In our recently published iPhone 16 review, we observed that Apple has significantly closed the gap between its Pro and regular smartphone models. With all four handsets getting both the Action and new Camera Control buttons, and barely any difference between the chipsets for the first time since the iPhone 13 family, people can buy the cheaper models with confidence.
Still, there are a couple of areas where the regular iPhone suffers in comparison to its Pro siblings, and the main one is the screen’s refresh rate. While the iPhone 16 is still stuck at 60Hz, since the iPhone 13 Pro, Apple has given its top-end handsets 120Hz “ProMotion” screens, which appear much smoother in use due to their ability to refresh the image up to 120 times per second.
