The iPhone 16 has 2,000 nits of peak brightness, while the iPhone 14 boasts 1,200 nits. The iPhone 16 also has a slightly better resolution: 2,556 x 1,179 compared to the iPhone 14's 2,532 x 1,170.
The iPhone 16 officially goes on sale Friday. But for its earliest adopters, it arrives with a fundamental compromise baked into the deal. Put simply, this is not the iPhone 16 that they were promised ...