Our complete Apple iPhone XS Max review By GSMArena Official

Hey, what's up guys, the iPhone 10s max is the bigger sibling of the new iPhone 10s, which we reviewed not too long ago. Let's get into a few of the differences between the two models, a few test findings. You might find interesting and a detailed camera comparison with the Galaxy Note 9. I'm will for GSM marina, and this is our iPhone 10s max review. Looking at the 10s max next to the 10s they're, pretty similar, both have the same glass on glass design, with a stainless steel frame and both look gorgeous the distinguishing feature of the 10s max is its size. It's a dream, come true for those that wanted a larger iPhone, 10 plus option last year.

That said, it isn't the most compact device to hold it's large, heavy and much more comfortable to use with two hands. The build is more resilient than last year's with a more durable gorilla, glass 6. It should be more resistant to physical damage, as drop tests online have shown, and the new ip68 rating means that the phone can be submerged in even deeper water, with no problem. Just remember that the warranty doesn't cover liquid damage if the seal does eventually fail. Like last year's iPhone 10, the only biometric way to unlock this phone is with face ID, it's quite accurate, using infrared to scan your face and even faster this year, and it has the option to add a second alternative phase, just like other recent iPhones.

The 10s max has two speakers for stereo audio playback. This year, though the earpiece speaker is much louder, so the overall sound is much richer and more balanced. The 10s max's speakers tested out even louder than the 10s earning an excellent score in our lab tests. Fortunately, apple no longer includes a lightning to 3.5 millimeter audio adapter in the package, so for wired headphones you'll have to buy your adapter at the Apple Store. Moving on, let's talk about the 6.5-inch OLED screen, though it is larger than the display of the 10s. It has the exact same pixel density at 458 PPI, since it has a bit higher resolution.

Content looks amazing on this huge bezel-less screen, as we mentioned in our 10s video, though we're disappointed that the notch cutout still gets in the way, and you can't hide it. The screen is quite bright. We measured an impressive 650 nits of max brightness as much as the smaller 10s as you'd expect. The iPhone 10s max's display scored an excellent mark in our sunlight legibility test, one of the best from an AMOLED we've seen the iPhone 10s max is powered by apple's new seven nanometer chipsets, the a12 bionic, along with four gigs of ram. It boasts an eight core neural engine, a solid GPU upgrade and a new image signal, processor or ISP for the camera in benchmarks, the newest iPhones top the charts outperforming any phone that has come out to date.

It's the fastest hardware out today, and we're not sure if even next year's android phones will be able to beat it. Just remember that since the phone is made of glass, not metal, it doesn't disperse heat very well. That said, while the phone did become warm during gaming, we didn't notice any issues or drops in performance at about 3 200 William hours. The iPhone 10s max has the largest battery we've seen from an apple phone, yet it scored an endurance rating of 79 hours in our proprietary battery tests, not spectacular, but still a bit better than the smaller 10s to put things further into context and the individual battery tests with the screen on it was an hour or so short of the iPhone 8 pluses or the note 9's results. As far as charging goes, the phone ships with an outdated 5 watt charger that only got us from 0 to 18 charge in 30 minutes about the same as a wireless charger.

Maybe apple doesn't want as fast charging to preserve the battery's lifespan. Who knows, however, you can buy a faster MacBook type charger and proper cable from apple which will get you over 50 in half an hour, it'll cost you around 70 bucks, though apple, has released a beta version of iOS 12.1, which fixes the new iPhone's notorious charging issue. They wouldn't start charging if you plug them in after being idle for a while, requiring you to wake the phone up. First, speaking of iOS 12, there are very few visible changes to the interface compared to iOS.11. Most of the tweaks are under the hood to improve performance.

Everything feels quite fast and responsive screen. Time allows you to monitor how you use your phone, and even individual, apps and Siri can be summoned by holding down the power key. It's continuously evolving. Thanks to machine learning improvements, the iPhone 10s and 10s max share the same cameras on the back. This is a single 12, megapixel, f, 1.8, wide angle, cam and a 12 megapixel, f, 2.4 telephoto one both with is the wide-angle cam has a new sensor with larger pixels, and the cameras now benefit from the new image signal processor, which eliminates shutter lag and enables a smart HDR through image stacking. Unfortunately, the camera app hasn't been touched at all.

