Apple has announced that it will be holding a unique event on September 9th and has given it the tagline “It’s glowtime”.
This special presentation by Apple will kick off at 1 pm Eastern Time or 10 am Pacific Time and while the invitation given to press members has been vague, it’s almost certainly going to be the announcement of the iPhone 16 line of phones, among other devices.
Apple’s history of when they date their iPhone announcements makes an iPhone revelation extremely likely in this case, and if so physical models of the phone with details about their specs will probably get introduced too.
The rumors around the new iPhone have, as is the case every year, been swirling. Many of these focus especially on camera and processor-related features.
The current iPhone 15 lineup of phones is widely considered to have some of the best phone cameras on the market, though these aren’t without some very specific flaws that some users have looked to work around.
In the case of the iPhone 16, we haven’t heard as much speculation as in previous years about new technologies, but we do expect at least a couple major upgrades with these models.
When it came to the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple developed a sensor that could deliver highly detailed 12MP images from a 48MP Quad Bayer chip, and with the iPhone 15 Pro, we saw even more impressive features like innovative pixel binning and a 5x telephoto lens for the Pro Max in particular.
For the iPhone 16 editions, new features will possibly be less numerous but expect to see greater telephoto capacity offered on the less costly editions of the phone, and moderate overall improvements in photo resolution too.
I also speculate that the iPhone 16 phones will come with new image processing improvements that give their users more control over how the cameras in these phones process their RAW photos.
Another widely held rumor is that the iPhone 16 will include a capture button for letting users launch their preferred camera app and have this button work as a dedicated AF/shutter control mechanism. Currently, only the iPhone 15 Pro phones have something similar.
Also, almost without a doubt, as an opposing point to my speculation about the upcoming iPhone 16 giving users options for creating more natural photos, we’ll see new AI features for deeper photo editing and “intelligent” generative manipulation.
Considering that since 2012, Apple has always announced its newest phone releases in September of a given year, expect to hear about the iPhone 16 on that day if you’re an Apple fan, even though Apple hasn’t formally said as much.
