Behold! I now crown the iPhone 16 Pro Max as our new smartphone battery life king, kicking the Google Pixel 9 out of its short-lived throne. You won't believe how long the top-tier iPhone 16 lasted on a charge.

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.

The iPhone 16 Pro is one of the most unfinished products Apple has ever shipped. Almost all of its highlight features will arrive in future software updates that will stretch well into next year before they’re here.

Some of the iPhone 16 models' fun upgrades—from the new Camera Control to the range of stylistic filters—help you shoot and customize your photos and videos more easily.

This year, the iPhone 16 is stepping up the game for the first-tier phone with physical buttons, Apple Intelligence, and a new camera system.

Tim Cook and his team have improved the iPhone for 2024, and promise more features in the near future. But is that enough in the face of faster, stronger, and more powerful Android smartphones?

Basing his analysis on slipping ship times from Apple's ordering web page, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple is seeing lower demand for the high-end iPhone 16 models and higher sales for the regular iPhone 16,