Apple says full iPhone 16 line-up plays AAA games, no iPhone Pro required

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 16, claiming it'll be possible to play AAA games on all devices in the line-up - and not just on the pricier Pro models, as was the case last year. Apple started bigging up the iPhone's AAA gaming credentials with 2023's iPhone 15 range, announcing the likes of Assassin's Creed Mirage and Resident Evil 4 Remake would all be playable exclusively on the ray tracing enabled iPhone 15 Pro. 12 months on and the iPhone 16 is here, offering what Apple claims to be a 30 percent CPU and 40 percent GPU boost over last year's model, courtesy of the new A18 chipset - designed to handle the company's computationally demanding on-device AI features, due later this year. And that extra oomph (which includes hardware-accelerated ray tracing on the iPhone 16) means AAA is no longer relegated to the iPhone Pro. Read more

Apple says full iPhone 16 line-up plays AAA games, no iPhone Pro required

Apple says full iPhone 16 line-up plays AAA games, no iPhone Pro required

Apple says full iPhone 16 line-up plays AAA games, no iPhone Pro required

Apple says full iPhone 16 line-up plays AAA games, no iPhone Pro required

Apple says full iPhone 16 line-up plays AAA games, no iPhone Pro required