Apple iPhone 16 vs iPhone 15: Which one to get?

hey what's up guys will here for GSM Marina the new vanilla iPhone the iPhone 16 has arrived and you might wonder if it's worth upgrading to but there's also the choice to get last year's iPhone 15 and save a bit of money are the upgrades on the iPhone 16 enough to be worth getting over the iPhone 15 let's put them head-to-head and find [Music] out the new iPhone is very similar to the previous one but there are a few small changes this time around design-wise they have the same look the same dimensions and even the

same weight the difference is down to a single gram the only visual difference is that on the new model the cameras are arranged differently but with the iPhone 16 Apple has introduced a couple of hardware buttons as well there's the action key which was exclusive to last year's iPhone Pro Models it's a button you can assign to open one of a few predefined actions or one of your own custom shortcuts and then there's a brand new camera control key you can use it to start the camera to access and change settings on the Fly and

of course to shoot photos and take videos all without having to touch the display another change is that on the front the iPhone 16 has tougher ceramic shield glass other than that you get the same display on either phone a 6.1 in OLED with a high resolution and a 60 HZ refresh rate it would have been nice if this year's base iPhone brought a high refresh rate but that isn't the case maybe next year otherwise both displays perform well with great HDR capabilities and about the same high Max brightness when it comes to audio the

new model's stereo speaker setup is slightly louder than last year's otherwise you get the same nice sound quality on either phone one of the major differences between these two phones is the chipset the iPhone 15 runs on an Apple a16 bionic chip the iPhone 16 on the other hand has a new Apple a18 chipset which is meant to be both more powerful and power efficient the phone also has more RAM the iPhone 15 is no slouch but the new model outscores it in benchmarks by significant margin so it's a better choice if you're planning to

play some high-end games also apple is soon rolling out its new Apple intelligence AI based features while they should be compatible with the iPhone 15 as well the iPhone 16 would likely perform these tasks better as this chipset has a more powerful neuro processing unit and thanks to the a better power efficiency the iPhone 16's battery life is longer than that of last year's model it earned higher scores across all of our tests charging speed on the other hand has hardly changed 30 minutes of charging brought both phones to nearly 60% and when charging to

full the time difference was just a few minutes the wireless charging has been upgraded on the iPhone 16 though and now we have the cameras the iPhone 15 has a 48 megap Main cam paired with a 12 map Ultra wide camera the iPhone 16 brings the same 48 map main cam but is paired with a new 12 megap ultrawide which has a brighter lens and autofocus the daylight photo quality has seen no real change since last year photos are detailed with apple signature conservative look and wide dynamic range and despite having a new Ultra wide

camera during the day the ultra wide shots look the same too the main difference is that since the new Ultra wide cam has autofocus the iPhone 16 can take close-up macro shots with it in low light the photos from the main cameras are largely identical and look great the brighter aperture on the ultra wide camera does have an effect at night and the ultra wide photos from the iPhone 16 are brighter with more detail and less noise here are some selfies from the 12 megapix front-facing cam the quality is the same on both phones with

lots of detail the iPhone 16 has studi grade microphones for better audio quality plus capabilities for spatial video and audio recording but the actual video quality hasn't changed it's excellent across the board from either phone so that's the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 15 is the new model worth getting over the old one the iPhone 16 brings a more durable display and new hardware buttons in the action key and the camera control key plus there's a new more powerful chipset longer battery life improved wireless charging and a better Ultra wide Cam and it will support

the upcoming Apple intelligence features the iPhone 15 doesn't bring specific advantages per se but it has a nearly identical overall user experience to the new model and a considerably lower price in the end the iPhone 16 is clearly the better device but the updates aren't game-changing for most users if you need more power under the hood get the newer one but otherwise the iPhone 15 is still great and it'll save you some cash thanks for watching and I'll see you on the next one