Iphone 11 Pro Max Photo Megapixel

Like the iPhone X(opens in a new tab) and its notch, the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max(opens in a new tab) have a controversial pattern that seems to accept divided anybody.

A lot of people don't like the way the three lenses protrude in a squircle-shaped bump that also houses the LED flash and microphone. The holes are reportedly triggering people'due south trypophobia(opens in a new tab) (fright of clusters of holes and bumps).

I'm not dismissing trypophobia, just having used the iPhone xi Pro and 11 Pro Max for a calendar week ahead of its release, I can definitively say everyone needs to chill out.

Nearly everyone I've shown the iPhone 11 Pro to say information technology's not as offensive in person — the lens rings aren't near as thick as closeup images brand them appear — and the design is one of a kind (for now).

The fact that I literally couldn't go anywhere in New York Urban center without cartoon attention from people who spotted the triple cameras suggests the iPhone 11 Pros already have what Android phones could but dream of: celebrity status.

Once you get over the camera bump, you'll see the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max are more than "pro" than meets the middle. I'll take the most versatile photographic camera organisation, the longest battery life of whatsoever iPhone, and the most secure mobile operating organisation over a new design that'south different for the sake of existence unlike any solar day.

iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max

$999 (starting for xi Pro) and $1,099 (starting for eleven Pro Max)

The Good

Matte, fingerprint-resistant drinking glass
Big battery improvements
Consequent and color-accurate triple-photographic camera system
Night mode (finally!)
Includes fast charger and USB-C-to-Lightning cable

The Bad

Base of operations 64GB storage is likewise low for "pro" iPhones
3D Touch was removed
Notwithstanding expensive

The Bottom Line

Apple's iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are serious threats to mirrorless and DSLR cameras.

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Learning Curve 5

Performance 5

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Unlike the iPhone 11(opens in a new tab), which costs $50 less than the iPhone XR(opens in a new tab) did when it launched, the iPhone xi Pro and eleven Pro Max aren't cheaper. They accept the same premium prices introduced with the iPhone X.

The iPhone 11 Pro starts at $999 and the 11 Pro Max at $1,099 for 64GB of storage; $1,149 and $1,249 for 256GB of storage; and $1,349 and $i,449 for 512GB of storage.

I'm less bothered by these prices — monthly installment plans assistance split up the cost — and more by the fact the base of operations storage is still 64GB. A $one,000+ "pro" iPhone shouldn't have the same amount of base storage every bit a $700 iPhone 11.

Samsung'southward Galaxy Annotation ten(opens in a new tab), which starts at $949, comes with four times the storage as an entry-level iPhone 11 Pro. This isn't cool, Apple tree. If you're getting an iPhone 11 Pro or eleven Pro Max, I recommend ignoring the 64GB and getting at least 256GB. You tin can thank me later when you're non aimlessly deleting apps and photos because you're running depression on storage.

The iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max in "Midnight Light-green" look stunning.

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Prettier in person

Ignore the noise you hear online. The iPhone xi Pro and xi Pro Max are way amend looking in person, after yous've held one in your easily, and used its weirdly aligned triple cameras (in that location is a reason why they're like that, which I'll get into soon).

But every bit everyone immediately pounced on Apple tree for the iPhone X's notch and then learned to accept information technology, I guarantee the aforementioned will happen with the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max'due south triple cameras.

I'k confident nigh this because people have been lament about camera bumps(opens in a new tab) — a "pragmatic optimization(opens in a new tab)" according to outgoing Apple Principal Design Officer Jony Ive — since the iPhone half-dozen's(opens in a new tab) tiny lens protrusion.

I, myself, take chronicled the evolution of the iPhone's growing photographic camera bumps(opens in a new tab) over the years, and guess what? I always got over the human knee-jerk criticism considering I value photography. If you're a parent, I'grand positive y'all'll care more near how the iPhone xi Pro'south camera captures photos and videos of your kids than how the crash-land looks.

Other than the 3 lens rings, the rest of the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max are mostly iterative of the iPhone 10. That's what Apple does — brand products that don't look outdated years out.

The thing you'll notice most is the textured glass back. It'due south then much nicer than the glossy drinking glass introduced on the iPhone X and 8, and the matte end makes the iPhone 11 Pros more grippy. Putting these iPhones in a case would be a complete disservice to the team that designed them.

The camera bumps aren't as bad in person.

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The squircle bump is glossy compared to the back which is matte.

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Compared to shiny glass, the matte drinking glass almost never picks upwardly fingerprints unless your fingers are actually greased up or slathered over the Apple logo, which if yous're paying close attention, has moved to the middle of the backside. The "iPhone" text has also been removed on the iPhone 11 Pros and iPhone xi because, come on, everyone knows what an iPhone is.

There were rumors(opens in a new tab) that the Apple logo was supposed to double as a marker for wirelessly charging AirPods(opens in a new tab) or an Apple tree Watch(opens in a new tab), but Apple tree never appear any "reverse" or "bilateral" wireless charging feature. There are skeptics who believe Apple intended to transport the feature, but disabled contrary wireless charging due to rut bug, and may activate it in a time to come software update.

