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Video remains industry-leading for log profiles and stabilization — creators choose iPhone for social and documentary hybrid workflows.",[10,89,90],{},"Night mode and portrait improvements incremental year-over-year but stack over generations — upgrading from iPhone 13 Pro feels substantial; from 15 Pro less so.",[33,92,94],{"id":93},"performance-and-apple-intelligence","Performance and Apple Intelligence",[10,96,97],{},"A18 Pro runs games, on-device LLM tasks, and multitasking without fan noise. Apple Intelligence features — writing tools, notification summaries, visual intelligence — depend on region and language support; verify availability before buying for AI specifically.",[10,99,100],{},[47,101],{"alt":102,"src":103},"iPhone 16 Pro Review (2026) — Camera, Battery, AI & Verdict — systems and performance","\u002Fimages\u002Fiphone-16-pro-review-combat.webp",[10,105,106],{},[54,107,108],{},"Systems and performance — Apple Inc. 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