Discover if it's worth upgrading to the new Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max or if you should stick with your current iPhone

It's not surprising that the largest smartphones by the likes of Apple and Samsung have the longest battery lives, because they have the biggest batteries — but new testing shows that the iPhone 16 Pro Max beats them all.

There's a cost-effective iPhone Pro if you want to prepare for Apple Intelligence, but Apple will not sell it to you.

As for dimensions, compared to the iPhone 13 Pro Max, the iPhone 16 Pro Max is slightly taller (163mm vs. 160.8 mm) and thicker (8.3mm vs 7.7mm), but Apple's shaved down the weight significantly (to 227g from 240g).

I now crown the iPhone 16 Pro Max as our new smartphone battery life king, kicking the Google Pixel 9 out of its short-lived throne. You won't believe how long the top-tier iPhone 16 lasted on a charge.

We pit the iPhone 16 Pro Max against the Galaxy S24 Ultra and Pixel 9 Pro XL to see which processor is the fastest.

In a post on the Apple Community, user torrey145 started a thread saying that their iPhone 16 Pro Max 512GB was having an issue with the camera app. In the post, the user said, "when launching camera control from Lock Screen it’s crashing the camera app. Screen turns black and crashing."

The release of a new iPhone is always highly anticipated. This year’s models bring Apple Intelligence, better cameras, a new Camera Control and, most importantly, longer battery life. The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have larger displays, thinner bezels, an advanced A18 Pro chip and improved thermal management.

Commentary: The new camera control button will help me take better selfies, but I'm upgrading for other reasons too.

It's been a full week since the new iPhone 16 models launched, and we've now had enough time to give the Camera Control button and the