iPhone 16
A18, Camera Control, Action button, and Apple Intelligence readiness shift the standard tier toward proactive camera and AI controls.
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Apple Intelligence
Apple personal intelligence system supported by later Apple silicon products.
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iPhone 16 Plus
The large standard branch gains Camera Control, Action button, A18, and Apple Intelligence support.
Open productiPhone 16 Pro
Larger displays, A18 Pro, Camera Control, and 4K120 Dolby Vision push the Pro camera/video system forward.
Open productiPhone 16 Pro Max
The Pro Max grows to 6.9 inches while sharing the new A18 Pro and 48MP Ultra Wide camera architecture.
Open productiPhone 16e
A18, Apple Intelligence, and Apple’s first C1 modem establish a new entry branch.
Open productiPhone 17e
A19, C1X, Ceramic Shield 2, MagSafe, and 256GB base storage mature the new e branch.
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Apple Intelligence becomes a system layer across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Apple introduced Apple Intelligence as a personal-intelligence system integrated with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, tying generative models to Apple silicon, personal context, and Private Cloud Compute.
Apple previews Siri AI as a cross-platform intelligence layer
At WWDC26, Apple introduced Siri AI and the next generation of Apple Intelligence across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, visionOS 27, and tvOS 27, expanding the intelligence layer across the full software ecosystem.