AiPhones

Apple celebrated the iPhone’s sweet sixteen Monday!

The tech giant announced the new iPhone 16 (and 16 Plus, and 16 Pro, annnnd 16 Pro Max), hoping iUsers will finally take the bait to trade in their iPhone 5s. 

The new iOS 18 (available for iPhone 15 Pros and up) features a camera with visual intelligence––just aim the camera at a restaurant, and Siri will serve reviews, the menu, and reservation tips. Siri can also pull info from your text messages (but like, in a helpful-not-creepy way) to “remind me which movie Kathleen said to watch” or “send Grandma pics from the zoo Saturday.” 

Apple still believes an accessory a day keeps the doctor away; its new (slightly slimmer) watch can detect sleep apnea and the new AirPods Pro 2 can act as over-the-counter hearing aids.

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CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Our ultimate purpose is to glorify God—the Creator of the universe, Great Innovator, and Inventor of everything. However you engage with your (upgraded or not) phone, remember to use technology to point others to eternal hope in him. 

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created through him and for him.” 
Colossians 1:15-16 (CSB) (read full passage)