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My iPhone 11 is perfectly fine, but the new buttons on the iPhone 16 are compelling

The iPhone 16 launch event was a work thing for me. I wasn't thinking about buying a new phone. But those new buttons got me.

While rumors suggested the DSLR-like focus button (now known as the Camera Control) would grace only the Pro models, every iPhone announced this year actually got the fancy new thing. Conspiracy theories once abounded that Apple purposely built planned obsolescence into their handsets, but I think a saner reason was that battery and chip technology just weren’t where they are now. I can play my daily games, waste time on Reddit, keep in contact with friends and family using their various preferred methods and take pictures of tall buildings and overhead wires that turn out pretty decent.

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