iPhone 11 vs 11 Pro vs 11 Pro Max | In-Depth Comparison & Review By InsideTech

Hi everyone and welcome back to inside tech. The new 2019 iPhone lineup is finally here and, along with their release, came a great weight of expectation with the fantastic developments we've seen in Android smartphones this year. It's no secret that Apple have been playing catch-up, but with some surprising and innovative improvements, the iPhone is back competing with the best on the market. A lot of the experience you get with the new phones will feel familiar that notch design is still here, and it's starting to show its age, but some big increases to battery life and significantly improved cameras have given us a reason to be excited about iPhone. Once again, this video will cover everything. That's new this year, the differences between each model, whether you should upgrade and, of course, which iPhone offers the best value for money.

Let's take a look. The three new iPhones are direct successors to previous models. We have the iPhone 11, replacing the cheaper 10 are the 11 Pro, replacing the 10s and the 11 Pro max replacing the 10s max. The new naming system has been simplified and is an improvement on last year, but still could do with some work. The use of the term Pro, for example, could be a little controversial as we'll see throughout this video I also think that we should just have the iPhone, 11 and iPhone 11 Pro and then differentiate between the two Pro models simply by size.

This would make things a lot easier, especially since the two pros are essentially the same phone, but in different sizes. Apple already uses this system with its MacBook and iPad lineups, so it would make sense here to the iPhone.11 has the same form factor as the 10 are right down to the very same size and weight. It's still a glass sandwich with an aluminum frame and with no change to the front design. You wouldn't be able to tell the two apart just by looking. The rear panel has seen some changes, though, with a new jewel lens camera module.

The square camera bump has a frosted texture, to contrast from the glossy back, the iPhone branding has been removed and the Apple logo is now centered to take into account the larger camera module. These changes do give the iPhone a cleaner look, but, depending on your region, you may still find some safety stamps at the bottom. Water assistance has now been improved to ip68 to protect the phone again submersion at up to 2 meters for 30 minutes twice the depth of the iPhone 10 are the phone is available in six new pastel colors, in contrast to the bolder colors of the 10r. The pro models also follow a similar design from last year's models, but are actually a little bigger, thicker and heavier than their predecessors. The increase in thickness is largely due to the new bigger batteries, which marks a rare change in apple's approach in which function has been prioritized over style.

Again we have a glass seismic design which the pro models have a stronger stainless steel frame versus the aluminum frame in the iPhone 11. It's the majority of other smartphones, ? stainless steel is much harder than aluminum. So will offer better scratch resistance. The rear panels are sporting, the new triple lens camera system and now have frosted glass backs with glossy camera modules. The reverse of the iPhone 11 by personally much prefer the pros design over the iPhone 11.

The match. Texture to the glass feels perfect in the hand and is much more resistant to fingerprints as you've likely already noticed. There's a new color option with the pro models, in addition to the gold, silver and Space Gray from last year. The new midnight green is only subtly different from space gray and his far less obviously green than pitchers would initially suggest it's stainless steel border, its color matched to, but only in certain lights will you be able to see the difference from the space great model. The pros also have improved water resistance again with an ip68 rating, but have actually been tested to a depth of 4 meters, as opposed to 2.

Awarding the 11 pros the best water resistance for any smartphone. Despite not having an increase in thickness. The iPhone 11 receives a slightly larger battery than the 10 R, but it's mainly due to optimizations with the new processor that enable the phone to extend its battery life by one hour. The 10 are already had fantastic battery life. The best of last year's iPhones so to extend this even further is great to see the pros.

On the other hand, to take this a lot further, with significantly larger batteries than their predecessors, the 11pro lasts for hours longer than the 10s, as the 11 Pro max lasts 5 hours longer than the 10s max, which are absolutely huge gains in battery life. Finally, iPhone users have been given what they've been asking for years, sacrificing a bit in terms of the phone's thickness to give much better battery life. The pro models also finally have the fast chargers included in the box, something Apple ready should have been doing for years, but it's great to see them finally make this change. The 18 watt adapter has a USB connector and a USB c2, lightning cable is included too. Unfortunately, Apple didn't make the full switch to USB-C, despite the fact that they've been using USB-C in their iPad pros.

So, given that they've also called these phones, pro I would have thought that we'd see USB-C. Here too, it's likely we'll need to wait for next year's iPhones to finally ditch the Lightning port, but including USB-C fast charges in the box is at least a step in the right direction. The cheaper iPhone 11 doesn't receive the fast charger in the box and instead comes with the standard 5 watt adapter. Well, three phones are capable of fast charging, though, and using the 18 watt charger I was able to charge the iPhone 11 in two hours and twelve minutes the 11pro in one hour, 14 minutes at the 11pro marks in two hours in one minute, fast charging provides 50 percent battery after just 30 minutes of charging, but the 18. What speed does pale in comparison to the competition with speeds now up to and even exceeding 45 watts the phone support QI wireless charging at seven-and-a-half watts? But again this is starting to fall behind the competition with speeds up to 4 times faster and now becoming available.

