Reviewing the iPhone 16

You’ve spent the past mates of days tweaking the icons connected your iOS 18 homescreen and luxuriating successful your rest days pinch watchOS 11. Now, Apple’s hoping you’ll upgrade moreover further. The institution is getting fresh to commencement trading the caller iPhone 16 lineup, the caller Apple Watch Series 10, and the caller AirPods 4 headphones.

We’ve been utilizing the devices since they were announced past week, and we’re present to reply the mobility that matters most: is immoderate of this caller worldly worthy the money?

On this section of The Vergecast, it’s wall-to-wall Apple reviews. First, we commencement pinch the iPhones, which The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Nilay Patel person been reviewing. We talk mostly astir the camera, because, well, the camera’s astir of what location is to talk about. Allison and Nilay show america astir their experiences pinch the Camera Control button, the caller photography styles, cheque the “what is simply a photo?” somesthesia of the caller devices, and effort to differentiate the 4 phones from each different and their predecessors.

After that, Victoria Song comes connected to talk astir the Apple Watch Series 10. We weren’t capable to trial 1 of the Apple Watch’s cardinal features — slumber apnea discovery — up of our recording, but we did person plentifulness of clip to talk astir the caller design, the caller screen, and the caller features. Oh, and the caller speaker, astir which we are each profoundly conflicted.

Next, Chris Welch tells america astir his clip pinch the AirPods 4 and whether it’s worthy spending $50 to get a exemplary pinch progressive sound cancellation. These AirPods — pinch a sound value upgrade, a competitory price, and large promises astir sound guidance — mightiness beryllium hugely compelling if Apple sewage it each right. So... did Apple get it each right?

Finally, Allison returns, and we return a break from talking astir Apple to reply a mobility from the Vergecast Hotline (866-VERGE11, telephone us!) astir the lawsuit for the Pixel lineup successful 2024. It’s a beautiful bully twelvemonth for phones, and we person a batch to talk about.

If you want to cognize much astir everything we talk successful this episode, you should publication each of our reviews of Apple’s caller gadgets: