1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,920 My new phone arrived, I just have to choose it. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,960 And I gotta admit, I'm a little scared. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,120 I don't know what's worse. The Android fanboys who are gonna tear me apart 4 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:14,160 for choosing an iPhone, or the Apple fanboys 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:21,000 who are gonna tear me apart for picking the wrong one. In front of me, I've got the 16, 16 Pro, 16 Plus, 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,480 and 16 Pro Max. And by the end of this, one will have replaced 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,400 my trusty Galaxy Note 9. 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,080 I already kind of miss my stylus. You know, I use it as a camera shutter button 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,840 more often than anything else. So you can use the rear camera and remote trigger. 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,840 But hey, I'm not gonna need that because across the whole lineup, 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,360 we get Apple's camera slider control button thing 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,080 that I've heard about, but haven't actually gotten a chance to use yet. 13 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,320 In spite of the fact that a shocking number of people here at the office 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:56,000 have already upgraded to these phones. Dude, Andy whipped his out on my recent trip. 15 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,640 Well, you've already got one. You guys are crazy. And we'll talk about that. 16 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,720 But first, let's decide whether a titanium 17 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,760 versus aluminum chassis is worth the additional money, 18 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,680 not to mention the extra accessories that are included with the Pro... 19 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,760 Sorry, I'm just kidding. They all just come with a standard USB-C to USB-C cable 20 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:20,440 and a SIM removal tool. Even though the Pro models do support USB-3 transfer speeds 21 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:25,160 with their Type-C port, they still only come with a USB-2 capable cable 22 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,680 because Apple wants you to spend a bunch of money on a cable. 23 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:34,600 I mean, Apple wants to save the planet by including less copper, one cable at a time. 24 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,720 Oh, wait, I didn't bring my 12 Pro. 25 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,800 So you guys don't know this, but I'm actually kind of a closet semi-Apple user already. 26 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,120 I have a 12 Pro for when I need to take a picture where the quality matters. 27 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,440 So instead of just a 48 megapixel main shooter and 12 megapixel ultra-wide, 28 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:54,440 you get a 48 main, 48 ultra-wide, and a dedicated 12 megapixel telephoto. 29 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,600 Although it's possible that won't even matter that much to you 30 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:03,280 because the main shooter on the 16 can apparently operate in like a pseudo 12 megapixel 31 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,320 telephoto mode with optical quality digital zoom, 32 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:11,720 whatever that means. Anyway, we've gotten off the point a little bit. The camera bump is bigger and thicker 33 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,840 and the whole phone is actually a little bit thicker 34 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,200 and more importantly is a little heavier. It's not a huge deal. 35 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:24,000 If I wasn't holding them side by side, I wouldn't care. But this kind of reinforces my original leanings 36 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,800 that I think I want the regular 16. I don't think I'm willing to pay the extra for the phone. 37 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,280 It took me until now. I've actually had them on for about 10 minutes 38 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,840 while I did retakes to notice the thinner bezel. 39 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:41,440 I totally forgot about it. It's nice. Aluminum titanium, don't really feel that different to me. 40 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,560 Am I missing something here? There's also a slight size difference. 41 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,280 Aside from just the bezels? Yeah. Oh, so there is. 42 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,720 Very, very small. But you know what? That's probably contributing to the difference 43 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,280 in the like weighty feeling of it. Not now, Siri. 44 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,720 Oh my God. Oh, stop. Oh, the dynamic island. 45 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:07,400 I get to experience that fresh joy. But I'm probably gonna get to that more 46 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,960 in the full review over on LTT. For now, I wanna talk about a feature 47 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,320 that genuinely excites me and that is the action button. 48 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,360 It's not strictly speaking new. We already saw it on the 15 Pro series, 49 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,120 but it's new to the regular 16, meaning this is the cheapest. 