[Gadgets] Christmas Gift Guide 2024: Gadgets And Tech

[Mr.Ares]

2024 may just be the year of the iPhone Pro. Long kept in the shadow of its bigger, more fully featured sibling, the Pro Max, the Pro has received a welcome upgrade this year, making the iPhone 16 Pro arguably the best ‘small’ phone on the market. No longer denied the 5x zoom camera of its larger sibling, the 16 Pro is now a top-of-the-line iPhone but with a more compact profile that allows for single-handed use. Plus, the improved battery puts it on a par with last year’s 15 Pro Max (around 14 hours in real terms), meaning you won’t run o

ut of juice at the tail end of the day, either — another check in the ‘win’ column. The 16 Pro has a fractionally bigger screen than the 15 Pro, with the same always-on,120Hz display, which remains one of the best smartphone screens we’ve encountered. That 5x zoom, combined with the 48 megapixel standard and ultra-wide lenses, delivers outstanding image quality across the board, genuinely making us question the need for a dedicated DSLR when you have something this capable resting in your back pocket. And if you’re lucky enough to own Apple’s Vision Pro, then you can even shoot spatial video (and photos) for viewing on the headset, putting

you in proper sci-fi territory with 3D holographic snaps. The big external change to the 16 Pro also involves the camera, as it now has a dedicated camera button, which co-exists alongside last year’s action

button (now free to do something else) and not only fires up the camera app, but lets you take pictures and adjust settings on the fly, massively speeding up your shutter time. A glorious hand

set from top to bottom.

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