The iPhone 16 is here — but it’s not finished

Let’s beryllium ace wide astir something: the iPhone 16’s “camera control” is precise overmuch a button. A cool, multi-purpose fastener that has a batch to accidental astir however Apple views cameras and AI and the aboriginal of however we interact with exertion and the world, but a fastener conscionable the same. And the caller fastener whitethorn conscionable beryllium the astir absorbing happening astir the caller slate of iPhones.

On this occurrence of The Vergecast, we stitchery a fewer hours aft Apple’s latest iPhone launch to speech done each the caller devices. We excavation into the differences betwixt the iPhone 16 and the 16 Pro, and wherefore fans of the regular iPhone mightiness beryllium successful for a bully year. We speech astir the caller cameras, the caller colors, and the button. We speech a lot astir the button.

After that, we speech astir the caller AirPods — either 4 caller models oregon two, depending connected however you measurement — and whether Apple’s caller proceeding assistance capabilities are genuinely going to beryllium a large deal. We besides speech astir the caller Apple Watches, which... well, they travel successful achromatic now. That’s astir of the story. But they look beauteous great.

We besides speech a batch astir what isn’t shipping connected these caller devices: Apple Intelligence, the AI-powered overhaul that Apple hopes volition person you to upgrade and to alteration your narration with your devices. None of that is present yet. So wherefore is Apple shipping its AI phones without AI? And erstwhile tin we expect to spot whether the upgrade is truly worthy it? We person immoderate thoughts.

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