Are you planning to upgrade to the iPhone 16

[comfortably_numb]

Bought mine at the Apple store in Leawood KS last Saturday. $904.44 total including taxes. Got a clear case at BB for $10. Had an extra Zagg shield for my 15 Pro that fit the 16 screen perfectly. 16 feels lighter in the hand than my 15 Pro did.

Also, RCS works on my 16, whereas it never worked right on the 15 Pro.

 

[Pepper]

The Pro models don't have the $30 difference between the carrier and carrier-free models.

Additionally there is a loophole in the requirement to select one of the big 4 carriers if you buy it with Apple Card Monthly Installments (24 zero-interest payments). I selected T-Mobile at checkout, the fine print with T-Mobile requirements said simply "no obligation" and it did not ask for any type of verification that I actually had a T-Mobile account, so when I got the phone, I activated it on my US Mobile esim instead.

This does not work on the non-Pro models, you have to provide existing account info to check out with Apple Card Monthly Installments.

Source: r/AppleCard on reddit.

 

[Pepper]

My impression so far, moving from iPhone 14 Pro Max to 16 Pro Max. Both of them on 18.1 release candidate.

Overall: everything works just like it did before, just a little more "snappy"
Spatial video: I haven't yet had a chance to try it but am excited to.
USB-C port: sure, that works.
Action button: Haven't changed it yet but I like that I can.
Camera button: Oh great, another way to accidentally open the camera when I pick it up, as if having a button on the lock screen, and being able to swipe the lock screen away wasn't enough. Frankly, I'm surprised the dang camera isn't open every time I pick up my phone.
AI: Haven't tried it yet. As paranoid as I am, might not enable it ever.

 

[comfortably_numb]

AI: Haven't tried it yet. As paranoid as I am, might not enable it ever

It appears to be more difficult to disable it than it is to enable it.

 

[osu1991]

I got my 16 pro from UPS last night. It's definitely more snappy than the 12 and call quality seems a lot better for me too. Annoyingly I forgot to sync it to my bluetooth in the car. I took a usb c cable out to change from the lightning before I returned the 12 this morning for trade in. I just used carplay with it at that time. Then this afternoon in the middle of a drive I get a call and hit the voice button on my Yukon steering wheel, however the phone is still ringing and onstar prompts are playing over the speakers and questioning me. I had entered the twilight zone and my brain was confused.

 

[comfortably_numb]

I got my 16 pro from UPS last night. It's definitely more snappy than the 12 and call quality seems a lot better for me too. Annoyingly I forgot to sync it to my bluetooth in the car. I took a usb c cable out to change from the lightning before I returned the 12 this morning for trade in. I just used carplay with it at that time. Then this afternoon in the middle of a drive I get a call and hit the voice button on my Yukon steering wheel, however the phone is still ringing and onstar prompts are playing over the speakers and questioning me. I had entered the twilight zone and my brain was confused.

#FirstWorldProblems