50 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,240 You've been able to get an action button, which is essentially just a macro 51 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,960 that can be programmed for all kinds of cool things. So you hold to ring by default, 52 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,200 but it can be configured to launch various apps, 53 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,640 perform a variety of system functions. Oh my God, this menu is terrible. 54 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,640 Just give me a scrollable list. What the hell is wrong with you? 55 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,520 What do you mean? No, this is awful. Oh, it's pretty. 56 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,280 I don't care. I can't see what the fuck all the options are. Just scroll through the whole goddamn thing. 57 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,920 Okay, let's look at what we got here. Focus, camera. 58 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,120 Wait, don't I have a dedicated camera button? Okay, well, whatever. 59 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,560 I can also use the action button to launch the camera because I'm into it like that. 60 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,480 Accessibility options, that's super cool. Hold on a second. 61 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,160 Can you set it to like double tap and triple tap and long press it? 62 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:14,000 No. Oh, well, fine. I'm gonna go with flashlight. 63 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Yeah, buddy. Wait, what? 64 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,640 Oh, I gotta hold it. Oh, can you configure it to be a toggle? 65 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:29,160 No. Okay, well, wait, I gotta, now I gotta hold it again. 66 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:35,200 Okay, well, progress. New across both models though, is the camera control. 67 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,320 I don't know whether to call it button or slider. I'm gonna call it interface. 68 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:44,520 So you press it once and it launches the camera. Press it again, boom, you've taken a picture. 69 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:49,120 That was pretty darn fast. Was it that much faster than the double click 70 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,320 on my note nine and then pressing a volume button? I don't know, but it was definitely fast. 71 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,160 And it does more than just that. I can do a light press. 72 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,800 Ooh, that is a really light press. And I can adjust my zoom. 73 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:07,040 That is, why does Apple scroll everything backwards? 74 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:12,120 Why do they do that? Does this not feel backwards to you? You're like a lifelong Apple user. 75 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,640 It's naturally pushing it away or bringing it forward. It's left and right. 76 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:22,200 It's not a way or toward you. The bigger issue is that compared to pressing the screen, 77 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,520 clicking the button causes a little bit more camera shakes. 78 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,920 So one of our camera guys, Andy, who already got himself a 16 Pro is like, 79 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,960 yeah, I'm not gonna use it. I'm just gonna use the onscreen button. Wow, it really doesn't seem more convenient. 80 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,560 It would need to be here. Has anyone talked about the location of this button yet? 81 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:43,440 Hmm, I don't know, Apple. I think you missed the mark by like two centimeters. 82 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:50,240 Wow. I can almost read the LTT on that cable tie. 83 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,360 I could probably find the Easter eggs that incriminated case defy on your laptop. 84 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,640 This is awesome. The only problem for selling me a Pro 85 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,800 is that the regular 16 is also like fricking awesome. 86 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,480 I don't think I've seen anything yet to convince me to go with the Pro. 87 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:10,920 So right now we're comparing, you know, crappy digital zoom to optical zoom. 88 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,760 Oh, dude, dude, you look like trash. 89 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:19,400 But here, look at that. Glorious, okay. 90 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,480 Regular 16, you're making him look too glorious right now. 91 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,720 Stop it. That's the rare shiny thing. The shiny thing. 92 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:31,520 It's because they're touching. They're not touching. The point is, that's a lot better. 93 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,880 Enough to spend another couple hundred dollars? I don't know. Both of them support new photographic styles. 94 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:41,080 You can change your, I don't know, your undertones. 