The iPhone 16 Pro is tipped to come with a 20% brighter screen
Brightness boost
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This past week we’ve been fully focused on the newiPad ProandiPad Airslates launched byApple, but as the year goes on we’ll be turning our attention to the 2024 iPhones: and a key detail of theiPhone 16 Prohas just leaked.
According to well-known tipsterInstant Digitalon Chinese social media site Weibo (viaMacRumors), the iPhone 16 Pro is set to come with a typical SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) brightness of 1,200 nits, up from 1,000 nits on theiPhone 15 Pro.
MaximumHDR(High Dynamic Range) brightness, meanwhile, will stay the same at 1,600 nits. That’s according to “current laboratory data”, ifGoogleTranslate is to be believed. There’s no word on whether or not theiPhone 16 Pro Maxwill see the same jump.
That standard SDR brightness has actually remained unchanged on the more expensive iPhone models since theiPhone 13 Prolaunched in 2021. If it does come to pass, it should mean a noticeably brighter screen in everyday use.
The rumors so far
We haven’t been short of iPhone 16 leaks and rumors over the last few months, even though the handsets aren’t thought to be launching until September 2024 – assuming Apple sticks to its usual schedule for these devices.
We’ve recently heard that the iPhone 16 smartphonesmay miss outon the tandemOLEDtechnology featuring in the top-end iPad Pros for 2024. However, the Pro and Pro Max may well come with a newpolished titanium finish.
Other upgrades that are being talked aboutconcern the cameras: a new camera lens coating for the Pro and Pro Max models to improve photo and video quality, and a new vertically aligned camera layout for the standard iPhone 16 andiPhone 16 Plus.
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The next big date on the Apple calendar is its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) for 2024, whichgets underway onJune 10. Expect to hear a whole lot aboutiOS 18, and a bunch of artificial intelligence updates that are in the pipeline.
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