Do you plan to buy a new iPhone this year?

According to the usual practice, Apple will bring new product launch activities around September this year, and officially launch the new iPhone 16 series of mobile phones. Before the official launch of the new product, Apple will open mass production to supply and sell.

Now, as the time for the release of new products is gradually approaching, information about the stocking of this generation of new machines has begun to appear.

From this point of view, Apple is very confident in the sales of this generation of iphones, and the expectations are very good. This may also mean that Apple will bring more significant product upgrades in this generation of iPhone models.

Combined with existing information, it is speculated that this generation of iPhone 16 series updates will mainly bring AI capability support, and is expected to change to touch button design.

 

Last month, Apple held the WWDC developer conference, and the long-exposed Apple AI was officially unveiled.

According to the official information, the adaptation model of iOS 18 covers the compatible model of iOS 17. Older users can also upgrade to the new iOS 18. However, due to hardware limitations, the functions of AI are not supported by old models.

Currently, Apple Intelligence is only supported on the iPhone 15 Pro series and iPad and Mac devices with M1 and later chips.

However, in the subsequent iterations of the iPhone 16 series, it will fully support AI functions. This will make some users switch to a new iPhone 16 series model under the attraction of Apple's AI function.

 

In order to be able to support powerful AI, the iPhone 16 series will also be upgraded.

Referring to existing Revelations, the iPhone 16 Pro series will be equipped with an A18 Pro chip based on TSMC's "N3E" enhanced 3nm process, an enhanced neural engine, and a significantly increased number of cores to support new artificial intelligence functions.

The two models of the iPhone 16 will be equipped with A18 chips, which are built on TSMC's "N3E" enhanced 3nm process and enhanced neural engine to support new artificial intelligence functions.

As for the switch to touch button design, the news has been around for a long time.

It is reported that before the release of the iPhone 15 series, there was news that Apple would change the button design for the iPhone series devices. Although the plan was cancelled before the iPhone 15 was released, recent leaks suggest that the design may be used in the iPhone 16 series.

Referring to the details in the recently released iOS 18, Apple has added a press effect to the side keys, and the volume button, the operation button, and the power button all support this effect, and the frequency of the dynamic effect is consistent with the press.

 

At the same time, Apple also added a shutdown switch at the top of the control center. This means that the user can power down directly from the control center without holding down the power button.

 

Based on this, some speculate that this may mean that Apple will bring the adjustment of the button scheme for the iPhone series of devices, that is, the iPhone 16 Pro series may change to the touch button design.