The iPhone 11 has the exact same 6.1 inch. Liquid Retina display is the 10 R. It's an LCD with a resolution that doesn't quite reach 1080p, which 20:19 standards is lacking behind the competition Samsung's Galaxy S 10 II, for example, widely considered to be the equivalent to this phone, has a much better 1080p AMOLED display the bezels on the iPhone 11 are also pretty thick, especially by today's standards. I should say, though, that I am approaching this as a tech reviewer, as the majority of people considering this phone really won't care too much about the specs. The iPhone Elevens display is still very sharp, has beautiful colors and is still a big improvement from many of the older generation iPhones.

The iPhone 11 pros by contrast, have far superior OLED displays. The bezels are noticeably thinner on the pro models, but is the true blacks and bright whites that really separates the two displays with iOS 13 introducing dark mode. You can only fully appreciate this on the older displays of the pro models. The deep blacks are really striking and, of course, more battery efficient too. The pros have improved displays from the Telus models of last year and now have much higher brightness and contrast ratios Apple have dubbed the displays super retina DR, since they borrow elements from the upcoming Pro Display XDR, which I'd imagine is part of how Apple want to justify the term pro in the phone's name as good as these displays are, though, I really think of these should have had.

The 120 has refresh rate that we've seen in the iPad Pro's and therefore calling them pro would have at least made a bit more sense. The increased brightness now peaks at 800 nits under normal use, which makes for fantastic viewing in bright conditions, but the screen actually maxes out at 1200 nits when viewing high dynamic range content, and this is where the displays really shine. You can notice the improved brightness over last year's tennis models, but for me, it's really the improved contrast ratio that stands out. Despite the increased brightness, the displays are actually 15 percent more efficient, so your content looks even better without sacrificing on battery life. One potential downgrade here, though, is that the phone's no longer support 3d touch, which has been replaced by haptic touch.

Instead, this is a feature we expected to see removed and is something you'll eventually learn to adjust to, but I did miss how much faster 3d touches on the tennis max content on these displays does look absolutely stunning and, on the pro max, is six and a half inch display, especially which, with new spatial audio. It sounds better to the speakers on these phones are noticeably louder and with higher audio quality at the spatial audio with Dolby Atmos support can give you a really immersive experience when watching movies as great as these displays are, though, the one major thing I just can't overlook is the large and obtrusive notch. The once innovative notch display now looks very outdated by whatever smartphones are offering today, be it smaller hole, punch, cutouts or entire screen displays with pop-up cameras. The front appearance of Apple's iPhone hasn't changed in two years and I can completely understand anybody wanted to hold off upgrading until the rumored redesign of the 20/20 iPhone as convenient as face ideas. I would definitely take an under display fingerprint scanner in order to shrink the notch down to just the front facing camera lens speaking of face ID.

This is now said to be 30% faster confusingly Apple have also stated that the speed boost is due to improvements within iOS 13, so I tested to unlock speed on the 11pro Macs against last year's 10s Mac's on both iOS 12 and 13 running iOS 12. The 10s max is noticeably slower than the 11pro max but updated to iOS 13. There was essentially no difference at all, so the faster face ID is simply due to iOS optimizations and not the new phones themselves. Face ID is also supposed to work at more angles, but from my testing with tilting and rotations that doesn't seem to have been any improvement at all. Still, the speed boost is a welcome change, especially since face ID was previously slower than most unlock methods like fingerprint sensors.

What's also packed inside iPhones notch is the front-facing true depth camera. This has a 12 megapixel sensor with next-gen smart HDR, improved from the 7 megapixel sensor of the previous generation. The difference in image quality from last year is quite striking. Images are brighter and much sharper than before. You can see here just how much more detail the 11pro max is able to capture portrait mode photos now, look even better, too, and I think that the depth perception does appear to have been improved on the new phones.

When using the front-facing camera, you can now tap to expand the field of view to get a little extra into the frame, but the phone will actually do this for you if you're rotated to landscape. Another new feature here is quick. Take video where, if you hold down the shutter button, the phone will automatically switch from photo mode and start recording video, and you can then swipe to the right to lock in video recording in previous years. Pressing and holding the shutter button would take burst photos instead. So to do this on the new phones, you now drag the shutter button to the left.

Video has also been improved to now. Support 4k, recording at 60 frames per second awarding iPhone the highest quality front-facing video for any smartphone. The cinematic stabilization is now supported at 4k too. It's the difference in video quality from last year's models is very apparent. I also noticed that the video isn't as cropped in on the new phones, so you can fit more into the frame.