A person familiar with the matter told me it's non something the company included and the inevitable teardowns of the phones won't reveal any special coil for it. This highly positioned person at Apple also reminded me not to take all rumors as truth. So take that for what y'all volition.

The matte glass is fingerprint resistant.

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Another small, but perceivable change: the iPhone 11 Pros are a hair thicker in all directions and heavier. Somewhere, Jony Ive is in tears. The iPhone 11 Pros are definitely weightier — the iPhone 11 Pro is 0.39 ounces heavier than the iPhone XS and the iPhone eleven Pro Max is 0.63 ounces heavier than the iPhone XS Max — but in a good manner, specially without a case on.

While I truly miss the days of the seemingly feather-light iPhone 6, the iPhone 11 Pros feel solid and dense the same way a premium mechanical watch like my Omega Speedmaster Professional does. Tons of phones now sport the same metal-and-glass sandwich design, but not all of them experience, for lack of a better word, engineered. There'due south no hollow "thwack" audio when you lot tap the back of an iPhone 11 Pro similar at that place is on metal-and-glass phones.

The iPhone eleven Pro buttons are lower and easier to printing.

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Woulda been nice to get USB-C on the iPhone Pro.

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The ring/silent aka mute switch, volume buttons, and side/power buttons have all curiously moved a few millimeters downwardly. Nothing major, only they're merely a little more reachable, which is a good thing.

On the bottom, there's a Lightning port, stereo speaker (the other speaker is the earpiece), and microphones. A USB-C port instead of Lightning similar on the iPad Pro(opens in a new tab) would've really made the iPhone 11 Pro even more pro-similar, simply that kind of change should probably be saved for a acme-to-lesser blueprint refresh.

Get alee and drop it in a puddle. It'll survive.

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Apple likewise increased the iPhone'south h2o resistance again. The phones are yet IP68 rated, only they can be submerged in up to 13 feet of h2o for upwardly to 30 minutes compared to 6 feet of h2o for the iPhone XS and 6.5 feet for the iPhone 11.

Greater durability is always a plus, but I can't say I needed more water resistance. I suppose if in that location'southward a loftier chance you'll drop your phone in a pool, or lake, or sea, you're gonna be all like "Hells yeah," but otherwise, when are those extra anxiety really going to matter?

The Super Retina Display XDR is brighter compared to the OLED screens on the iPhone XS.

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Beyond human being sight and audio

At offset glance, y'all might remember the iPhone 11 Pros have the same displays as the iPhone XS and XS Max.

Aye, the OLED brandish sizes and resolutions are the aforementioned (v.8 inches on the iPhone eleven Pro at 2,436 10 1,125 resolution and 6.v inches with two,688 x 1,242 resolution on the iPhone eleven Pro Max, both at 458 pixels per inch), and the notch hasn't shrunk. But underlying improvements technically brand them better (on paper, at least).

First, the iPhone 11 Pro's Super Retina XDR brandish (a ridiculous name that'south so jargon-filled it nearly has no meaning) is brighter than the regular Super Retina display on the iPhone XS. Apple says the iPhone xi Pro'southward' screen can attain up to 800 nits of superlative brightness outdoors compared to the iPhone XS's 660 nits, and tin can hit 1,200 nits of effulgence when viewing HDR10 and Dolby Vision videos or HDR photos.

In practice, I don't think the increased brightness adds any meaningful value to what were already incredible displays. Holding my iPhone XS and iPhone xi Pro, next, the latter's screen was a little more readable in direct sunlight, but not dramatically so. I'grand non lament most a brighter screen, but since I (and nearly people I know) commonly have the effulgence set up to between 50-75 percent about of the time, I tin can't say I've always stopped and said, "I certain wish the screen could become brighter!"

The iPhone eleven Pro OLED displays are brighter outdoors.

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Ditto for the increased contrast ratio. On the iPhone 11 Pro, the Super Retina XDR display has a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio compared to i,000,000:ane on the iPhone XS.

Information technology's some other squeamish technical spec for Apple to brag most, but I don't retrieve near people who get the iPhone 11 Pro will find and appreciate it. I played an episode of Planet Earth Two, an HDR10 series, on Netflix on my iPhone XS and iPhone 11 Pro (both set to full display brightness) and asked a few friends and colleagues if they could tell the difference.

Only one person out of v said the iPhone 11 Pro looked ameliorate with more dynamic range and better contrast. The other four said the video looked about the same, and later I told them which phone was which, their collective impression boiled down to "Oh, that's nice."

The notch didn't get smaller, but at least you get Dolby Atmos stereo sound.

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The iPhone 11 Pros besides come with a sound upgrade with support for Dolby Atmos. Phones similar the Galaxy Notation 10 and OnePlus 7 Pro(opens in a new tab) had Dolby Atmos beginning and now the iPhone 11 Pros (and iPhone 11) accept the improved sound, too.

