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Boring and lackluster iPhone 16. Do like the warm Dessert titanium tho! Sticking to my 14 Pro, heavy as a brick but it’s a great performing machine.
 
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So what is the catch for the $1000 trade-in? I'll definitely get the new one if it's a straightforward contract commitment.
My guess is that Verizon, TMo, AT&T will have deals of up to 1k trade-in value spaced out over 24 billing cycle credits.

Apples trade in value directly will likely be much lower. I’m guessing $600 for a 15PM.
 
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Apple said that the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max were built from the ground up for Apple Intelligence. That may be a hint that at some point in the future the iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max and maybe even iPhone 16 will get AI features that won’t be available to the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max?
 
The event is boring. They should try updating the design when the software isn't good. This year's iPhone is bad, both hardware and software. That is what only Apple can do, be bad at both. These days, I feel like the Apple employees are busy "proving" themselves are useful so they don't have time to be useful. Apple died when Steve and Jony left.
As a true Apple fan, I have to say I'm very disappointed in you.
 
Unfortunately the same main camera as the 15 Pro if you need detailed 48 MP ProRAW photos and not the impressive 24 MP images. After the disappointment with the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, I switched back to the 14 Pro. My subjects are only 50 cm away and I need to capture a maximum of details that I can zoom into.
 
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Apple’s product roadmap is a decade long (Evidence: iPhone 1-X) and the majority of the phone buying public are locked into 3-4 year contracts. They roll upgrade at most twice in a decade. The fan-people who make themselves part of the masochistic annual cycle are a minority.
WTH! You have 3-4 year contracts in the US? I dont think you can even get a phone on a longer than a 2 year contract in Sweden.
Might be some kind of EU rule idk, but 3-4 years is insanely long tbh!
 
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Damn, the Pro is a snooze fest compared to the bumps the iPhone 16 got!
Even the rumored brighter and more efficient OLED panel was wrong.
16 Pro = 15 Pro with a capture button (lol), 4K 120fps that makes video files so big it can't fit on 128GB and 5x telephoto (you must give away 3x optical zoom as a tradeoff)
 
Because of that I'll never buy an 911 xD
You go back to a Porsche from 10 years ago and notice a major difference in performance and tech. You can go back to an iPhone from 5 years ago and not notice a drop in performance or functionality unless you are a gamer. You might actually notice an upgrade if you stumble upon a phone with Force Touch.
 
There are some great updates that many people will benefit from. The camera button, new 48MP Ultrawide/Macro lens/sensor, 4K120 looks awesome and I am very much looking forward to those features as I shoot a lot of photography and video. Bigger screen, great. 4 hours more battery, great. Faster CPU/GPU, always great especially with all the new AI software features coming and games if you are into that. Better audio is great. WiFi 7 is a surprise, and a nice to have for those that have the latest routers.

It's a bigger update than last year from a hardware and software perspective. I'm not sure what some people are expecting. All they say is BoRinG... that's really insightful.
 
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