Ontherightsideis a newbuttonthat's, well, notreally a button.
It's a touchcontrollerforthecamerathatcannotonlyopenthecameraandtake a photo, butcanalsobeusedtochangethezoom, switchcameras, photostyles, andtheapertureandportraitmode.
Theultra-wideisbrandnewwith a 48-megapixelsensor, and I'llcomparethatagainstthe 15 Pro, whichhad a 12-megapixelultra-widesensor.
Andthishigher-resolutionultra-widesensorshouldalsogive a boostinimagequalitytomacrophotos.
ThePromodelscannowcapturespatialphotosandspatialaudio, aswellas 4K 120-frame-per-secondslowmotion, whichAppleintroducedbyshowing a newsongandvideobyTheWeekndthatwasfilmedonthenewiPhone 16 Proandhadcopiousamountsofslowmotion.
Poweringallofthisis a largerbatteryinApple's new A18 Prochip, whichhas a fasterCPUand a fasterGPU, andApplesaystwo-timesfasterraytracingthanlastyear's 15 Pro.
Thebigboostis a largerneuralengine, whichpowersonboardAppleIntelligenceforthingslikeAI-suggestedwritingtoolsthatpopupindocumentsoremails, phototools, includingcleanuptoremoveunwantedpeopleorthingsfromanimage, and a numberofSirichanges, including a newvoicedesignedtosoundmorenatural, morecontextualconversations.
Sirievengets a newinterfacewith a glowingborderaroundtheedgeofthephonewhenyouuseSiri, andyoudon't justhavetotalktoSiri.