Apple's
new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are
now on sale. But before you preorder one of the three new phones,
you'll want to know all about their most promising features.
The iPhone 11, Pro
and Pro Max start at $699(₹64,900*), $999(₹99,000*) and $1,099(₹1,09,900*),
respectively. These new iPhones pick up a fresh palette of colors, longer
battery life and a A13 Bionic processor inside
that promises faster performance. But more than any other feature, it's the camera hardware and software that
take the headlining role.
Apple's claims that battery life improves up to five
hours over last year's models (for the iPhone 11 Pro Max). The three cameras on the back of the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max are Apple's biggest
risks in a series that plays it safe this year. For many
people, the iPhone represents
the gold standard for smartphone design and cutting-edge features like Face ID
unlocking, which Apple says is now faster than before.
But despite bread-and-butter features, like support for Wi-Fi 6, the
iPhone 11 trio fails to push the envelope, relying instead on the big camera
change and smaller refinements to keep up momentum.
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There's
no 5G carrier support (we expect that to come in 2020), and none of the reverse
wireless charging that was rumored to charge the Apple AirPods, Apple Watch and
other phones of the back of the iPhone 11 -- as you can with the Galaxy S10 and Note 10 phones.
Apple also
held back on rumored features like making the
new iPhone 11s compatible with the Apple Pencil, and a USB-C port that was
whispered to replace the Lightning connection. We already think that the best feature in the new base model, the regular iPhone
11, might be its price.
The iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max go on preorder starting
Friday, Sept. 13 at 5 a.m. PT. Take a look at everything important
that the new iPhones have to offer. Apple also is about to release the watch series 5. Here's how
the iPhone 11 phones compare to the iPhone XS and XR.
New
iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max key specs
· Two screen sizes: 5.8- and
6.5-inch OLED displays (both 458 ppi pixel density)
· "Super Retina XDR"
display supports HDR 10 with Dolby Vision (and Dolby Atmos sound)
· Phone body: Textured matte finish
· 64GB, 256GB, 512GB storage
capacities
· Three rear cameras with 4x
optical zoom: Wide, ultrawide, telephoto lenses (OIS for wide and telephoto)
· Upcoming camera feature
called Deep Fusion compiles nine images to
reduce noise and amp up details
· 4 hours more battery life (Pro)
and 5 hours longer battery life (Pro Max) than last year's models
· Faster Face ID unlocking
· Wi-Fi 6 support, but no 5G
· 4K video for both front and rear
cameras, with slow-motion video for the selfie camera (aka "slofies")
· New portrait lighting effect:
Monochrome
· iOS 13
on-board,
with system-wide
dark mode
· Fast charging adapter
· Colors: midnight green, space
gray, silver, gold
What's
new in the iPhone 11?
· Six colors: black, white,
yellow, purple, green, Product Red
· A13 Bionic chip
· 64GB, 128GB, 512GB storage
capacities
· Hour more battery life than iPhone
XR
· Faster Face ID unlocking
· Wi-Fi 6 support, but no 5G
· Dual camera system with a
12-megapixel lenses: wide and ultrawide (switch by tapping on the screen)
· Camera night mode
· 2x optical zoom
· New portrait lighting in
monochrome
· 12-megapixel front-facing camera
(up from 7 megapixels)
· 4K video for both front and rear
cameras, with slow-motion video for the selfie camera
· iOS 13
