Macworld For the past several iPhone generations, I’ve owned a Pro model. First it was the size—I bought an iPhone 13 Pro Max before the Plus phone was a thing—but it’s other features as well: the ProMotion display,

The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max got bigger this year, but most people should pick them for camera upgrades and longer battery life.

Even though the iPhone 16 doesn't a telephoto sensor, Apple discovered a way to somewhat compensate for this, so much so that you can reportedly get high-quality zoomed-in photos by up to 2X. Not as appealing as the 5X optical sensor on the iPhone 16 Pro models, but it'll do.