The iPhone 16 Pro adds a feature that I’ve dearly missed on my iPhone 15 Pro in the past year. It’s a welcome change.
The iPhone 16 Pro fixes one of my biggest annoyances with the iPhone 15 Pro. Both Pro models this year now feature the same camera setup. This is a different approach from last year when Apple decided to limit the new 5x optical zoom-capable telephoto sensor to the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
The smaller iPhone 15 Pro retained the older 12MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom. I’ve been using it since its launch last year, and I couldn’t be happier with the upgrade to the new 5x zoom sensor. Here’s why.Telephoto woes no more
The iPhone 16 Pro comes equipped with a 48-megapixel “Fusion camera,” a 48MP ultrawide lens, and a 12MP telephoto sensor, an upgrade from last year’s 48MP + 12MP + 12MP setup. Both primary and telephoto cameras on the iPhone 16 Pro feature the same megapixel count as the iPhone 15 Pro but have been upgraded to offer better imaging capabilities. The telephoto sensor remains the same as last year but is now available on both models.
In my time with the iPhone 15 Pro, I’ve missed having a more capable telephoto lens.
