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My iPhone 16 Wish List
Mar 11, 2025
Article on Cult of Mac: https://www.cultofmac.com/news/iphone-16-features-wish-list More Apple news: http://www.cultofmac.com Produced by Extra Ordinary for Cult of Mac Music composed by Will Davenport, arranged by D. Griffin Jones Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:21 Faster Charging 1:24 Longer Battery Life 2:26 Bigger Telephoto Lens 3:14 Repositioned Action Button 4:10 Better Thermals 5:03 Antireflective Cover Glass #Apple does not always adopt the latest cutting-edge smartphone technology in #iPhone. This year, I hope the company adds six features in #iPhone16 — all of which have become common in Android phones. Follow us! Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cultofmac Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@cultofmac
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with every new iPhone Apple introduces
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one major new feature along with several
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smaller ones this year I hope Apple
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focuses on the small but important
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changes in the iPhone 16 features
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already present in several Android
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phones but can have big impacts on the
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user experience this is my iPhone 16
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wish
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list let's start with number one faster
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charging speeds in the US phones like
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the OnePlus 12 support 80 WWI or 50 W
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wireless charging speeds for comparison
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the iPhone 15 Pro Max on a fully
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depleted battery plugged in over USBC
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can draw a maximum of 25 watts Apple
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claims the iPhone 15 Pro Max can charge
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from 0 to 50% in around 30 minutes that
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was plenty fast a few years ago but
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these days many Android phones can go
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from Z to 100 in the same time and
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wireless charging is an exercise in
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patience with mag safe speeds topping
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out at 15 watts going from 0 to 100 on a
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MAG safe stand can take hours faster
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charging is something I hope they add to
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the iPhone 16 pro this year
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realistically I think Apple could bump
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it to 30 to 35 Watts which still isn't
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as fast as Flagship Android phones but
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would be a noticeable reduction in
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charging times for when the time matters
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without significantly increasing battery
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wear number two longer battery life a
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battery that doesn't last all day is
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part of the reason why slow charging
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speeds can sting and also why I never
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leave the house to go on a vacation day
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trip or Excursion without bringing a MAG
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safe battery pack while there is no
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doubt Apple silicon is the king of
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efficiency and performance per watt
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Apple has spent all those gains by
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adding additional software features at
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the same battery life it's been a few
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years since they've aggressively tried
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to increase battery life Apple will
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reportedly fabricate the iPhone 16's a18
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chip using tsmc's latest 3 MIM process
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which could lead to a big Improvement in
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efficiency there's also a rumor
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suggesting the iPhone 16 Pro Max will
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use a new higher energy density battery
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on the other hand though Apple
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intelligence which is going to power
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many of this year's most advanced
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software features runs most of its
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foundation models entirely on device so
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it's a coin toss whether we're actually
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going to see any gains in battery life
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this year number three a bigger
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telephoto sensor on the iPhone 15 Pro
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Max Apple switched the telephoto camera
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to be a longer 120 mm 5x optical zoom
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lens and the rumor is that same lens is
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going to come to this year's iPhone 16
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Pro the smaller size and that lens is
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great for the additional reach that it
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offers but the problem is that the
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sensor that 12 megapixel sensor is
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relatively small these days it's great
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for capturing pictures in broad daylight
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but it falls apart in indoor and low
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light conditions if you zoom in on
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pictures taken indoors with this
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telephoto camera you will notice the
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blotchiness and lack of details a bigger
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sensor will allow for more light to get
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into the camera and take clearer
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pictures number four a repositioned
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action button last year Apple replaced
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the ring mute switch with a customizable
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action button you can use it to toggle
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the flashlight run a custom shortcut and
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now with iOS 18 you'll be able to assign
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any number of customizable system
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features to this but button but the
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problem is that they put the action
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button in the same place where they put
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the ring mute switch way up there on the
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left side of the phone which is a
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perfectly fine place for a ring mute
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switch because if you ever unmute your
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phone you still only do that a couple of
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times a day maybe and you can even do it
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passively inside your pocket but you're
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supposed to press the action button
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often as a shortcut while you're using
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your phone and if you hold your phone in
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your left hand like I do well I can't
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reach that button without wiggling it
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around in my hand first that's not easy
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rumors indicate Apple will bring the
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action button to every model of the
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iPhone 16 here's the hoping they put it
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in a slightly more convenient place
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number five better thermals Apple
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silicon is again the king of efficient
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power and the current A7 Pro chip is no
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exception but the iPhone 15 Pro got hot
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unusually hot people started noticing
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this as soon as they got the phone in
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their hands and there have been
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complaints on Apple support forums ever
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since now the phone never overheats but
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it does get warm and the lack of a
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sophisticated cooling system could be
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the reason almost all high-end Android
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Flagship phones have an internal Vapor
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cooling chamber for better heat
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dissipation and maybe this is something
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Apple could learn from and adopt on the
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iPhone 16 it would keep the phone cooler
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and more comfortable in the hand and
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also provide better sustained
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performance something that's only going
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to become more and more important as
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those apple intelligence f models are
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running locally on device finally number
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six anti-reflective coverglass the
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iPhone 15 pro has a super Retina xdr
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display that can hit a maximum
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brightness of 2,000 nits this is very
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important for reading your phone screen
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outside in broad daylight the iPhone 16
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Pro is rumored to get a new display this
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year that'll be slightly larger and
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apple will also likely take the
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opportunity to upgrade to a new
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generation of OLED that'll be even
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brighter
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but another approach they could take to
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improve legibility outside is
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anti-reflective glass the Samsung Galaxy
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s24 Ultra uses corning's gorilla armor
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glass which claims to reduce Reflections
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by
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75% which can have a big impact on
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legibility in addition to strengthening
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the display and offering better scratch
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resistance Apple has invested heavily in
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Corning over the years and should be the
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first to get the company's latest in
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technology but unfortunately the rumors
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suggest Apple might not be giving the
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iPhone an anti-reflective display until
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the iPhone 17 in
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2025 but sometimes the rumors are wrong
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so we can still hope so while none of
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these features would be major
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breakthroughs adopting just half of them
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would make the iPhone 16 the one to buy
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especially if it comes in brown remember
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