For content that supports Dolby Atmos, y'all should exist able to hear more range betwixt the highs and lows for a more immersive spatial sound experience. In reality, through the speakers or AirPods, I'm not convinced many people will exist able to hear the greater separation. I barely noticed an comeback until I paired Sony's WF-1000XM3(opens in a new tab) truthful wireless earbuds and turned on noise cancelation, and cranked the volume up in a quiet room at the part.

Haptic Touch replaces 3D Touch.

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It'southward not the same, though.

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Personally, I miss 3D Touch(opens in a new tab). While I empathize that almost people won't — the pressure-sensitive display tech never expanded beyond being a right-click — I loved and used 3D Touch all the time. In place of 3D Touch is Haptic Touch, a long printing and vibration, that Apple tree introduced on the iPhone XR.

Haptic Touch replicates most of 3D Touch's functions (minus needing to press harder into the screen), simply using the iPhone 11 Pro made me miss small 3D Impact features similar the ability to "pop" (aggrandize to full screen) a photo on Instagram or preview of a website link. Similarly, I had to retrain my brain to cease 3D Touching anywhere on the keyboard to bring up the cursor for text selection and instead remember that the function is now a long press on the space bar.

Apple told me it removed 3D Touch on for a number of reasons: the display tech was expensive and they couldn't bring information technology to other iOS devices such equally iPads. With iOS 13(opens in a new tab), many of the functions previously exclusive to 3D Affect-equipped iPhones such every bit "peek" and "Quick Actions" (the shortcut menus that appear when y'all 3D Affect on an app icon on the home screen) are available for all supported iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches equally a simple long press without needing special screen hardware.

I miss 3D Touch dearly — some of yous guys do likewise(opens in a new tab)— but I'm all for iOS features working more consistently on all iOS devices, so I think it'due south a win in the end.

The iPhone xi Pro and eleven Pro Max accept iii cameras on the rear.

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Four cameras in one

Let's not waste product any more time, and talk about the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max's cameras. At that place are four cameras on each phone — three on the rear and one on the front.

On the back, the triple camera consists of the following:

12-megapixel "wide" camera with f/1.8 aperture with optical epitome stabilization (OIS)
12-megapixel "2x telephoto" camera f/ii.0 aperture with OIS
12-megapixel "ultra wide" camera with f/2.4 discontinuity and 120-degree field of view

Within of the notch, the "TrueDepth" camera'due south been upgraded from the iPhone XS's 7-megapixel shooter to 12-megapixels with aforementioned f/2.2 aperture.

If you lot've got an iPhone with a single rear camera, y'all might be thinking the iPhone eleven Pro's triple-camera arrangement is a little overkill. But I think once y'all use it and see how all 3 cameras work as one, giving you a zoom range from 13mm (ultra wide) to 26mm (wide) to 52mm (2x telephoto), yous won't be able to go back to a unmarried lens.

You'll go slightly better photos, especially in low-light scenarios, using the 2x telephoto lens since it'south got a faster f/2.0 aperture to absorb more light, but the ultra wide camera is the star attraction.

There's no mistaking the iPhone 11 Pro's cameras.

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Apple isn't the first to include a triple-camera arrangement with an ultra wide lens. Huawei beat anybody to punch with the Mate twenty Pro(opens in a new tab) and this yr almost every phone maker, including Samsung and OnePlus, added triple-rear cameras to their flagship phones.

In typical Apple way, though, the company ceded existence get-go to focus on making the best triple-camera organization. Other phones may have a similar three-lens camera system, just they fail to work consistently as one.

The ultra broad photographic camera is and then much fun to shoot with.

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Apple's deep software paired with the camera hardware is what sets the iPhone xi Pro cameras apart and makes zooming between the iii cameras experience so smooth; at that place's none of the stuttering you run into on Android phones when yous toggle from 1 camera to the other.

It'due south for this very reason that the three cameras on the back of the iPhone 11 Pros are aligned the way they are: for zooming straight out from the center. On Android phones, where the iii cameras are usually aligned in a row, you lot have to physically shift the phone to the left or to right to recompose a shot, and doing so feels less like zooming in and out and more like switching to split up cameras. Information technology's a small particular, but if y'all're serious about photography, it makes all the departure.

Below, you'll detect examples of the kinds of shots yous can get with the three cameras. With the ultra wide camera, photos that would accept previously required the use of a wide lens attachment from companies similar Moment or Olloclip(opens in a new tab) are now possible. I could spill some other hundred words, but I'll just let the photos speak for themselves.

Shooting with the ultra wide camera dramatizes the scale of a scene. Landscapes, buildings, rooms — everything is widened and looks a little more than ballsy.

As I said in my Galaxy S10+ review(opens in a new tab), shooting with an ultra wide camera on a smartphones is a ton of fun. It'southward hard to become back to the main wide camera, but here's why you shouldn't use it all the time.

Also the obvious image distortion — the ultra wide lens curves things to look larger and smaller — photos aren't as well-baked every bit with the wide and telephoto cameras.