Even when recording video, slow motion. Video is now supported on the front. Camera too, which Apple have said will allow you to take slow fees. It's a ridiculous name, and honestly I can't ever see slow motion, video on the front-facing camera ever being useful in real-world applications, but it's there. If you want it, the biggest changes with the new iPhones come with the improved rear facing cameras.

The ultra white lens is the most notable new addition and something that fans have been asking for some time now. This means that the iPhone 11 now has 12 megapixel main and ultra white lenses, marking a departure from the main and telephoto setup we've seen in previous chub lens iPhones. For me personally, the pairing of the main and option white lens is by far the better choice. I can't say ever really use the telephoto lens in the past, whereas the ultra white lens offers a completely different type of photo and is something I'd use more often, if you do want a telephoto lens, though then you'll need to get one of the 11 Pro models instead, which have all three lenses. The pros telephoto lens is actually improved from last year.

Now, with a wider aperture for better low-light photography. What surprised me was just how fluidly the phone switched between the three lenses, which is even possible, whilst recording video using the zoom wheel, you can notice, as the lens switches over which the transition is pretty smooth and doesn't stutter, as we've seen in some smartphones. Another nice feature is that the phone intelligently adapts to the environment, to suggest when the ultra-wide lens might be useful. It will display a transparent image of how much extra you could fit into the frame if you switch to the ultra-wide lens. These suggestions appear when viewing scenes, such as landscapes, and you can see as I move a subject into focus like these air pods that the phone fades out, the ultra-wide preview and the borders tend to black as I.

Remove the air pods the landscape scene comes back into frame. That's the transparent preview returns the animations for squeezing the previews into frame as you switch lenses are pretty smooth, and you can see that you can also get a mainland's preview when viewing the telephoto lens. There have also been improvements to dynamic range, with next-gen smart HDR to give enhanced highlights and shadow details. We should see this taken even further over the coming months as Apple releases, deep fusion, a new technology for enhanced image processing, the top demises textures details and noise across the entire image. The feature sounds impressive, so it'll be interesting to see how well this works.

The full range of portrait effects are now available to all three phones, but what's great about the pro models is that you can now choose whether portrait mode with the main or telephoto lens, where in previous years this was locked at the telephoto lens. Only the iPhone has one of the best portrait modes of any smartphone images are sharp and detailed, and the edge detection with both cameras is very good. The cameras have also been upgraded to finally include a dedicated night mode, even in the darkest of conditions. The phones do a great job for exposing your images, whilst retaining a decent amount of detail from my testing. So far, this is one of the better night modes that I've used, possibly even the best, so it'll be interesting to see how this compares to the Google Pixel for in a couple of weeks.

Looking at these images here, you can see how using night mode Verbs able to capture details in the roof which were completely missing in the other image. You have control over the shutter speed, so you can customize how many lights you want the phone to take in, and this allows you to take long exposures to produce images like this. This was taken in almost pitch black conditions and to give you an idea of context, this is how the image looked with night mode turned off. One area where the iPhone is dominated. The industry is in video, recording and Apple have taken this even further with the new iPhones extended dynamic range is now supported up to 60 frames per second.

The new video editor is extremely comprehensive. Thanks to iOS 13, as there are new features like audio zoom, which I'll be testing against the Galaxy Note 10.1 inch stabilization that really puts iPhone ahead of the rest. This 4k 60 frames per second clip was taken, was walking with the phone held relaxed in my hand, and the iPhone smooth video recording is simply peerless. The camera improvements are a welcome addition to the new phones, even if some of those were long overdue. It's really great to see that the upgrades aren't just reserved for the pro models.

The iPhone 11 has the exact same cameras, performance and features except the telephoto lens, the camera module may have a controversial design, but the great performance means of the iPhone. Now once again has one of the best cameras on a smartphone. As usual, we see some performance gains with Apple's new, a 13 Bionic chip, which is the fastest CPU in any smartphone. The CPU is said to be 20% faster and 30%, more efficient than its predecessor and the GPU is 20% faster and 40% more efficient. Last year's 1/12 Bionic was already an incredibly powerful chip, and she'll probably only see a slight speed improvement with general use, but the power enhancements allow the phone to process those new camera features.

Smart, HDR and extended dynamic range. The seamless blending of multiple exposures from the triple camera system and simultaneous 4k 60 recording from multiple lenses, whilst the CPU carries out its 1 trillion operations per second behind the scenes. What you'll really notice is the vastly improved efficiency and, despite the phone's higher processing power, the improvements to battery life are perhaps the best new feature. This year, even with moderate to high use, I was often exceeding 10 hours of screen on time, which easily competes with the best Android smartphones. I found myself charging the phones every couple of days, as opposed to every night and to the improved battery life is one of the most noticeable and significant improvements from previous models.

