--- title: "iPhone 16 Pro Vs. iPhone 15 Pro: Should You Upgrade To Apple's Latest iPhone?" description: "Apple Inc. has launched the iPhone 16 Pro, featuring upgrades in display size, processing power, camera capabilities, and battery life compared to the iPhone 15 Pro. The new model boasts a 6.3-inch di" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/214061500.md" published_at: "2024-09-11T11:04:48.000Z" --- # iPhone 16 Pro Vs. iPhone 15 Pro: Should You Upgrade To Apple's Latest iPhone? > Apple Inc. has launched the iPhone 16 Pro, featuring upgrades in display size, processing power, camera capabilities, and battery life compared to the iPhone 15 Pro. The new model boasts a 6.3-inch display, A18 Pro chip, improved camera systems, and enhanced battery life lasting up to 27 hours. Pre-orders start on Sept. 13, 2024, with a launch date of Sept. 20. While the iPhone 16 Pro offers notable improvements, current iPhone 15 Pro users may not find the upgrade compelling unless specific features are essential to them. On Monday, at the "Glowtime" event, **Apple Inc.** AAPL released its next-generation **iPhone 16** smartphones. Naturally, consumers are faced with the question of whether it is worth upgrading their already existing one-year-old premium model to **iPhone 16 Pro**. For those who are trying to understand whether the upgrade is worth the investment, here are the key differences between **iPhone 15 Pro** and iPhone 16 Pro models: **Display Size, Design, And Build** The iPhone 16 Pro features a 6.3-inch display, an upgrade from the 6.1-inch screen on the iPhone 15 Pro. While both iPhones feature an OLED display with ProMotion technology, Apple has brought down the minimum brightness on the iPhone 16 Pro to 1 nit, which should help in improving the battery life even when always-on display is enabled. Both models have a high-end titanium frame, but the iPhone 16 Pro introduces a new blasted titanium finish that provides a more polished texture. The iPhone 16 Pro includes an upgraded Ceramic Shield front glass, which is twice as strong as that of the iPhone 15 Pro. Moreover, a new **Desert Titanium** color has replaced the previous Blue Titanium option. **See Also:** **Apple Announces AirPods 4 With Wireless Charging, Along With A New ANC Variant: Prices Start At $129** **Processing Power** The iPhone 16 Pro is powered by the **A18 Pro** chip, which offers improved performance and efficiency over the A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro. This new chipset is built on a 3nm process, promising better thermal management and battery efficiency, resulting in a 15% increase in CPU speed and a 20% improvement in GPU tasks. The iPhone 16 Pro also comes with a significant improvement in hardware-accelerated ray tracing, which is now twice as fast. It makes the lighting and reflections and more realistic when playing games. The latest model also has a 16-core Neural Engine also has 17% more memory bandwidth, making AI tasks faster. *Subscribe to the* *Benzinga Tech Trends newsletter* *to get all the latest tech developments delivered to your inbox.* **Camera Improvements** An important upgrade in the iPhone 16 Pro is the introduction of a 5X telephoto camera, replacing the 3X zoom of the 15 Pro. The ultra-wide camera has also been upgraded to 48MP from 12MP, promising better detail and low-light performance. Both models come with a 48-megapixel main camera, but the iPhone 16 Pro debuts a Fusion camera equipped with a second-generation quad-pixel sensor. **Battery Life And Charging** The iPhone 16 Pro delivers a significant boost in battery life, lasting up to 27 hours—an improvement of 23 hours over the iPhone 15 Pro. Wireless charging speeds have also seen a boost from 15W to 25W, offering a considerably faster charging experience when paired with a charger that supports 30W or higher charging speeds. **Connectivity Comparison** The iPhone 16 Pro supports Wi-Fi 7 and features a **Snapdragon X75** modem, improving connectivity options compared to the iPhone 15 Pro’s Wi-Fi 6E and **Snapdragon X70** modem. **Apple Intelligence** Apple Intelligence will be offered in beta on all iPhone 16 models, as well as the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, with **Siri** and device language set to U.S. English, as part of an **iOS 18** update this fall. Additional features and languages will be introduced over the next year. **iPhone 16 Pro Release Date And Price** Pre-orders for the iPhone 16 Pro will begin on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, with the official launch and in-store availability starting on Sept. 20. The device has a starting price tag of $999 for the 128GB storage option. **Should You Upgrade?** For current iPhone 15 Pro users, the decision to upgrade to the iPhone 16 Pro may not be compelling unless the upgraded camera capabilities, larger display, and improved processing power are significant draws. The incremental upgrades suggest that while the iPhone 16 Pro is a worthy device, it may not offer enough of a leap for every user to justify the switch. *Check out more of Benzinga's Consumer Tech coverage by* *following this link**.* **Read Next:** - **iPhone 16 Vs iPhone 16 Pro: Is ‘Pro’ Worth The Premium? 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