Apple silicon has been a game changer for the company. MacBooks, previously mocked for their weak Intel processors and lacking hardware, are now genuinely some of the most powerful laptops on the market. In-house chip development also means extremely optimized performance when running Apple’s own apps like the Safari browser.
Apple Intelligence is cool too, though. | Video credit — Apple
However, AI just wasn’t enough of a reason to get people excited for the new iPhone. In fact, the iPhone 16 reveal was so underwhelming that Apple stock began dropping when it was announced. And I just can’t believe that the base model iPhone 16 still has a 60 Hz display. That’s almost criminal in 2024 when even budget Chinese smartphones have a refresh rate of at least 90 Hz.
Despite all these shortcomings however, iPhone 16 is flying off the shelves. So much so that iPhone 16 Pro Max pre-orders have been pushed back all the way to October.
Clearly the iPhone 16 will easily become one of the best phones worth buying today, despite the fact that the EU and China are not getting Apple Intelligence. And these benchmarks leave me wondering when we might be able to just plug in an iPhone into a gaming PC instead of a GPU.