Apple have also designed a new u1 chip which allows the phone to use ultra-wideband technology for spatial awareness. This will allow iPhone to utilize applications with precise location, tracking, the full potential of which will see unlocked in the future. For now, though, you can use the chip for priority file sharing and airdrop. Simply by pointing your phone towards another device, you can highlight your target receiver for faster file transfers. One other thing I feel is important to mention: is this Apple have taken further steps to reduce their environmental impact by including 100% recycle tin in the logic board at 100%, recycled, rare earth metals in the tactic engine, the first smartphone ever to do so, of course, there's always more.

They could be doing, but I think is important to recognize and acknowledge this kind of positive action. Now when it comes to the price we are dealing with, flagship, smartphones and prices are accordingly very high, but Apple surprised everyone by announcing that the iPhone 11 would retail at 699 dollars. $50 cheaper than last year's iPhone 10 are the 11 is a significant improvement over the 10 are so to lower the price. This year it was a surprising but pleasing move from Apple. The pro models is expected: retail for the same price as last year's phones at 999 and 2099 dollars respectively.

It's bad news for UK fans, though, since Apple have had to increase the UK prices due to the current political uncertainty. This isn't apples fault at all, but something to note for those looking to buy in the UK. One thing that definitely is Apple's fault, though, is still having just 64 gigabytes of storage in the baseline models. Yes, cloud storage is now fairly cheap and readily available, but 64 gigabytes is one of the lowest storage options on the market and leaves Apple far behind the competition. I really think that Apple should have at least doubled.

The storage and I can't help, but feel as though this was a missed opportunity in terms of deciding between the phones. The pros are separated from the 11 in four main areas for design the display battery life and the telephoto lens. The telephoto lens is definitely not a priority for me as the battery life on the 11 is already so good, but I wouldn't feel compelled to upgrade to a pro. But having experienced the true blacks offered by OLED, the pros XD are displays, are very tempting not to mention the feel of those frosted glass backs and the added durability of the stainless steel frames. Whether you think these extras justify the higher price tags is up to you, but I personally think that the iPhone 11 offers, by far the best value for money, and it's the phone that most people should buy.

Obviously, all three of these phones are very expensive, but the iPhone 11 is offering a lot of phone at under $700, as for deciding between the 11pro into Pro max. Apple makes this choice a lot easier, since these are the same phones just with different screen sizes and a slightly better battery life on the pro max photographers and movie. Watchers might want to consider their pro max since viewing content on the larger six and a half inch display is really enjoyable, but the form factor and one-handed use benefits that the 11pro offer are pretty compelling too, should you upgrade from last year's phones? No, but an annual phone refresh seldom justifies this kind of upgrade as tempting as the new features. Are it's probably not quite worth the money if you win a 10, our 10s or tennis max for those with an iPhone, 8 or older, though now might be a good time to upgrade, since you can benefit from improvements from the past two years like face, ID, thinner, bezels and the gorgeous OLED displays for those who can't look past Apple's aging notch design, though you'll probably want to hold off for another year, for a significant redesign that some would argue is long overdue.5G hasn't yet arrived to the iPhone and realistically the world isn't ready for the technology anyway, but for those who would hang on to their phone for four or five years, you should also consider waiting for Apple to launch their 5g phones. The iPhone 11 lineup, built on the foundation set by last year's phones, and you get the sense that Apple have pushed the iPhone to its maximum potential before the major redesign we're expecting to see next year.

A complete camera overhaul and significantly improved battery life are exactly what the iPhone needed and invent is to Apple. These are areas in which they've absolutely delivered. There's. Clearly, a room for improvement here, but the 2019 iPhones mock a significant step, not only in catching up with the best Android smartphones, but in some areas exceeding them too for everything that Apple still leaves to be desired. Changes like including the fast charges inside the pro boxes, they're pushed to use more recyclable materials at releasing thicker iPhones with bigger batteries, shows that they're taking steps in the right direction, even if the stone was convinced you just yet.

This year's iPhone lineup certainly feels more exciting than this time last year. So for who felt off upgrading now could be the time to make that change. But what do you guys think about these phones? Did they offer enough to warrant an upgrade at which of the three do you think offers the best value for money? Let me know in the comments which one of these you'll be buying, and if you found this video helpful at all, then please show your support by giving us a thumbs up. I'll have a review of the Apple Watch, Series 5 and a comparison of the iPhone 11 prep max versus the Samsung Galaxy Note Templar. Coming up on the channel very soon, so if you want to see those videos and make sure you're subscribed with notifications turned on so that you're notified when those videos go live, you can also find the channel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at insight.

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