Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
John Velasco

The iPhone 16 is falling behind the competition in one major area

IPhone 16 Pro Max display.

Newer phones are inherently supposed to be better in every way imaginable than their predecessors, right? Well, that’s not always the case and there’s one peculiar area where Apple can’t say that the iPhone 16 lineup is better than the previous iPhone 15 — their display brightness.

During Monday’s ‘Glowtime’ event where the company introduced the entire iPhone 16 series, Apple says that the display reaches a peak 2,000 nits brightness. That’s a really impressive rating given how some of the best phones out there fail to even come close to reaching that mark, but what’s interesting is that Apple claimed the same figure last year with its iPhone 15 lineup — and I think that’s a big problem.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.