Apple iPhone XS review

Source: Apple iPhone XS review

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The same thing. But different. And yet the same. The iPhones are masters at this, especially the S series. What Apple obviously can’t do is come up with clever names. Worse, the XS might as well go down in history as the worst-labeled phone of all time. Two letters, but one is a Roman numeral. What could go wrong?

The iPhone XS is here whether you like it or not. And it’s the best iPhone ever made, in case anyone doubts Apple will make a worse device this year. It’s the fastest, the prettiest, the sturdiest, the most luxurious, the slickest, the most expensive. And yet it’s the same iPhone. But you can now buy it in gold color so people know it’s different.

Jokes aside, the S has always meant speed in Apple’s universe, and the iPhone XS is the carrier of Apple’s next-gen chip – the A12 Bionic. It’s the first (available) system-on-chip to be manufactured using the high-tech 7nm manufacturing process, featuring a 15% faster processor and 50% faster graphics. But the A12’s highlight is its second-gen NPU, capable of 5 trillion operations per second, a massive improvement for the machine learning scene.

Apple has also made some significant improvements to the main camera – there’s a new sensor with larger pixels, a new signal processor, Smart HDR, adjustable bokeh after capture, and stereo audio in videos! Wow! Okay, we might go overboard with this one, but what we think is that it’s good to see Apple catching up with the Pixels.

In addition to the new A12 chip and camera, the iPhone XS also has digital video stabilization for the front camera, better stereo speakers, faster LTE, dual SIM, better water resistance and tougher glass panels.

What’s still the same – design and looks, the notched OLED screen, the telephoto camera, Face ID, battery capacity, and although the camera department has some new tricks when it comes to the numbers – it’s still the same.

Apple iPhone XS specifications

• Body: Stainless steel frame, reinforced glass front and back, IP68 certified for water and dust resistance. Color options Space Gray, Gold and Silver.
• Screen: 5.8-inch frameless Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1125 x 2436 pixels, 458 ppi. HDR video support, wide color space. True Tone adjustment via a six-channel ambient light sensor, 3D Touch.
• Operating system: Apple IOS 12
• chipset: Apple A12 Bionic Chip (7 nm) – Hexa-Core 2.49 GHz (2x Vortex + 4x Tempest) Apple CPU, 4-Core Apple GPU, 4-Core Apple NPU 2-Gen
• Storage: 4GB RAM; 64/256/512 GB internal memory (not expandable)
• Camera: Dual 12-megapixel camera: wide-angle F/1.8 with OIS + telephoto F/2.4 with OIS, live bokeh effects (including portrait mode and portrait flash, adjustable blur), 2x lossless zoom, quad-LED flash with slower Synchronization, auto phase detection focus, wide color gamut recording
• Video recording: 2160p@60/30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps video recording with wider dynamic range
• selfie: 7MP F/2.2 front camera with BSI sensor and HDR mode, 1080p@30/60fps video, digital video stabilization, depth detection for portrait mode and Animoji
• Connectivity: dual SIM, 4G LTE (1 Gbit/s); WLAN a/b/g/n/ac; Bluetooth 5.0; Lightning connector; GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS; NFC (Apple, NFC tag reading)
• Battery: 2,658 mAh battery, wireless charging (Qi compatible)
• Various: Face ID through dedicated TrueDepth camera, (better) stereo speakers, Taptic Engine

The iPhone XS has a lot going for it – with the new chipset and camera being the most touted features. And more often than not, those aren’t enough reasons to update the now-discontinued X. And Apple probably knows it too.

But upgrading from an older iPhone has never been so tempting. Even if the XS price is too high, there is a little cheaper XR in a month.

Unpacking the Apple iPhone XS

The iPhone’s retail package hasn’t changed much over the years, and the XS model isn’t the one to break the cycle. The XS makes things a little worse.

The iPhone XS paper box comes with Apple’s popular (and severely underpowered) 5W charger, a Lightning cable, and a pair of EarPods. But this year Apple decided that $1,000 (or more) can’t be paid for a $9 Lightning to 3.5mm adapter in the box. So if you need one, you have to buy it separately. Come on!

So while Apple is going for premium and luxury with the new iPhones, their retail package is going backwards. If you want to enable fast charging, you’ll need to purchase both Apple’s $50 charger and $20 cable. And don’t forget the $9 3.5mm adapter!

Or you can opt for the AirPower wireless charging mat from Apple. Oh wait, you can’t. Apple hasn’t been able to get the thing to work – if the rumors are to be believed, it’s due to overheating issues – and they’ve removed all mentions of the mat from their websites. That’s certainly a possibility, but the internet will remember it forever.

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