The front of the iPhone 16 Pro still uses a 12-megapixel True Depth camera array for Face ID and selfies. Complete with an f/1.9 aperture, Focus Pixels, and a six-element lens, and depth mapping capabilities.

As for dimensions, compared to the iPhone 13 Pro Max, the iPhone 16 Pro Max is slightly taller (163mm vs. 160.8 mm) and thicker (8.3mm vs 7.7mm), but Apple's shaved down the weight significantly (to 227g from 240g).

Apple’s regular-sized iPhone “Pro” model got a pretty nice upgrade this year. Both of the Pro models are now larger, sporting 6.3- and 6.9-inch displays. This is partly due to the thinner bezels, but also due to the fact that the phones are about 1mm wider in every measurement.

The iPhone 16 chip jumps two whole generations, from the A16 to the new A18, which has a 6-core CPU (4 efficiency, 2 performance) and a 5-core GPU. In addition to increased performance, the A18 promises up to around 30 percent less power usage for the same performance as the chip that was in the iPhone 15.

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