The Photographic camera app on iPhone xi Pro shows you through the translucent UI what y'all could capture with the ultra wide lens.

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Outset, in that location's no optical image stabilization (OIS) on the ultra wide camera, which means shots tend to be softer when you lot zoom in to examine the details.

And second, information technology'due south not as good for low-light photography; both the broad and telephoto accept faster apertures (measured with an f-end of f/1.viii and f/two.0, respectively).

If you're only planning to share iPhone 11 Pro photos to Instagram or Twitter, sharpness isn't every bit high of a priority. But if want to become the best iPhone 11 Pro photos, you'll going to accept to work a little harder: definitely lock in your focus instead of relying on autofocus for sharper shots.

Not all ultra wide cameras are the same.

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Not all ultra broad smartphone cameras are equal, though. As I've said many times earlier, a camera's ability to capture a photo is only one function of the equation. To go a groovy photo, you also need top-notch epitome processing, which matters merely as much (if not more).

Accept a look at the ultra wide shots below. The Milky way Note 10 has the sharpest photo, but the color temperature is bluer than the scene really looked, and the fake candle lights in the chandelier are blown out. The photo taken with Huawei'due south P30 Pro has a red cast and the candles are fifty-fifty more overexposed. The OnePlus 7 Pro shot is the darkest, just it did a better job preserving the candles than the P30 Pro.

Meanwhile, the iPhone xi and iPhone 11 Pro captured the nearly true-to-life image with authentic colors, exposed the candles the best, and maintained sharpness across the prototype. They didn't produce the crispest photos, just overall, the consistency of the image quality wins in my stance.

Different smartphones as well have different lenses. Samsung'south phones are the almost similar in terms of lens focal length, only phones similar the P30 Pro and OnePlus 7 Pro accept arguably superior telephoto lenses.

Once again, you can see how the colour science varies betwixt phone cameras and their three lenses. The iPhone 11 Pros e'er produce the most realistic colors. Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 tends to dial up the brightness and saturation for more vivid pics. Shots from Huawei'south P30 Pro are but besides crimson. And the OnePlus 7 camera, while markedly better than previous OnePlus phones, however lacks the wider dynamic range from the other phone cameras.

Milky way Note 10 2x telephoto

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Huawei P30 Pro 5x telephoto

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Nighttime mode is an equally major upgrade for the iPhone 11 Pro cameras. Google was the first to blow minds with Night Sight(opens in a new tab) on the Pixel 3(opens in a new tab), using "computational photography" to composite multiple photos into a brightly-exposed image. Nighttime Sight shots are often unreal: scenes that are completely dark to the naked centre are brought to life and made visible.

The iPhone 11 Pros take hold of up to Night Sight with their ain night mode. The characteristic automatically kicks in when the wide or telephoto camera detects there isn't enough light in a scene. A night mode icon with a recommended exposure fourth dimension (usually between 1-5 seconds) appears adjacent to the flash icon and when you tap the shutter push button, an exposure meter counts downwardly to indicate how long you lot should hold withal.

The meter is also used to manually turn nighttime mode off or switch to the maximum recommended exposures. Pop the iPhone xi Pro on a tripod and information technology'll automatically shoot at the highest exposure time (I got a 30-second exposure for 1 photo).

In the below shot of a building in Chinatown, you tin can meet how the iPhone 11 Pro'south camera without night manner and with night mode compare.

Certain, Google did night mode first, just the characteristic is more intuitive on the iPhone 11 Pro. On a Pixel, a spinning exposure ring blocks the entire viewfinder while y'all're holding still, merely on the iPhone xi Pro, you can run across in existent time an exposure getting brighter as the timer counts downwardly.

And the iPhone xi Pro'due south night fashion also produces better photos in my opinion — sharper details from corner to corner, and better tones and contrast to preserve a scene's mood. Whereas night mode on other phones brighten a scene to the point it looks artificial or apartment, the iPhone xi Pro's night mode more delicately balances the light and dark areas in both the foreground and groundwork.

Take a wait at the Vespa comparisons below, with and without nighttime mode, for several phones. The quality of the night mode on the iPhone 11 Pro is richer. After all, fifty-fifty with night manner, you still desire a photo to expect like it'southward night.

Milky way Annotation 10 (dark fashion)

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Huawei P30 Pro (night mode)

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Below are the same shots of the reddish Vespa with the iPhone XS and iPhone XR, both without whatsoever night style because Apple isn't adding it to past devices.

Night mode works a lilliputian differently with people. When taking photos of people with dark mode, the Neural Engine applies all kinds of motorcar learning algorithms then that the face is more finely exposed along with the background. Skin and hair should have more specular highlights, faces should appear a little sharpened.

Relying on autofocus alone, I can't say the iPhone 11 Pro's night mode blows rival Android night modes away. Huawei's P30 Pro took the sharpest photograph, but information technology lacks contrast. The Galaxy Notation 10 movie is besides soft. The OnePlus 7 Pro does a decent job, simply the white balance skews yellow.

The iPhone 11 Pro preserved the background the best (see the emergency truck on the correct) with greater detail, just my jacket details were lost and my face could've used a picayune more illumination.