The image and video settings aren't in the camera app itself, so you have to close the camera and open settings for even the most basic changes, but simply put the iPhone 10s max's. Camera is great. We did an in-depth analysis of the camera quality in our iPhone 10s review. We'll include a link if you want to check that out for this video, we'll focus on how the camera compares to the Galaxy Note 9s, something which we also plan to do a separate, more in-depth video. On the Galaxy Note.9 has a similar dual camera setup. However, its 12 megapixel wide angle camera has a variable aperture, which switches from f 1.5 to f 2.4, but like the iPhone, the secondary telephoto camera is 12 megapixels at f 2.4, and they all have is. Let's start off with regular daylight photo quality here, you'll notice that the iPhone has a more restrained and true to life color rendition, while the note 9s is more vivid and warmer.

Our preference here goes to the galaxy level of detail is comparable, though the iPhone does get slightly softer at the corners photos from both phones aren't noisy in fact, they're squeaky clean. We did notice that in direct sunlight, the iPhone is more prone to lens flare, but what a beautiful lens flare it is and with smart HDR on the iPhone does have noticeably wider dynamic range than the note 9, specifically in the highlights. Moving on to low light, the iPhone goes for a darker exposure, so photos are a bit darker than those from the no knot. The colors are again a bit drab and muted on the iPhone here. The more saturated colors of the note 9 seem more pleasant again.

Photos from both phones are pretty free of noise, even in low light when switching to the telephoto cam. The iPhone has better contrast and produces an overall sharper image. You can't use the telephoto in low light, though, unless you force it through portrait mode, both phones just crop from the output of the main cam speaking of the portrait mode in good light, both the iPhone 10s max and Galaxy Note 9 produce nice images, but here the iPhone has the edge the colors look better and there's a wider dynamic range and just take a look at those both balls from the iPhone with the main cam video recordings are quite similar between the iPhone and the note 9. The iPhone has slightly better detail in 4k footage, but at the same time, the galaxy is a bit sharper in 1080p this time around the iPhone's overall color rendition is warmer and more saturated, but dynamic range is the same as far stabilization goes. Both phones have it at 4k, 30 and 1080p, though we do prefer the iPhone's extra smoothness over the note 9.

When filming through the telephoto lens. The iPhone comes out on top, if filming in 4k at 60fps. Here, there's considerably more detail and sharpness in the note9, but zoomed photos in 1080p seem about on par moving on to selfies the iPhone 10s max has a 7, megapixel, f 2.2 front shooter, while the note 9s is 8, megapixels and f 1.7 colors look good on both phones, though the iPhone is warmer and yellowish, and the note 9 is more pinkish you'll notice that the field of view is narrower on the iPhone making it a bit harder to fit everything into the frame. But that said, the iPhone handles bright lights better and preserves highlights probably due to the smart HDR selfie portraits are quite similar subject. Detection is quite good on both, though perhaps the iPhone has the edge here in low light.

Selfies aren't impressive from either phone, though the technology still isn't quite there, yet so the iPhone 10s max. It really offers quite a lot over last year's iPhone 10 an industry-leading chipset, a larger bezel-less OLED display better stereo speakers and an improved camera as far as the camera goes. It really is great, though, compared to other top flagships. Like the note 9, the difference is quite small. So I wouldn't consider this a top deciding factor if you're shopping in this price range yeah the price range at over 1200 euros.

This sort of price is going to turn off a lot of people and coupled with the division, that's already there between android and iOS. The 10s max is actually fit for a very particular audience for those people, though, the iPhone 10s max definitely delivers it's the top of the line from apple, and it deserves a recommendation thanks for watching hit like if you enjoyed this video and subscribe. So you don't miss the next one, and you're always welcome to stop by gsmarina. com for our full test. Findings see ya.

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