iPhone 16 Series: Exclusive Leaks and Exciting New Features
Check out the latest leaks and exciting new features of the iPhone 16 Series!
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Although it’s still half a year from the launch, there are already a lot of leaks about the iPhone 16 series, with three new news points worth noting: the iPhone 16 Pro’s colorway, new buttons, and the A18 Pro chip.
iPhone 16 Pro third-party case exposed
As many iPhone users have heard, the iPhone 16 series will add a physical button, commonly known as the “shoot button.” Some accessory manufacturers have begun to design a case for the new button on the iPhone 16.
Foreign whistleblower Sonny Dickson posted a photo of a suspected iPhone 16 Pro case on X (formerly Twitter).
The case features a noticeable cutout under the right-side power button and can be recognizable for the upcoming shoot button, as depicted in the pictures.
According to current rumors, all four iPhone 16 series models will feature a physical button, and it will be a capacitive design. Users can quickly focus by tapping this button and pressing firmly to initiate video recording. At the same time, the left and right sliding buttons can also control the zoom. The design is quite user-friendly, especially when shooting videos in landscape orientation (especially spatial videos), and the position of the shooting buttons will be easy to operate.
However, due to the addition of physical buttons, the exterior design of the iPhone 16 series is bound to change somewhat. For versions sold in the United States, the mmWave 5G antenna cutout on the right side of the fuselage will be relocated below the volume button on the left side to create room for the shutter button.
Will the anticipated physical “shoot button” represent a significant shift in the iPhone 16 series?
Overall, the shooting button is undoubtedly one of the changes in the iPhone 16.
Although it is not yet possible to conclude the authenticity of the revelations, judging from the protective cases posted, at least third-party accessory manufacturers are okay with this.
Analyst: The A18 Pro chip will enhance AI performance
According to Jeff Pu, an analyst who studies Apple’s supply chain, Apple is working on a new A18 Pro chip that could bring more powerful AI performance to the iPhone 16 Pro series.
According to the rumor, the A18 Pro’s principal feature is the use of a larger chip area, although it still has a 6-core GPU, the same as the A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro.
In addition, the A18 Pro chip of the iPhone 16 Pro series will feature an upgraded neural engine, which significantly increases the number of cores.
How will the A18 Pro chip’s enhanced AI performance impact the user experience?
It could mean that some AI features in iOS 18 will be exclusive to these two models. Jeff Pu has also previously said that the larger chip area is related to the upgraded neural engine. That will support generative AI capabilities on the device side.
Apple has been using 12 cores on the Neural Engine since the iPhone 16. However, even though the number of cores has not changed, Apple will improve the performance of the neural engine.
In the case of last year’s A17 Pro, Apple said its neural engine was up to 2x faster than its predecessor.
When will Apple officially confirm these rumored features of the iPhone 16 series?
Apple has already promised to release generative AI later this year, and iOS 18 will also be discussed and unveiled at WWDC in June, so let’s wait and see.
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