Apple Debuts the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max - Now with a Camera Button

[Dr. Dro]

there no ahead of the pack imo, aside their soc, rest of hardware is from known big company (sony,samsung,qualcomm)

iphone camera sensor that from either sony or samsung, that many android phones also using
its not sensor, but more likely software optimization is better on apple side

same with oled display, its LTPO oled from samsung, tweaked/calibrated per apple request
if you look around, many people reporting similar iphone display issue to samsung phones

and A17pro technical level superiority only for its cpu+apple-controlled-ecosystem, its gpu behind snapdragons
and that with 3nm node, while SD8gen3 is 4nm on release

The iPhone 16 Pro Max has the A18 Pro, though, and revised specifications throughout. This phone targets someone like me, with a Xs Max or a 11 Pro Max. That's where the improvements start to become enough that it makes sense to purchase one. I'm waiting for the 17 series, this year I will likely purchase a GPU as my "big treat".