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iPhone 16 review: more buttons and speed for Apple’s standard phone
Smallest and cheapest new model plays catchup to Pro iPhones with strong battery life but familiar designApple’s latest iPhone bucks the trend of buttons vanishing from phones, gaining not one but two new controls on the outside, plus a big jump in chip performance and two-day battery life on the inside.The standard iPhone 16 is Apple’s smallest and lowest-priced handset in the new 16 series, costing from £799 (€959/$799/A$1,399) sitting below the bigger and more expensive 16 Plus and 16 Pro models.Screen: 6.1in Super Retina XDR (OLED) (460ppi)Processor: Apple A18RAM: 8GBStorage: 128, 256 or 512GBOperating system: iOS 18Camera: 48MP main + 12MP UW; 12MP front-facingConnectivity: 5G, wifi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 5.3, Thread, USB-C, Satellite, UWB and GNSSWater resistance: IP68 (6 metres for 30 mins)Dimensions: 147.6 x 71.6 x 7.8mmWeight: 170g Continue reading...
by Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor