With the new iPhone 16 Pro, Apple seems to have fixed most of the pressing issues with the 15 Pro, while adding a handful of new features in the process.
The iPhone 16 Pro packs a slew of upgrades that everyday users will appreciate. Apart from the new powerful and efficient A18 Pro processor, Apple has fixed (at least on paper) some outstanding issues with the new Pro lineup. This makes it one of the biggest Pro iPhone upgrades in years.
Apple’s last two standout features on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro were Dynamic Island and Action Button. While Apple has been introducing a hero feature each year, it made the iPhone 14 Pro unergonomic with added weight and a flat edge design.
It was fixed to an extent, using Titanium on the iPhone 15 Pro. However, two issues have plagued the Pro iPhones for years that were finally addressed with the 16 Pro.
The biggest issues with the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro were less-than-average battery life and lens flare, and Apple seems to have focused on those issues with the iPhone 16 Pro series. Apple says the iPhone 16 Pro series has the « best battery life on any iPhone. » It’s a tall claim, especially given that the battery life on my iPhone 15 Pro has been average at best.
I’m a heavy phone user, requiring a charge twice daily. The last time an iPhone offered an all-day battery life (and a bit more) was the iPhone 13 Pro Max. It remains the phone battery life benchmark for me to date. If the iPhone 16 Pro Max can reach anywhere near that experience, it’d be fantastic.