All of the phone cameras turned the heaven into daytime, which was non what it really looked like (bodily colour was navy).

Equally with shooting with the ultra wide, you'll become sharper night mode photos if you manually lock the focus; autofocus is more reliable than on Android phones (some phones failed to autofocus at all), but information technology can exist finicky.

And again, just and so y'all tin can run into the previous generation, hither'due south the iPhone XS and iPhone XR, neither with whatsoever night style. Just a regular camera.

Portrait way is improved also. On the iPhone X and XS, portrait mode only worked with the 2x telephoto photographic camera, and on the XR, Apple used auto learning to mistiness out the background.

But on the iPhone 11 Pro, the broad and 2x telephoto tin can both be used for portrait mode, giving y'all the best of both portrait modes from the iPhone XS and XR.

Portrait way photos taken with the wide photographic camera will exist wider, brighter, and sharper because of its faster f/one.8 lens aperture. Withal, the groundwork mistiness, aka bokeh, won't be every bit flossy equally portrait shots taken with the 2x telephoto photographic camera.

As y'all tin see, each photographic camera yields dissimilar portrait looks, mimicking a 35mm focal length (wide camera) and 52mm focal length (2x telephoto).

iPhone xi Pro telephoto lens

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Galaxy Note 10 telephoto lens

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The Galaxy Note 10 tin likewise take portrait photos (chosen "live focus") with both the main and telephoto cameras, but the images don't wait anywhere almost as vibrant. The white balance is bluer, creating a colder mood, and the image processing airbrushes abroad too much of the details.

Below are how other phones do portrait photography. Many people like the Pixel 3'due south AI-generated background blur. I think the image looks too apartment and a fake, like a cheap gaussian mistiness applied in Photoshop. The Huawei P30 Pro and OnePlus seven Pro shots also feel lifeless.

A little bit of editing could bandbox up any of these portrait photos, just direct out of the photographic camera? iPhone 11 Pro hands beats everyone.

No surprise here: the iPhone 11 Pro and eleven Pro Max take solid selfies. The camera app also has a neat trick: hold it vertically and information technology'll crop in for a 7-megapixel selfie (for unmarried selfies, duh) and agree it horizontally and the viewfinder will expand to the wider field of view with 12-megapixel resolution (for grouping selfies).

Of course, yous tin manually choose to get the wider or zoomed-in shot, but it's kind of squeamish the field of view adapts depending on the orientation you're holding the iPhone 11 Pro. Samsung's Galaxy S10 and Annotation ten, which as well crop in and out, have no such orientation intelligence.

iPhone 11 Pro (seven megapixels)

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iPhone xi Pro (12 megapixels)

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Milky way Note x (six.five megapixels)

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Milky way Note x (ten megapixels)

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Of all the phones, the Pixel 3 and 3 XL are the only ones with two front-facing cameras (wide and ultra broad), each with eight megapixels. In that location'due south no digital zooming in and out happening.

But and then again, that doesn't really matter when the image quality comes out looking this undeveloped:

Pixel 3 XL (8 megapixel wide lens)

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Pixel iii 40 (8 megapixel ultra-wide lens)

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Fifty-fifty with more than megapixels, selfies from other Android phones don't necessarily crush the iPhones. The color accuracy is all incorrect and the dynamic range is mediocre.

Huawei P30 Pro (32 megapixels)

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OnePlus 7 Pro (sixteen megapixels)

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Portrait mode for selfies aren't shabby, either. There's a petty more dynamic range in the iPhone eleven Pro shot compared to the one taken on iPhone XS, and you lot tin run into the foreground is better isolated from the background (my jacket isn't blurred out).

The Pixel takes a good selfie, but what happened to the color? I have no clue. The Galaxy Notation x is the same story as e'er: too much face up smoothening and soft image quality overall. The Huawei P30 failed to focus. And the OnePlus 7 sucks at highlights (run across the over-exposed nose).

There are numerous improvements to recording video. All of the iPhone 11 Pro's cameras (front and back) tin can tape video in 4K resolution at upwardly to threescore frames per 2d; older iPhones only let you shoot at 4K60 on the rear cameras.

Vloggers will really appreciate this — lx fps makes your footage expect more lifelike — just information technology bums me out there's no way to choose different resolutions and frame rates for the front and rear cameras.

All 4 cameras on the iPhone eleven Pro can record at 4K resolution at upwards to 60 fps.

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As it is, y'all can simply cull ane resolution and frame rate for all the cameras. I desire the option to record video at, say, 1080p at xxx fps with the front-facing camera and 4K at lx fps through the triple cameras. I, personally, don't demand or want 4K front end-facing videos and being able to set the front camera to record at a lower resolution would too aid relieve on storage.

I'm aware that simply assuasive for one resolution and frame rate for all of the cameras keeps things consequent, but again, this feels similar some other feature that would've made the iPhone eleven Pros' cameras more "pro."

Third-party apps like FilMic Pro will let yous view all four cameras at once and record from two simultaneously.

