The next generation of iPhones are here! On Tuesday the 10thof September as everyone expected Apple announced their new versions of the iPhones. They announced three different models and here I’m going to talk a little more about them and my thoughts. To start, The iPhone 11.
The iPhone 11 is Apples answer to the next generation iPhone XR. Just like the XR the iPhone 11 features a 6.1 Inch “Liquid Retina” Display (LCD). The iPhone 11 comes in 6 different colours. Different to last year however, dropping Blue and Coral and replacing these with Green and Purple.
Unlike the XR the 11 has two cameras, both of these are 12MP. One of them your normal 12MP Wide camera. The same found on last years XR. The second camera is one of Apples newest lenses. 12MP Ultra-Wide Camera. When Apple presented the new camera on their Live video presentation, they showed several shots of the amazing photos that this camera can take. The Photos you take will literally be edge to edge on the iPhone screen.
They mentioned there is a new Portrait lighting effect called High Key Mono if like me you like taking pictures with the Portrait mode I’m sure you’ll love this addition. The next addition to the camera set-up is the new dark mode. This is a feature which I’m sure many Android users will be saying they’ve had for years, which they have had but now Apple have perfected it. Dark mode can take a picture in almost darkness and perfect the colours and richness of the photo to make the light look natural and bright.
The iPhone 11 has a new front camera as well. It’s now a 12MP TrueDepth camera with 4K video recording up to 60 fps. This means you can make even better-quality FaceTime calls, take better selfies and even record off the front camera in slow motion and create what Apple joked with called “Slofie” (A Slow-motion selfie obviously 😂). The camera app can also do QuickTake which is where if you want to take a video quickly whilst on the “Photo” section of the app you can hold down the shutter button and it will start taking a video. In my opinion this just feels like a feature on snapchat, Not saying it’s a bad feature however I do wonder what happens to taking burst photos.
Just as we expected with every September iPhone event, there’s a new brain to power it. Apple announced the new A13 Bionic Chip with a third-generation Neural engine. Terms of battery it has an extra hour of battery life from the XR and pricing the iPhone 11 is what feels like a fair $699 or if like me you live in the UK its £729 which many are blaming Brexit for.
Now Apple didn’t stop there with all the iPhone drama, they announced the “iPhone 11 Pro” and the “iPhone 11 Pro Max”. My first thoughts on this phone was Christ the back looks very ugly and bulky however when Apple explained themselves, I think the benefits weigh out the ugliness. The obvious main cause of the ugliness is that Third camera. Yes, third camera you read right. The iPhone 11 Pro comes with 3 Cameras, 2 of them are the same as the new cameras on the new iPhone 11 and the third one is a 12MP Ultra-Wide lens. This is the lens for all them awesome depth effect photos.
The iPhone 11 Pro comes with an even better screen, so good in fact that it’s got a new name that is similar to their Mac Pro Monitors. The screen is a 5.8 inch (or 6.5 inch for the max) Super Retina XDR OLED. The casing of the phone is “Textured matt glass and stainless-steel design”. Just like the iPhone 11 the iPhone 11 Pro comes with the new A13 Bionic chip.
The iPhone 11 Pro has all the new features that the iPhone 11 has and has 4 more hours of battery life compared to the iPhone XS. Unfortunately there is no 3D touch found on this device meaning its looking like it’s the end of the road for this technology. The iPhone 11’s does have Haptic feedback, but this does not feel the same in my opinion.
As expected, the iPhone 11 has a similar price scheme to the iPhone X and XS. Costing you $999 or £1049 in the UK. The Max starts at $1099 or £1149.
The good news is that Apple are still selling the XR and the iPhone 8 for people who still prefer a home button (Face ID is better!!) or prefer a cheaper option. The bad news is that Apples phones are still using Lightning instead of USB-C and (as was expected) no 5G capability.
Anyway, thanks for reading my small write up and thoughts on the new iPhone range, check out the rest of my blog for more Apple and check out my website to see some of my other work.
Kyle Wilkinson
The photos above were taken from Apples website I do not own the rights to these photos. All copyright remains to Apple, Writing is all written by me Kyle Wilkinson.
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