WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.920 My new phone arrived, I just have to choose it. 00:00:03.920 --> 00:00:06.960 And I gotta admit, I'm a little scared. 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:11.120 I don't know what's worse. The Android fanboys who are gonna tear me apart 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:14.160 for choosing an iPhone, or the Apple fanboys 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, 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.480 and 16 Pro Max. And by the end of this, one will have replaced 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:28.400 my trusty Galaxy Note 9. 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 00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:36.840 more often than anything else. So you can use the rear camera and remote trigger. 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.840 But hey, I'm not gonna need that because across the whole lineup, 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.360 we get Apple's camera slider control button thing 00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:48.080 that I've heard about, but haven't actually gotten a chance to use yet. 00:00:48.080 --> 00:00:51.320 In spite of the fact that a shocking number of people here at the office 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:56.000 have already upgraded to these phones. Dude, Andy whipped his out on my recent trip. 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:59.640 Well, you've already got one. You guys are crazy. And we'll talk about that. 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:02.720 But first, let's decide whether a titanium 00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:05.760 versus aluminum chassis is worth the additional money, 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.680 not to mention the extra accessories that are included with the Pro... 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 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:20.440 and a SIM removal tool. Even though the Pro models do support USB-3 transfer speeds 00:01:20.440 --> 00:01:25.160 with their Type-C port, they still only come with a USB-2 capable cable 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.680 because Apple wants you to spend a bunch of money on a cable. 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. 00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:37.720 Oh, wait, I didn't bring my 12 Pro. 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. 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. 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.440 So instead of just a 48 megapixel main shooter and 12 megapixel ultra-wide, 00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:54.440 you get a 48 main, 48 ultra-wide, and a dedicated 12 megapixel telephoto. 00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:57.600 Although it's possible that won't even matter that much to you 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:03.280 because the main shooter on the 16 can apparently operate in like a pseudo 12 megapixel 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:06.320 telephoto mode with optical quality digital zoom, 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 00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:14.840 and the whole phone is actually a little bit thicker 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:18.200 and more importantly is a little heavier. It's not a huge deal. 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 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. 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:32.280 It took me until now. I've actually had them on for about 10 minutes 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.840 while I did retakes to notice the thinner bezel. 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. 00:02:41.440 --> 00:02:45.560 Am I missing something here? There's also a slight size difference. 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:50.280 Aside from just the bezels? Yeah. Oh, so there is. 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:54.720 Very, very small. But you know what? That's probably contributing to the difference 00:02:54.720 --> 00:02:58.280 in the like weighty feeling of it. Not now, Siri. 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:02.720 Oh my God. Oh, stop. Oh, the dynamic island. 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:07.400 I get to experience that fresh joy. But I'm probably gonna get to that more 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.960 in the full review over on LTT. For now, I wanna talk about a feature 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.320 that genuinely excites me and that is the action button. 00:03:14.320 --> 00:03:18.360 It's not strictly speaking new. We already saw it on the 15 Pro series, 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.120 but it's new to the regular 16, meaning this is the cheapest. 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:26.240 You've been able to get an action button, which is essentially just a macro 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, 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:34.200 but it can be configured to launch various apps, 00:03:34.200 --> 00:03:38.640 perform a variety of system functions. Oh my God, this menu is terrible. 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:41.640 Just give me a scrollable list. What the hell is wrong with you? 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:46.520 What do you mean? No, this is awful. Oh, it's pretty. 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. 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.920 Okay, let's look at what we got here. Focus, camera. 00:03:54.920 --> 00:03:58.120 Wait, don't I have a dedicated camera button? Okay, well, whatever. 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. 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:05.480 Accessibility options, that's super cool. Hold on a second. 00:04:05.480 --> 00:04:09.160 Can you set it to like double tap and triple tap and long press it? 00:04:09.160 --> 00:04:14.000 No. Oh, well, fine. I'm gonna go with flashlight. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:18.000 Yeah, buddy. Wait, what? 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:22.640 Oh, I gotta hold it. Oh, can you configure it to be a toggle? 00:04:22.640 --> 00:04:29.160 No. Okay, well, wait, I gotta, now I gotta hold it again. 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:35.200 Okay, well, progress. New across both models though, is the camera control. 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. 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. 00:04:44.520 --> 00:04:49.120 That was pretty darn fast. Was it that much faster than the double click 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. 00:04:54.320 --> 00:04:58.160 And it does more than just that. I can do a light press. 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:02.800 Ooh, that is a really light press. And I can adjust my zoom. 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:07.040 That is, why does Apple scroll everything backwards? 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. 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:16.640 It's naturally pushing it away or bringing it forward. It's left and right. 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, 00:05:22.200 --> 00:05:25.520 clicking the button causes a little bit more camera shakes. 00:05:25.520 --> 00:05:29.920 So one of our camera guys, Andy, who already got himself a 16 Pro is like, 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. 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:37.560 It would need to be here. Has anyone talked about the location of this button yet? 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:43.440 Hmm, I don't know, Apple. I think you missed the mark by like two centimeters. 00:05:44.200 --> 00:05:50.240 Wow. I can almost read the LTT on that cable tie. 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:54.360 I could probably find the Easter eggs that incriminated case defy on your laptop. 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:57.640 This is awesome. The only problem for selling me a Pro 00:05:57.640 --> 00:06:01.800 is that the regular 16 is also like fricking awesome. 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. 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:10.920 So right now we're comparing, you know, crappy digital zoom to optical zoom. 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:14.760 Oh, dude, dude, you look like trash. 00:06:14.760 --> 00:06:19.400 But here, look at that. Glorious, okay. 00:06:19.400 --> 00:06:22.480 Regular 16, you're making him look too glorious right now. 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:26.720 Stop it. That's the rare shiny thing. The shiny thing. 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. 