And, how tin can I forget nearly slow motion selfies, aka "slofies?" Corny name aside, this is gonna be a hit with the TikTok generation.

"Slofies" certain pretty fun to record.

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As with all of my the smartphone camera comparisons, I want to remind you that we're all going to take dissimilar picture preferences. Some of you, similar me, will side with the iPhone 11 Pro for its consistency across all 4 cameras and others will perhaps prefer what the Galaxy Note 10 or Pixel three produces.

Photography will always be subjective and it'southward more important to go out and shoot better photos than focus strictly on prototype quality because the differences really are in the details now, and on Instagram or Twitter, nobody's pixel peeping because every photo is compressed further.

What I can say is Apple tree really caught up to Android phones with the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max. Personally, I experience the cameras strike the all-time residue when it comes to capturing reality without creeping into night-turns-to-twenty-four hour period-fake-reality-world, only that's just me.

They're so practiced, most people will probably ditch existent cameras for proficient. I'k calling it now: information technology'south all downhill for consumer mirrorless cameras and DSLRs from here. And when "Deep Fusion," a camera feature that fuses together multiple images to create one even sharper shot is released through a hereafter software update, it'll exist even more game over for consumer cameras.

As always, I'm including a gallery of my favorite unedited photos taken with the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max. I'thousand also e'er game to hear your feedback on Twitter @raywongy(opens in a new tab) or on Instagram @sourlemons(opens in a new tab) if you want to conversation almost all things smartphone photography.

The iPhone xi Pro back up faster LTE and WiFi 6.

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Fastest performance in any phone

It's no hugger-mugger Apple'due south custom A-series Bionic system-on-chips (SoC) in its iPhones run laps around Qualcomm's best Snapdragon silicon.

Terminal twelvemonth, Apple's A12 Bionic chip left the best Android phones with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 flake in its dust, and it's widening that gap even farther with the iPhone eleven Pro and 11 Pro Max'south A13 Bionic bit.

The 64-bit A13 Bionic still has 2 "operation cores" and four "high efficiency cores," but this time they accept 20 and 40 percent faster CPU performance, respectively, while also being thirty-40 percent more power efficient.

Apple says the A13 Bionic is the most powerful chip in any smartphone and my ain tests confirm the iPhone 11 Pros indeed maintain the visitor'south pb over the latest Android phones.

"The iPhone 11 Pros indeed maintain the visitor's lead over the latest Android phones."

To encounter how the beefy iPhone xi Pros compared to the iPhone XS and latest Android phones, I fired upward Primate Labs' latest benchmarking app, Geekbench 5, and ran the CPU test. (Annotation: Geekbench 5(opens in a new tab) has 75-lxxx percent lower scores than Geekbench 4. Every bit such, you can't directly compare a Geekbench 4 score to a Geekbench v ane and I had to run Geekbench 5 on all the below phones to get an accurate comparison.)

Based on an boilerplate of iii tests, the iPhone eleven Pro running iOS 13 scored 1,335 on the single-core exam and 3,489 on the multi-cadre test. The iPhone 11 Pro Max scored 1,336 on the single-core examination and 3,499 on the multi-core test. Both of these CPU tests confirm the A13 Bionic is 20 per centum faster on single-cadre and 32 pct speedier on multi-core than the iPhone XS running on the latest iOS xiii.one developer beta iii, which racked scores of one,112 on single-core and 2,649 on multi-core.

Even the latest flagship Android phones are no lucifer for the iPhone 11 Pros. Samsung's Galaxy Annotation ten+ (Snapdragon 855 chip(opens in a new tab)) scored 730 on single-cadre and 2,380 on multi-core, making information technology 45 percent and 32 percent slower than the iPhone xi Pro.

The OnePlus vii Pro (Snapdragon 855 chip) scored 731 on unmarried-core and 2,693 on multi-core, 45 percent and 23 percentage slower on each examination.

And Huawei's P30 Pro (Kirin 980 fleck(opens in a new tab)) scored 673 on single-core and 2,371 on multi-core — 50 pct and 32 percent slower, respectively, than iPhone 11 Pro.

Google's Pixel 3 40, which uses a terminal-gen Snapdragon 845 scrap performed the worst: 367 on single-core and i,763 on multi-core — 73 percent and l percentage slower on each test compared to the iPhone xi Pro.

The iPhone 11 Pros are the nearly powerful smartphones to appointment.

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Additionally, the A13 Bionic has a iv-core GPU that's xx pct faster and up to xl percent more ability efficient for graphics tasks.

I downloaded several 3D games including Asphalt 9: Legends, Fortnite, Horizon Chase, and Grimvalor to see if I could spot whatsoever graphics performance heave, and… not really. Both Asphalt ix and Fortnite push button 3D graphics on iPhone actually difficult and equally far equally I could tell, they played nearly the same on both the iPhone 11 Pro and my iPhone XS. I didn't observe any leap in frame rates or details.