95 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:46,560 Oh yeah, I could do that, right? I'm sure my kids would love this, you know? 96 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:53,120 One of the other big differentiators for the camera is support for 120 frame per second 4K recording 97 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,120 on the Pro models. And one of Apple's justifications for this, 98 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:03,600 like why you would ever need that, is 120 FPS can actually be perfectly reduced 99 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,440 to any other frame rate that you would want to use. And I remember having a conversation 100 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,000 with one of our old camera guys, Brandon, like eight years ago, I was like, yeah, 101 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:15,400 we should just shoot everything at 120 because then we can upload at any frame rate we want. 102 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:21,880 And he was like, that's the stupidest thing I ever heard Linus. You wouldn't get the proper feel during panning shots 103 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:26,320 that you get from like that cinematic 24 frames per second. So we're gonna put that to the test. 104 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:31,560 Oh, since we're in here, this audio mix stuff is kind of cool. You can change it to either sound like a standard phone camera 105 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,840 or like more like you were in a, you know, treated studio or whatever else. 106 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:40,360 Did I say a hundred FPS? Here, let's play it back at 25. 107 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,240 Hmm. Yeah, that's not what I meant by that. 108 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:54,040 Well, I'm sure there's a way to do that. And I will either figure that out for the full review 109 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,040 or I will not care about it because I don't care about it. Let's talk about what's under the hood. 110 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,240 Both the Pro and non-Pro are getting A18 class silicon, 111 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,760 which is an improvement from last generation where non-Pro users got last gen silicon. 112 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,200 But we're getting an A18 Pro versus a regular A18. 113 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:14,640 The main difference between which seems to be a slightly more powerful GPU, a bit more cache, 114 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,280 an upgraded display engine, as well as image signal processor and video encoder, 115 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,320 all of which are supposed to contribute to more of those Pro video features 116 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:28,200 like that high refresh rate 4K recording. I don't know if any of those things 117 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:33,700 are the kind of thing that the average person is likely to miss day to day. 118 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:37,380 Although I will say that the differences are starting to add up. 119 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:42,460 Let's have a look at the screens. Now let's play a game. I'm not gonna tell you which of these phones is which. 120 00:08:42,460 --> 00:08:45,580 You're not gonna look that closely at the bezel, okay? 121 00:08:45,580 --> 00:08:49,420 You're just gonna try and tell from the screen. Wow, they look good. 122 00:08:49,420 --> 00:08:54,700 Do you know which one is which? If you said this is the Pro, congratulations, you're right. 123 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:59,700 But shame on you, you're a cheater. Because to the eye, the difference between these 124 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:03,060 is not discernible. Even Apple's own specs says 125 00:09:03,060 --> 00:09:06,780 that they have the same performance when it comes both to peak brightness 126 00:09:06,780 --> 00:09:10,700 and even to sustained brightness. And we recorded the same in our lab 127 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:14,820 for both the non-Pro and the Pro models, which I think is a really good thing 128 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:19,180 because it means that content creators can target one display essentially 129 00:09:19,180 --> 00:09:23,580 for this entire generation of iPhones, with the only difference being the slight size difference 130 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:27,060 and of course the elephant in the room, 131 00:09:27,060 --> 00:09:32,720 which is the difference in refresh rate. So once again, the non-Pro does not get 132 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:37,180 a Pro motion display, meaning that it will only run at 60 Hertz. 133 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,680 Have you seen the controversy around the Pro where they took a high speed camera 134 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:45,560 and found that it only ever reaches about 80 Hertz instead of the advertised 120? 135 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:49,760 Dude, it's noticeable. Do you see that stutter? 136 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:54,400 Here, come look in person. Yeah, I guess a little bit. Is it just for the 16 Pro? 137 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,280 Do you notice the difference in my 15 Pro and the 16 Pro? Do you notice the difference 138 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,280 between the 15 Pro and the 16 Pro? A little bit. I'm hoping that's a software thing. 139 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:08,920 The good news is that the other standout feature of the display, having always on display, does work. 140 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,720 That's pretty cool. And it goes all the way down to one nit, 141 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:17,040 which I am a huge fan of because I, okay, I'm sorry. 142 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:23,080 I used my phone late at night in my bed. I know I'm not supposed to, but at least this is gonna make it, I don't know, less bad. 143 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,860 Let's continue the side by side, but this time let's look at audio. 