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. 00:06:36.880 --> 00:06:41.080 You can change your, I don't know, your undertones. 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? 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 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:57.120 on the Pro models. And one of Apple's justifications for this, 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:03.600 like why you would ever need that, is 120 FPS can actually be perfectly reduced 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 00:07:07.440 --> 00:07:11.000 with one of our old camera guys, Brandon, like eight years ago, I was like, yeah, 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. 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 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. 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 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:35.840 or like more like you were in a, you know, treated studio or whatever else. 00:07:35.840 --> 00:07:40.360 Did I say a hundred FPS? Here, let's play it back at 25. 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:49.240 Hmm. Yeah, that's not what I meant by that. 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 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. 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:01.240 Both the Pro and non-Pro are getting A18 class silicon, 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.760 which is an improvement from last generation where non-Pro users got last gen silicon. 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.200 But we're getting an A18 Pro versus a regular A18. 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, 00:08:14.640 --> 00:08:19.280 an upgraded display engine, as well as image signal processor and video encoder, 00:08:19.280 --> 00:08:23.320 all of which are supposed to contribute to more of those Pro video features 00:08:23.320 --> 00:08:28.200 like that high refresh rate 4K recording. I don't know if any of those things 00:08:28.200 --> 00:08:33.700 are the kind of thing that the average person is likely to miss day to day. 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:37.380 Although I will say that the differences are starting to add up. 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. 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:45.580 You're not gonna look that closely at the bezel, okay? 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:49.420 You're just gonna try and tell from the screen. Wow, they look good. 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. 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:59.700 But shame on you, you're a cheater. Because to the eye, the difference between these 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:03.060 is not discernible. Even Apple's own specs says 00:09:03.060 --> 00:09:06.780 that they have the same performance when it comes both to peak brightness 00:09:06.780 --> 00:09:10.700 and even to sustained brightness. And we recorded the same in our lab 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 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:19.180 because it means that content creators can target one display essentially 00:09:19.180 --> 00:09:23.580 for this entire generation of iPhones, with the only difference being the slight size difference 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:27.060 and of course the elephant in the room, 00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:32.720 which is the difference in refresh rate. So once again, the non-Pro does not get 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:37.180 a Pro motion display, meaning that it will only run at 60 Hertz. 00:09:38.160 --> 00:09:41.680 Have you seen the controversy around the Pro where they took a high speed camera 00:09:41.680 --> 00:09:45.560 and found that it only ever reaches about 80 Hertz instead of the advertised 120? 00:09:45.560 --> 00:09:49.760 Dude, it's noticeable. Do you see that stutter? 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? 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 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. 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. 00:10:08.920 --> 00:10:12.720 That's pretty cool. And it goes all the way down to one nit, 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:17.040 which I am a huge fan of because I, okay, I'm sorry. 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. 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:27.860 Let's continue the side by side, but this time let's look at audio. 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:34.040 That is an incredible amount of rumble 00:10:39.520 --> 00:10:41.480 for a tiny little phone speaker. 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:52.720 Things fall apart a little bit once you get past about 80%, but that's outstanding. 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:53.800 Okay, Pro now. 00:10:59.280 --> 00:11:04.000 Do you hear that? It almost sounds like it has like a bit of subwoofer rumble. 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.520 That should be impossible. 00:11:10.760 --> 00:11:14.520 My God, these sound good. Are they vibrating the phone a little bit? 00:11:14.520 --> 00:11:17.520 Dude, it almost feels like a little bit 00:11:17.520 --> 00:11:20.640 of that sensation of bass. Like, have you heard of the basslet? 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 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, 00:11:29.680 --> 00:11:33.600 it's working. I can't, to my ears, tell the difference between these two. 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. 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:43.320 They both get the ceramic shield, which is apparently Apple's toughest glass ever, 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:47.240 and it was already freaking amazing. They both get satellite messages, 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:52.160 both outgoing and from a select contact, emergency contact, incoming. 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. 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. 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:04.440 Make a final call here. I guess now's a good opportunity to talk 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:08.960 about bass models and pricing. Apple is still shipping phones. 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:14.500 So for the 16 and the 16 Plus, with 128 gigabytes of storage, 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. 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:25.080 The Pro Max starts at 256, but the regular Pro doesn't. 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:28.480 It starts at just 128 gigs of storage as well. 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, 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.640 you're better off buying a lower spec phone 00:12:35.640 --> 00:12:40.320 and I guess paying an exorbitant amount for more storage. 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 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, 00:12:49.640 --> 00:12:53.000 but it's very frustrating for me and it does make the decision more complicated 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 00:12:57.160 --> 00:13:00.720 than I'm really comfortable with. It's not necessarily about whether I can afford it 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:05.240 or not, it just bothers me. Like they start over $1,000. 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:08.800 So what, in for a penny, in for a pound? Do I just go Pro? 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 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:17.920 of software support anyway. So that's actually a viable option on the iOS platform. 00:13:17.920 --> 00:13:21.320 I can see why people wouldn't want to upgrade these things very often, dude. 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:24.680 You run into so many people that are like still using their iPhone 8 or whatever. 00:13:24.680 --> 00:13:28.160 And it's like, yeah, because the lineup is so confusing now. 00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:32.000 And it's not even that it's confusing. It's that it's so expensive. 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:36.000 Weighing these different options against each other. It's like stressful. 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. 00:13:42.560 --> 00:13:46.720 Oh, they all have faster wireless charging, right? MagSafe, this will be my first time 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. 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. 00:13:56.100 --> 00:14:00.120 And then anything we left off here, I guess we'll cover in the LTT review. 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.600 You know, like the video on the real channel. Sorry about that. 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.320 Subscribe to ShortCircuit though.