the Professional Max would have a superior digital camera, however this yr the iPhone 16 Professional will get the identical digital camera because the 16 Professional Max. 

As is conventional, the Professional mannequin has a three-lens array on the rear module whereas the iPhone 16 has two lenses on the again. For 2024, there’s a new 48MP Fusion digital camera with second-generation quad-pixel sensor. The rear digital camera is made up of the 48MP f/1.78 Fusion, 48Mp f/2.2 Extremely Huge, and 12Mp f/2.8 Telephoto lenses. The latter lens now brings 5x optical zoom capabilities to the Professional. Beforehand the  5x optical zoom was solely a function of the iPhone 15 Professional Max.

There’s additionally a brand new 48MP Extremely Huge digital camera with a extra superior quad-pixel sensor for high-resolution 48MP ProRAW and HEIF images. Macro images has been a function of the Professional iPhones for a while, however now that it’s obtainable on the iPhone 16 Apple wants to supply one thing extra on the professionals, which is 48MP macro images. There’s additionally new second-generation sensor-shift optical picture stabilization on the professional fashions. 

The brand new 48MP Fusion digital camera brings Cinematic Slo-mo to the professional iPhones by enabling 4K 120 fps Dolby Imaginative and prescient, that’s up from 4K/60fps on the iPhone 15 Professional. There’s now what Apple calls a studio-quality four-mic array for capturing audio and you can even remix the audio to take away or change the prominence of audio components like off-screen speaking. 

These digital camera options are spectacular, however they could solely be essential for images professionals and people wanting to begin a movie profession.

The iPhone 16 Plus is actually an even bigger model of the iPhone 16. It options the identical digital camera and processor. All the things we point out within the iPhone 16 part applies right here too. Nonetheless, there are each advantages and downsides to the bigger type issue. 

One key profit is that the iPhone 16 Plus presents higher battery life than the smaller iPhone 16. Just like the iPhone 16 Professional, the iPhone 16 Plus can supply 27 hours, in accordance with Apple’s exams, whereas the iPhone 16 is proscribed to 22 hours. It’s one hour greater than the iPhone 15 Plus’s 26 hours. Nonetheless a great distance behind the iPhone 16 Professional Max with 33 hours, although.  

That is one motive why the iPhone 16 Professional Max might be thought of a extra worthy buy: in order for you a giant cellphone with the very best battery life the Professional Max mannequin is additional forward than the iPhone 16 Plus.

Aside from battery life, the variations between the iPhone 16 Plus and the iPhone 16 Professional Max are (just like the variations between the iPhone 16 and 16 Professional) much less pronounced than traditional. There’s a smaller hole between processors within the professional and normal fashions than there was in a few years, and the entire iPhone 16 sequence shares the Digicam Management and Motion buttons. 

As talked about within the iPhone 16 part, the Digicam Management button could also be a little bit of a stretch to make use of comfortably on the iPhone 16 Plus when you’ve got small fingers. You probably have small fingers the Plus in all probability isn’t going to be that snug to carry anyway. If you’re fortunate sufficient to not be deprived by hand measurement, the massive display is an effective motive to decide on the Plus measurement over the smaller iPhone. But when it’s a extremely massive display you need then you definately may wish to contemplate the even-bigger iPhone 16 Professional Max. 

Just like the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Professional, is considerably higher than the earlier era, however the place we’d recommend that the variations between the iPhone 16 and 16 Professional are much less pronounced, the variations between the iPhone 16 Plus and Professional Max are extra important. 

Whereas the usual iPhone 15 mannequin didn’t get all of the bells and whistles of 2023’s Professional fashions, it did supply some nice new options compared to 2022’s iPhone 14. 

First up is the Dynamic Island, the breakthrough function of the iPhone 14 Professional and Max that transforms the notch into one thing a bit of extra helpful. The iPhone 15 doesn’t get the opposite options of the iPhone 14 Professional although: there’s no ProMotion and no All the time-On show, for instance. 

The digital camera for the iPhone 15 can be higher than the predecessor’s. It good points a dual-lens rear digital camera with 48MP f/1.6 Essential, 12MP f/2.4 Extremely Huge; and as much as 2X optical zoom. That’s in comparison with the 12MP Essential with ƒ/1.5 aperture within the iPhone 14. Like all of the 2023 iPhones it additionally good points Good HDR 5. 

This era’s colours: black, blue, inexperienced, yellow, and pink are a bit extra muted than the bolder blue, purple, yellow, midnight, starlight, and Product Crimson of 2022. In comparison with the brilliant shade choices of the iPhone 16 they appear like pastel shades. We favor them.

The place the iPhone 15 Professional fashions are smaller, on account of diminished bezels, the iPhone 15 is definitely a tiny bit taller than the iPhone 14 at 5.81in (147.6cm) in comparison with 5,78in (146.7mm). It additionally weighs a fraction greater than the predecessor did. The iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 share the identical dimensions.

All of the 2023 iPhones supply a USB-C port the place the Lightning port as soon as was. The USB-C port on the Professional fashions presents some extra professional options although, for instance, the USB-C on the iPhone 15 helps USB 2 whereas the identical port on the iPhone 15 Professional (and 16 Professional) helps USB 3 as much as 10GB/s. 

