iPhone 11 Pro - Top 10 Problems after 1 Month! By Max Tech

I can’t believe that its already been 1 month since the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro have been released, and we’ve made a wide variety of quality content around them. Overall I’m really happier with this update than I expected, but that doesn’t mean that the iPhone 11 Pro isn’t without fault. So in this video, I’ll be sharing the issues I have with the 11 Pro and something that I really wish Apple did differently. Let’s get a huge obvious one out of the way, 3D Touch. They say you don’t know what you’ve had until its gone and that’s absolutely the case. I first noticed the difference last year since I switched to the iPhone XR when working on the review.

Haptic touch is a much worst experience. I know, I know, battery life and all that, but personally I would take a slight hit and still have this additional layer that lets me do things faster and more precise since the battery life is already so good. The next is the matte back. I love the look and that it isn’t a fingerprint magnet, but when using the phone one-handed ive literally had it slip out of my hand compared to the XS’s glass back that offered a lot of grip. I know I’m in the minority who uses their phone without a case, and I’ll still keep it that way, but there’s a good chance I’ll be picking up a grippier skin.

I won’t be talking too much more about hardware or design, but of course, I do wish Apple finally made the move to USB-C with this Pro moniker along with a faster refresh rate display, and the 64GB base level of storage for $1000, but those are fairly obvious. What’s not as obvious is the software. I’ll talk about RAM management in just a bit, but let’s start with a few things that Apples pretty much fixed and others that hopefully will be soon. The first one is something that we’ve complained about for years, no quick way to change your video recording. In the current Beta, we can now press on the resolution or frame rate to swap through them.

Personally I’d rather have the full menu pop up to have access to all the settings but this is a good improvement. The next is something that is hopefully a bug, glitches and slowdowns in the camera app. The photos out of the 11 Pro are incredible, but at times when I open the camera app to grab a quick shot it takes 2, 3, or even 5 seconds to completely open. Other times it opens almost instantly and this gets frustrating especially if you miss a photo of your kids because it takes too long. I’ve also had the camera app completely freeze up and never open, ending up with a crash about 3-4 times.

I was hoping that updating to the latest beta will resolve this, and it doesn’t happen as often, but its still there. The only other thing I can complain about camera wise is no night mode on the ultrawide. Apple most likely didn’t add this in since the quality wouldn’t match up with the other two lenses because theres not optical stabilization and the sensor is smaller, but I know the quality would still be much better for night time photos than without it. The Note 10+ also has an ultrawide without OIS but they still let you use night mode, and those photos are fairly decent and usable, compared to not being able to use the 11’s at all. Maybe that’s just another thing they’re saving for next year like usb-c and maybe another feature I really want, and always on display.

I’ve used Samsung Galaxy phones a fair bit, and their always-on displays are quite useful. I understood why the iPhone 8 didn’t have it because of the LCD display, and maybe the Battery life being the reason the OLED iPhone X and XS didnt’ offer it, but now that the iPhone 11 Pro has super good battery life why not offer it. Its just software and many people would appreciate it, I definitely would. The iPhone 11 Pro has a super good display. The overall quality is similar to the Note 10+ but Apple allows you to manually turn it up much brighter and if you have a lot of white on screen it doesn’t dim like other phones.

Unfortunately, after a month Youtube still doesn’t support HDR playback. I’m not sure if this is just Youtubes’ fault, but we’ve had 4 youtube app updates since the 11’s release and it’s still not here, where last year the XS had support in less than a week. Because of this, some HDR videos look worst on the 11 Pro than the iPhone XS. Hopefully, this will get fixed and it not some longer-term issue. Another thing that really jumped out at me is the use of the ultrawide lens during facetime.

When facetiming I often try to show something to my kids or to my wife while at the store Apple is now using the ultrawide which really distorts the image and make it hard to show a closeup. Not only that but if you have a slow connection the smaller details and pixelation makes it unusable when the XS was much better. This should be an easy software fix that allows you to swap lenses just like in the camera app. Now let’s talk about RAM management. Just like the iPhone XS the 11’s have 4GB of ram which is 2 to 3 times less than many of its competitors.

People say that iOS is much better optimized which is true but after using some higher-end Androids and now the 11 Pro I routinely have background apps that close and I have to reload the app losing where I was at. It even seems worst than my XS which doesn’t make sense. My only guess is that iOS 13 keeps less apps open, maybe its to save battery l or for some other reason, but its something I deal with almost daily. Now I definitely am a much heavier user than average, but this is a non-issue with the Note 10, and the OnePlus will even pre-load your most-used apps ahead of time. I think for a base price of $1000 this iPhone 11 Pro should have come with at least 6GB.

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