After more than a month with the iPhone 16 Plus, I’m happy to report that upgrading from my iPhone 14 Pro was definitely worthwhile. There’s only one thing I regret, and it’s not what you think. I wouldn’t mind losing the iPhone Pro’s 120Hz display or third zoom camera. Considering this is my first time using it, it takes getting used to the size of the Plus. iPhone It has a 6.7 inch screen.

if you I’m not sure which one iPhone 16 I’ll go over two things to try before you decide whether you need a new Pro or a non-Pro model iPhone in your life. Honestly, only one of these really matters considering how powerful the iPhone is.

The problem with upgrading from the previous generation iPhone Pro to the iPhone 16 or 16 Plus is that it may not feel like an upgrade. Since Pro models have better features than non-Pro models, the fear of missing opportunities will be triggered.

But moving from the previous generation Pro to the iPhone 16/Plus is a big upgrade in terms of specs. You get the A18 chip with 8GB of RAM, a slightly improved display that can run at a minimum brightness of 1 nits, and an improved camera. Battery life is amazing, one of the best things about the 2024 iPhones.

Opt for a non-Pro iPhone 16 version and you lose the titanium chassis, triple-lens camera on the back, and 120Hz ProMotion Always-On display.

Camera

The iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max have 12-megapixel tetraprism zoom cameras on the back that support 5x optical zoom. So what?

The iPhone 14 Pro did not have a periscope camera and supported a maximum of 3x optical zoom. I haven’t used Zoom much. I can’t say I missed the 3x option when I switched to the iPhone 16 Plus.

This is the first thing you should try on your iPhone Pro right now. See how often you use your zoom camera and why you do it. If you take a lot of photos at maximum optical or digital zoom, you may need three cameras on your iPhone 16. In this case, you’ll want to get the iPhone 16 Pro or 16 Pro Max. Again, both have the same tetraprism camera on the back.

I will also have to touch upon other advantages of the iPhone 16 Pro camera experience. You get support for Night Mode portraits, which is something I don’t think I’ve used much on the iPhone 14 Pro. You also get support for Apple ProRaw, Log video recording, ProRes video recording, and four microphone arrays. The latter can be useful if you record a lot of video.

Screen

If switching from a triple-lens setup to a dual camera isn’t a problem, leaving the dynamic 120Hz display behind might be. But guess what? It’s entirely possible to do this, and you may not notice a big difference when you switch back to a static 60Hz display.

I know I had no problems switching from the 120Hz screen of the iPhone 14 Pro to the 60Hz screen of the iPhone 16 Plus. I will tell you how I did it.

First of all, I don’t need an Always On display. His one of the first iOS 16 features I turned off When I bought the iPhone 14 Pro almost two years ago. Disabling the Always On function It will also increase iPhone battery life.

Second, I set the dynamic 120Hz refresh rate to the dynamic 60Hz rate and forgot to change it back. happened The early days of the iPhone 14 Pro. About a year later, I realized my mistake while looking at the phone’s display settings. I also found that the 60Hz refresh rate didn’t bother me so I kept it off. Bonus? Extra battery life savings on iPhone 14 Pro.

I know many iPhone users will say they can tell the difference between 120Hz and 60Hz. Mostly I can’t, and I think I understand why.

Years ago, Apple introduced the parallax effect for system-wide animations. It happened with iOS 7. It was beautiful but I couldn’t resist. So, the movement bothered me so I disabled it accessibility Section of the Settings app (search for it) Reduce Movement inside Movement menu). I haven’t experienced this in over a decade.

ProMotion screens will make animation look much smoother than 60Hz screens. I suspect dropping from 120Hz to 60Hz would be obvious if you had parallax effects enabled. Most people are. But since I’ve reduced the intensity of the motion effects, I’m less likely to notice any flickering effects.

The 60Hz display does not pose a problem when scrolling content in applications or enjoying games. Note that ProMotion displays automatically change the refresh rate from 1Hz to 120Hz (or 1Hz to 60Hz). They don’t always run at the highest refresh rate because they don’t need to.

If you want to take a non-Pro iPhone experience for a test drive without buying a non-Pro device, try turning off the Always-On display and then setting the refresh rate to 60Hz for a few days. You can also disable gesture and see how it affects your experience.

If you can’t stand a 60Hz screen, stay away from non-Pro iPhone 16 models.