Honestly non pro series are quite useless. Pro series is surely good coz of camera + screen refresh rate (120hz). These both are solid reasons to go for pro series but the cost difference b/w normal vs pro series is not justified whatsoever.
Still I usually go for pro series only coz screen refresh rate really does make a huge diff. However going from one pro to another, I am not able to understand. Apple intelligence is ofc useless, apple can’t be serious someone would upgrade to 16/pro series coz of that feature.
And silent button(which was a shutter before in my 14 pro max) is useless and actually complicates things. Earlier I used to take screenshot with power+vol up but now I keep hitting the mute button accidently coz it’s not a shutter anymore, it is a button. Camera button is a gimmick ofc. But holding the camera button to capture something to search on google is a nice addition.
Still 16 pro max is a useless phone for someone who had 14 pro max before. And I came from 13 pro to 14 pro max before, and now I feel 16 pro max is quite uncomfortable (even though it is quite similar to 14 pro max), just few days back I had 14 pro of my brother in my hand and omg it was so comfortable to hold. Apple really sucks in pricing.
And now I hear new iPhone 17’s will all have 120hz screens regardless pro or not. That will make investment on 16 pro max go down the drain.