When the iPhone 16 Pro was unveiled at Apple's Glowtime event today (September 9), a beautifully shot promotional video called it a “filmmaking powerhouse” and called users to stop thinking of it as an iPhone and “treat it like a regular camera” He claimed

Apple's pro model iPhone has always prided itself on its photography prowess, and this year's upgrades are likely to continue the trend of the iPhone becoming the go-to model for video creators

The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max boast a new 48MP Fusion camera with quad-pixel sensor and 4K 120fps video recording with Dolby Vision and HDR As Apple points out, this is “the highest resolution and frame rate combination in iPhone history and a smartphone first”

This quad-pixel sensor can read data twice as fast, resulting in zero shutter lag for 48MP ProRAW or HEIF photos The new 48MP ultra-wide camera also features a quad-pixel sensor with autofocus, and of course the iPhone 16 Pro benefits from the new camera control buttons

But where the device really shines is in video Users can shoot HDR 4K 120fps video at full speed or in slow motion The iPhone 16 Pro's high frame rate feature also allows users to adjust the video speed in the Photos app after shooting This corresponds to the feature introduced in the iPhone 15 Pro that allows users to adjust the focal point of a still image after it has been taken

Video playback speeds can be selected from 120fps, 60fps, 30fps, and 24fps, and footage can be mixed and edited on the go

The iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro chip has an Image Signal Processor (ISP) that allows content makers to perform frame-by-frame movie-quality color grading at 4K 120fps in Dolby Vision

In addition, the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max feature four new microphones that capture Spatial Audio and a new on-device mixing technology called Audio Mix According to Apple, users can “adjust the sound after capture to focus on the person's voice on camera, make it look like the video was recorded inside a professional studio, or place vocal tracks in the foreground and environmental sounds in surround sound

These small updates build on Apple's camera tricks, like the cinematic mode introduced in the iPhone 13 Pro, that made the company's Pro phones for video producers iPhone 15 Pro Max is the best camera phone There's a reason it topped our guide And I'm quietly confident that once tested, the iPhone 16 Pro Max will be our best pick over the previous model