I didn't meet huge graphics performance gains when editing video. Using a i minute and 25 2nd iMovie video project consisting of ten video clips shot on the iPhone 11 Pro Max in 4K resolution at threescore fps, with nine deliquesce transitions, and a title, the iPhone 11 Pro (iOS 13) exported the video at 4K60 in 1 infinitesimal and 41 seconds compared to my iPhone XS (iOS 12.4) which completed the consign in 1 minute and 43 seconds. The iPhone 11 Pro was 2 percent faster at exporting the video.

Doing a 1080p consign of the same 4K60 video projection, the iPhone 11 Pro crunched the video in 31 seconds and my iPhone XS in 33 seconds, making for a 6.five percent faster export.

To exist off-white, the A13 Bionic's GPU is merely 20 percent faster than the A12 Bionic, which is l pct faster than the A11 Bionic. The GPU comeback is not as significant this year. While I didn't encounter a major boost to GPU performance, things could change as developers optimize their games for the A13 Bionic and Apple Arcade and its 100+ games launch. Simply at release time, I'm non seeing whatsoever real gains for gaming.

However, for augmented reality, apps such as Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs, The Birdcage 2 and Homecourt, did feel smoother. My guess is the A13 Bionic'southward Neural Engine, which is up to 20 percentage faster than the ane in the A12 Bionic, is able to help speed upward the calculations in an app like Homecourt to brand information technology more responsive.

Increasingly, information technology's what'due south under the hood that matters nigh.

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The iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max take too closed the gap on Gigabit-class LTE connectivity. Where Android phones with Qualcomm Snapdragon modems used to crush iPhone's Intel modems, the iPhone 11 Pros are more than evenly matched.

I ran LTE speed tests on an iPhone XS, iPhone eleven Pro, Milky way Note 10+, and OnePlus 7 Pro — all with T-Mobile SIM cards and ready to the same server — using Ookla's Speedtest app (disclosure: Mashable parent visitor Ziff Davis also owns Ookla), and got the post-obit download and upload speeds based on an average of three tests:

iPhone 11 Pro:103 and 55 Mbps
iPhone XS:78 Mbps download and 44 Mbps upload
Galaxy Note ten+:100 Mbps download and 47 Mbps
OnePlus 7 Pro:99 Mbps download and 45 Mbps upload

Now, with any cellular speed tests, your mileage will vary depending on where y'all are. I was in New York City when I ran these tests at around 12:xxx a.m. The download and upload speeds were faster than during the day when T-Mobile is more than congested, just you should still see faster LTE speeds on the iPhone xi Pro than on the iPhone XS. In my experience, Android phones also tend to get faster LTE than iPhones during the 24-hour interval.

Apple's also baked in WiFi six speeds(opens in a new tab), which is capable of upward to 4-10x the data throughput and capacity of WiFi 5 and older networks. I wasn't able to exam this since I didn't have any WiFi 6 networking gear to try it on. WiFi 6 is more of a futurity-proof feature, and you'll capeesh when it's ubiquitous over the next few years.

iOS thirteen's all-time feature is dark style.

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Mostly, the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max are so fast and responsive because of iOS 13. We've already highlighted all of the great features in iOS 13, including (but not express to) dark fashion, 30 pct faster Face ID, revamped Photos and Apple Maps apps, redesigned Reminds app, brand new share canvass, a "Detect My" app that combines the previous "Find My iPhone and "Find My Friends" apps, more Memoji customization options, new Siri voice and simply Shortcuts automation, and a slew of privacy-focused features similar "Sign in with Apple" and stronger Bluetooth and location access.

All of these software features work great on older devices like the iPhone XS and XR, just they're merely a teensy scrap more fluid on the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max.

The U1 chip makes location services even more than accurate.

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There are too a few other less-talked virtually features on the iPhone 11 Pro and xi Pro Max, like its U1 chip, which uses "Ultra Wideband" engineering for more than accurate spatial awareness, according to Apple.

For instance, Apple says you could prioritize a file transfer to another device with a U1 chip using AirDrop just by pointing your iPhone eleven Pro at theirs. This feature wasn't available for me to test, but Apple says it will be ready in the upcoming iOS xiii.i software update.

The more accurate location tracking engineering science seems promising, specially if Apple tree actually is planning on launching its rumored Tile-like particular trackers(opens in a new tab) presently.

The iPhone 11 Pros take the longest bombardment life of whatever iPhone.

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Longest-lasting iPhones e'er

The most underrated feature on the new iPhone 11 Pro and eleven Pro Max is easily battery life.

Apple's insistence on making its iPhones thinner express how far information technology could push battery life in previous iPhones, but not this year.

The thicker iPhone eleven Pros have room for a larger bombardment. Coupled with the power efficiencies from the A13 Bionic scrap and you go longer utilize time: Apple claims upward to 4 extra hours on the iPhone 11 Pro compared to the iPhone XS and upwardly to 5 more than hours on the iPhone 11 Pro Max versus the iPhone XS Max.