The iPhone 15 will get the processor of the iPhone 14 Professional, the A16 Bionic. It has a 6-core CPU and a 5-core GPU and will supply a pleasant enhance in comparison with that within the iPhone 14. 

Additionally learn: Greatest iPhone 15 offers (US) and Greatest iPhone 15 offers (UK).

The iPhone 15 Plus is actually a bigger model of the iPhone 15 and it shares the identical options,  together with the USB-C port and A16 Bionic chip with 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU). 

It has a 6.7-inch show just like the iPhone 15 Professional Max, however is definitely barely bigger than the professional variant. Regardless of this, it’s lighter than the Professional Max at 7.09oz somewhat than 7.81oz, and can be lighter than the 2022 Plus mannequin was. 

The Professional Max is the superior cellphone with its “tetra prism” periscope lens, 5x zoom, and different options, however the iPhone 15 Plus does a minimum of get an improved digital camera in comparison with the earlier era, with a brand new 48MP principal digital camera with a ƒ/1.6 aperture in comparison with the 14 Plus’s 12MP, ƒ/1.5 aperture. It additionally presents Good HDR 5. 

Just like the iPhone 15, the Plus will get the Dynamic Island, which transforms the notch into one thing a bit of extra helpful. You received’t discover the opposite options of the iPhone 14 Professional although: there’s no ProMotion and no All the time-On show. 

The worth is best for 2023. The iPhone 14 Plus began at $929 / £949 however the iPhone 15 Plus will begin at $899/£899. 

Fairly than upgrading the processor to the A16 Bionic, as seen within the iPhone 14 Professional (and Max), the iPhone 14 (and Plus) as a substitute options the A15 Bionic, albeit the variant from the iPhone 13 Professional. This was the primary time Apple gave the usual iPhone the professional iPhone’s hand-me-downs–it did the identical with the iPhone 15. The iPhone 16 will get a brand-new chip although.

The iPhone 14 was similar to the iPhone 13, however provided some digital camera enhancements together with a quicker aperture (ƒ/1.5 somewhat than ƒ/1.6) and a bigger sensor on the primary digital camera to deliver higher total efficiency and enhancements in low-light capturing. The iPhone 14 additionally advantages from the Photonic Engine computational system that helps seize extra element in difficult mild and aids options corresponding to Foreground Blur.

The Motion Mode was one other bonus function that made the iPhone 14 a greater cellphone than the iPhone 13. Motion Mode means you may video whereas strolling, and even working and get a gentle consequence. It’s a enjoyable function that folks will in all probability reap the benefits of. The selfie digital camera on the entrance can be improved on the iPhone 14, with an even bigger aperture and autofocus.

There are different options that the iPhone 14 presents and the iPhone 13 lacked, such because the Crash Detection function. If you’re in such a state of affairs then you definately’ll in all probability be glad to have the 14.

As for the way the iPhone 14 compares to the iPhone 15, which additionally prices simply $100/£100 extra, the newer iPhone presents rather a lot for that extra cash, together with a superior 48MP digital camera, USB-C port, Dynamic Island, and the A16 Bionic chip. For an additional $200/£200 you possibly can get the way more superior iPhone 16 although, which presents Apple Intelligence options.

Additionally learn: Greatest iPhone 14 offers.

When it was launched as a model new mannequin in 2022, the iPhone 14 Plus rocked the boat a bit as a result of it meant that individuals who might need chosen the iPhone 14 Professional Max, as a result of they needed a giant iPhone, now had a alternative. They may save an honest sum of money and buy a brand new iPhone with normal options. Or, to have a look at it one other manner, they may lower your expenses and get extra storage by selecting a 512GB iPhone 14 Plus over a 256GB iPhone 14 Professional Max. For some, extra storage will trump extra Professional options.

Now Apple has dropped the value of the iPhone 14 Plus to $699/£699 from its unique $929/£949, so it’s good value in order for you a giant cellphone and don’t thoughts that it’s an older mannequin.

The second era iPhone SE (launched in 2022) is the smallest iPhone bought by Apple. It’s the same measurement to what the iPhone 8 was, so if that’s the iPhone measurement that’s best for you then that is the iPhone to think about – though we’d recommend an iPhone with a 6.1-inch display (the iPhone 14, 15 or 16) could be preferable (the display is bigger, however the iPhone isn’t rather a lot larger).

Nonetheless, there’s one different essential motive why for some individuals the iPhone SE is an effective alternative. Anybody who feels that they want the Residence button will in all probability really feel misplaced with any iPhone apart from the iPhone SE. Whereas most of us can alter to Face ID and swiping somewhat than urgent a button, some profit from the accessibility of a bodily button, and there’s no doubt that’s the reason why Apple nonetheless sells an iPhone with a button (though we don’t know for the way for much longer that would be the case). There’s a manner so as to add a software program Residence button to any iPhone although. Learn: The best way to add a software program Residence button.

The opposite motive to decide on the 2022 iPhone SE is that it’s Apple’s most cost-effective iPhone you should purchase new. It now prices $429/£429. Though that’s greater than the older generations price: the 2020 iPhone SE price $399.

Whereas we don’t actually advocate shopping for the iPhone SE, when you want that Residence button–and we all know some older folks who’re involved about not having that button–it’s the one obtainable possibility. If you’re on the lookout for an iPhone for an aged relative, this may be the one, see: Greatest iPhone for seniors.

Additionally learn: Greatest iPhone SE offers.