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,

Apple's latest smartphone, the iPhone 16, will be available in stores starting today, following disappointing Wall Street feedback from pre-order data.

As the iPhones went on sale, however, Apple released the first public beta of iOS 18.1, an early version of the software that will bring Apple Intelligence. New customers can get access to those features in an early version by joining Apple’s beta programme and choosing to download that update.

Apple Intelligence features are now available for the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 16 series. Here's everything you need to know about Apple's suite of AI powered features

Apple's iPhone 16 is out, but the company hasn't made its iOS 18 Apple Intelligence features available to users just yet. In July, Apple rolled out these features to users on the iOS 18 developer beta and added the AI features for public beta users earlier this week.