144 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:34,040 That is an incredible amount of rumble 145 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,480 for a tiny little phone speaker. 146 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,720 Things fall apart a little bit once you get past about 80%, but that's outstanding. 147 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:53,800 Okay, Pro now. 148 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:04,000 Do you hear that? It almost sounds like it has like a bit of subwoofer rumble. 149 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,520 That should be impossible. 150 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,520 My God, these sound good. Are they vibrating the phone a little bit? 151 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,520 Dude, it almost feels like a little bit 152 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,640 of that sensation of bass. Like, have you heard of the basslet? 153 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,600 It's like a wearable device that's supposed to kind of like vibrate your wrist a little bit 154 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:29,680 to make you feel more bass. It wasn't that effective. But if they're doing something similar on this, 155 00:11:29,680 --> 00:11:33,600 it's working. I can't, to my ears, tell the difference between these two. 156 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:38,720 They both sound flipping awesome though. They both have Wi-Fi 7, so that's a non-factor. 157 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:43,320 They both get the ceramic shield, which is apparently Apple's toughest glass ever, 158 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:47,240 and it was already freaking amazing. They both get satellite messages, 159 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:52,160 both outgoing and from a select contact, emergency contact, incoming. 160 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:57,000 And they both have sensors that detect if you've been in an accident and will call 911. 161 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,240 I guess the last thing is for me to look at the ergonomics of the different sizes. 162 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,440 Make a final call here. I guess now's a good opportunity to talk 163 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,960 about bass models and pricing. Apple is still shipping phones. 164 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:14,500 So for the 16 and the 16 Plus, with 128 gigabytes of storage, 165 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:20,220 which is absolutely pathetic in this day and age, and then they are charging an obscene amount to get more. 166 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:25,080 The Pro Max starts at 256, but the regular Pro doesn't. 167 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,480 It starts at just 128 gigs of storage as well. 168 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,480 So the amount of money that you're paying to get a Pro Max that starts with 256, 169 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,640 you're better off buying a lower spec phone 170 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:40,320 and I guess paying an exorbitant amount for more storage. 171 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:45,040 I mean, it's no secret why Apple's doing this. Their customers will pay it and they will then turn around 172 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,640 and pay them even more for an iCloud subscription so that they have somewhere to put all of their stuff, 173 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,000 but it's very frustrating for me and it does make the decision more complicated 174 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,160 because I feel like no matter which one I get, I'm kind of paying a lot more 175 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,720 than I'm really comfortable with. It's not necessarily about whether I can afford it 176 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:05,240 or not, it just bothers me. Like they start over $1,000. 177 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,800 So what, in for a penny, in for a pound? Do I just go Pro? 178 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:13,840 You can still buy last generation iPhones and they're still gonna get like five, six, seven years 179 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,920 of software support anyway. So that's actually a viable option on the iOS platform. 180 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,320 I can see why people wouldn't want to upgrade these things very often, dude. 181 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,680 You run into so many people that are like still using their iPhone 8 or whatever. 182 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:28,160 And it's like, yeah, because the lineup is so confusing now. 183 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,000 And it's not even that it's confusing. It's that it's so expensive. 184 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Weighing these different options against each other. It's like stressful. 185 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:42,560 They even all kind of look the same on the table in front of me. They've all got the same IP68 water resistance. 186 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:46,720 Oh, they all have faster wireless charging, right? MagSafe, this will be my first time 187 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:51,520 in the MagSafe ecosystem. Kind of excited about that. Half an hour for 50% charge, love that. 188 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:56,100 You know what? I think I'm gonna go with my initial gut feeling. 16 plus 256 gig. 189 00:13:56,100 --> 00:14:00,120 And then anything we left off here, I guess we'll cover in the LTT review. 190 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,600 You know, like the video on the real channel. Sorry about that. 191 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,320 Subscribe to ShortCircuit though.