Processor: After a generation gap on the iPhone 15 and 14 models, the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro models each have an A18 chip. The main difference is an extra GPU core on the A18 Pro, but most users are very unlikely to notice.

The iPhone 16 camera button is a bigger deal in every way than people imagine, for better and for worse, and more buttons will come.

Apple officially revealed the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max at an Apple event in September, and the great phones will be released as of Sept. 20. While it's fairly easy to mistake the design of the iPhone 16 Pro series for the older iPhone 15 Pro Max,

I tried out the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus's new camera button you can press and slide. These high-end phones are among the only iPhones to run Apple Intelligence.

The new iPhone 16 Pro has expanded, upgraded and powered-up elements like the cameras, display, chipset and battery compared to the older phone. But the iPhone 15 Pro still remains a powerful phone, sharing a number of elements. So the better phone and the better value phone of this duo may not be the same.

The $999 iPhone 16 Pro and $1,199 iPhone 16 Pro Max have everything we've come to expect in a year-over-year upgrade. They lack Apple Intelligence at launch but make up for it in other ways.

Apple's iPhone 16 family of phones launches in stores on Friday. I've been testing the high-end iPhone 16 Pro Max for the past five days. Apple Intelligence is launching in beta with some of Apple's advertised features in October.