2024-09-10 19:39:21
Smartphones are important to users as a camera that is always with them. Apple is focusing even more on this with its new iPhone.
The next iPhones will have a new button that is more commonly seen on cameras: a shutter button for the camera. The new control element is intended to make it easier to take photos and videos – and at the same time offer users a faster way to learn more about their surroundings with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
The button on the iPhone 16 works in a similar way to a camera: when you press it all the way through, you get an image, and a light press activates a slider. This means you can control the zoom, for example, without having to tap the screen as before. You can also use the button to quickly switch between photo and video mode.
The camera button is also a shortcut to AI functions. For example, you can use it to take a photo of a concert poster or an animal to find out more about it.
Overall, the iPhone 16 largely retains the design of its most recent predecessor models. But the two cameras on the standard model are again arranged in a line one above the other, as they were on the iPhone X. With the camera system, the phones can now also record three-dimensional videos for Apple’s Vision Pro computer glasses.
Inside there are new chips and more RAM. This is a prerequisite for the new functions with artificial intelligence to run smoothly on the devices. Of the earlier models, only the iPhone 15 Pro is powerful enough for “Apple Intelligence”. The starting price of the standard model of the iPhone 16 remains unchanged at 949 euros.
These AI functions are intended to summarize missed emails and text messages, create individual emoji symbols, and fish out information on demand, among other things. Many of the AI functions will initially not be available to users in the EU. Apple points to legal uncertainty caused by the Digital Rights Act (DMA), which sets out rules for large platforms. Above all, they are concerned that the DMA requirements for opening up to other manufacturers and service providers could compromise the protection of user data.
So far, “Apple Intelligence” only works in English. At the event, Apple announced four additional languages for next year: French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.