With beefy batteries and the A18 chipset, these colorful iPhones have everything you need and not much you don’t.

“The iPhone 16 Plus does everything the excellent, smaller, and cheaper iPhone 16 does, just with a bigger screen.”

The larger version of the iPhone 16 is worth considering if you want a big screen without spending $1,200

With the iPhone 16 , Apple has almost closed the gap between its best phone for most people and the one intended for the most demanding power users. It’s a relief to not pine for what could be coming on the iPhone 17 since a lot of the new features on the iPhone 16 Pro are already here.

Frankly speaking, if you’re coming from an iPhone newer than the iPhone 13 series, there’s no definitive feature or reason to upgrade unless you want to hold out for what Apple brings with Apple Intelligence over the next year or your phone is on its last legs.

After having reviewed every iPhone model since the iPhone 12 — and quite a few before that — writing iPhone reviews can feel a little like writing the titles to episodes of Friends .

If the rumours are to be believed, this could be the final Plus iPhone – with a retooled ‘ iPhone 17 Air ’ model arriving as a replacement with the iPhone 17 series. If this is the end of the series, then this stands as a very good last dance.

I allude, of course, to the new Camera Control button on the latest iPhone 16. The conviction with which the people at Apple harped on this feature over all others - along with another, the Action button - made me think at the product demonstration that either this was a real Eureka moment for the...

It's an occasion every time Apple launches a new iteration of its vaunted iPhone, and the launch of the latest version – iPhone 16 – of the world's most fashionable mobile phone this year was no exception.

The iPhone 16 Plus delivers exceptional performance with its A18 chipset, Camera Control, and brilliant display. These same features also place it close to the Pro Max for the first time in years, and it offers almost everything people want from a large-screen iPhone at a much more affordable price.