My iPhone XS unremarkably lasts from around 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with my abnormally heavy usage (lots of email, Slack, iMessage, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, and Feedly). On the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, I routinely got about iii-4 more than hours. I probably could have squeezed out the full four-5 hours Apple advertises, only that would accept required tweaking some settings similar reducing the brightness downwardly from 100 percent and lessening the frequency apps used my location.

Real talk: longer battery is low central the ane feature everyone needs. It'due south non sexy and really easy to gloss right over, simply you'll appreciate it when you're out late and don't need to bum a accuse off someone else'southward battery pack.

It's too nice that battery life on this yr's iPhone really makes sense. Whereas the iPhone XR had longer battery life than the iPhone XS and XS Max, the most expensive iPhone 11 Pro at present rightfully has the longest battery life.

If you care about battery life higher up all, here's how it breaks down from longest to shortest: iPhone xi Pro Max, iPhone eleven Pro, and iPhone 11.

Longer battery life to browse the spider web, listen to music, take photos — whatever you want.

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The iPhone eleven Pro and eleven Pro Max too come with 1 thing the iPhone 11 doesn't: a fast power adapter. Finally!

Although the iPhone xi is still saddled with a puny 5-watt power adapter and USB-A-to-Lightning cable, the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max come with an 18-watt power adapter and USB-C-to-Lightning that can charge them more rapidly.

Android phones have included fast chargers in the box for years and I complained about Apple tree being inexpensive virtually bundling a fast charger with the iPhone XS and XS Max. It's good the power adapter, a $29 value, isn't a separate price anymore.

And trust me, you lot definitely desire the xviii-watt ability adapter. In my tests using it, the iPhone 11 Pro charged upwardly to almost 28 percent in 15 minutes, 47 percent in thirty minutes, 65 percentage in 45 minutes, 81 percentage in hour, and 100 percentage in about 112 minutes.

Meanwhile, if you use a 5-watt charger, y'all'd be getting much slower charge times: less than half the speed of the 18-watt charger. In 15 minutes, the iPhone 11 Pro charged near 12 per centum; 23 percentage in 30 minutes; xl percent in 60 minutes; and over two hours for 100 pct.

Worth noting: yous can get a more powerful power adapter, like 30 watts or 61 watts, but the charging times will substantially be the same equally the 18-watt charger. But a little FYI for ya.

Wireless charging didn't get faster on the iPhone eleven Pros.

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Wired charging is excellent on the iPhone 11 Pros, just yet kind of boilerplate with a wireless charger. Just like the iPhone X, XR, and XS, the iPhone 11 Pro and xi Pro Max support Qi wireless charging on power mats with upwardly to 7.five watts. Samsung'due south Milky way Note x, however, is capable of faster wireless charging at upwards to xv watts with the right wireless charger.

Who needs a existent camera when the iPhone 11 Pro's iii cameras are always in your pocket?

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"Pro" where it matters

You don't need me to tell yous the iPhone xi Pro and 11 Pro Max are the most avant-garde iPhones e'er. Considering of form they are.

What you're likely wondering is whether or not Apple's latest and greatest are worthy of the "pro" name. If y'all've read the entirety of this review, it's pretty obvious they are.

With a versatile triple-camera system, noticeably longer bombardment life, powerful A13 Bionic functioning, and even improve display, the iPhone eleven Pro and 11 Pro Max rightfully earn their premium pricing.

There are for sure arguments to exist fabricated that Apple isn't pushing the envelope on blueprint again, instead choosing to reuse the iPhone X'south two-year-sometime await, with just a alter to the glass texture and camera crash-land.

Merely anyone who thinks innovation can but be purposeful if it looks new on the surface doesn't really understand what iPhones are: powerful devices that enable y'all to do more, non just on day 1 or in half-dozen months, but years downwards the road.

How many Android phones go four years of software updates and quickly? I can't proper name a single i, but the iPhone 6S, a four-twelvemonth-old device, is getting iOS thirteen, which bodes well for the iPhone 11 Pros. How many other phones can add 4-5 hours of bombardment life without making them significantly larger? Mmhmm.

The iPhone eleven Pro and 11 Pro Max don't accept a new sparkly colour the way the Annotation 10 does or a notch-costless brandish like on the OnePlus vii Pro, but aesthetic fades fast. Nor practice they have whatever unproven technologies such as foldable displays or 5G — I'll expect until this stuff isn't one-half baked, give thanks yous very much.

At the finish of the day, the things that affair most aren't how the device looks and feels (most people will put a case or screen protector on their phones, anyway), but whether it works reliably, and the iPhone 11 Pros do.

"Most people make the mistake of thinking pattern is what information technology looks like," Steve Jobs famously said(opens in a new tab). "People remember information technology's this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it expect skilful!' That'due south not what we think blueprint is. It's not simply what it looks similar and feels like. Blueprint is how it works."

Information technology's not enough to have cracking hardware and dank software (or vice versa) — you need both to be best and the iPhone xi Pro and 11 Pro Max prove Apple still has the magic touch.

Written by Senior Tech Correspondent

Raymond Wong
Edited by Tech Editor

Keith Wagstaff
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