SuntanIronMan

The only thing I really want from the 16 Pro that the 16 (Normal) doesn’t have is the ability to record video to an external drive.

(Well… I suppose I would likely need USB 3 speed for that. So I guess that’s two things, but I’ll count that as one.)

That would be a nice feature to have. However, I’m not interesting in paying $200 more for it. Instead of paying $200 more for a base 16 Pro, I can pay $100 more for 128GB extra (256GB total) storage for the 16 (Normal). And with 128GB extra storage, the ability to record to an external drive would be less of a concern for me. I would have 128GB extra to work with and not have carry around an external drive (and all that would have cost me $100 less than buying a 16 Pro).

Now… if Apple put an SD card slot on a future version of the Pro (and I could record video to that), that would be a significant reason for me to buy a Pro over a (Normal). I won’t hold my breath for that. BUT if Apple did do that, I would pay extra over the (Normal) for it.

twolf2919 said:

While I applaud any heat-related improvements in iPhones, I think whatever heat 'problem' iPhones are stated to have is completely overblown.  I've had both the iPhone 15 and 16 Pro Max's and never noticed any unusual heat, except the first few days with the iPhone 16 when, presumably, the AI models used on the device were being built.  Oh, and my particular EV's wireless charging heats  up the iPhone like mad, but I think it's a car problem as Android phones are having the same issue in this car.

On particularly hot summer days while outside, my iPhone can thermal-throttle quite a bit. If you are in a climate-controlled building, you’ll probably experience no problems. But outside in the summer heat… I would love to have an iPhone with a vapor chamber.

It just seems like a bad idea in certain situations. Most people’s smartphone contain very personal indication. And I know people tend to over share on social media and such, but there are things even the most addicted social media users wouldn’t want to share.

If, for example, you are pulled over by the police for a traffic infraction… with a normal physical license, you give your ID to the police and maybe they bring it back to their police cruiser to do a check. But with a license on your smartphone, do you really want to give your phone to the police? Give it to the police for them to take back to their police cruiser for a few minutes?

This seems like one of the few situations where it would be preferable to keep it old school (and carry around an actual physical ID card).

At the moment many states that have digital IDs don’t accept digital IDs as valid IDs for police interactions. Which is probably for the best.