I'll make this simple for you if you're an iOS person and it's time to get a new.phone and you don't want to spend $1,000,you should get an iPhone 11 it's a,really good phone with one of the best,cameras I've ever seen on a smart phone,an excellent battery life Apple has also,dropped the price by 50 bucks the iPhone,10 are started at 749 and the iPhone 11,starts at $6.99 that doesn't mean the,iPhone 11 is a perfect phone or that,even has all the best specs and features,that you can get it doesn't but it,shines where it counts and it's totally,fine everywhere else and if you do want,to live on the bleeding edge of tech you,can spend $300 more and get an iPhone 11,Pro which I reviewed it in another video,but I think most people looking for an,iPhone upgrade don't need to overthink,this just get an iPhone 11 you'll be,happy let me tell you what the iPhone 11,is fundamentally the S update to last,year's very popular iPhone 10 are it has,the same design the same 6.1 inch 720p,LCD with fancy rounded corners the same,biggish bezels in the same aluminum body,from the front it looks almost exactly,like an iPhone 10 R but Apple says it's,made the glass on the front in the back,a little bit stronger the water,resistance is a little better and the,camera bump on the back is now milled,right into the glass which is kind of,neat and it comes in a bunch of new pest,le colors this lavender one we have,looks very nice the whole design is,still a little surfboard II and it's,definitely not small if you're looking,to upgrade from an iPhone se this thing,is gonna feel huge but really the only,major differences between the iPhone 10,R and the iPhone 11 are the cameras the,slightly better battery life and the new,processor there's a bunch of other,little things that we'll get to but,that's really what you need to know and,it's fifty dollars cheaper this is not,exactly the hardest review I've ever had,to do but Verge executive editor dieter,bone has been using an iPhone 10 R for,the past year and he's also been testing,the iPhone 11 this week so I called him,up to see what he thinks,all right let's start with battery life,you've been using the 10r if the past,year apple says the 11 gets an hour,longer than the 10-hour what do you,think I mean I bought the 10 R in the,first place cuz I didn't want to have to,worry about battery life so I didn't it,just lasted all day and the iPhone 11,also lasts all day I don't have to worry,about battery life I think it's a little,bit better but I don't know for sure and,look like you could maybe kill this,thing in less than a day but you really,really have to try I think the battery,life is great what is not great is the,fact that they're still in the box,including that dinky 5 watt charger I,feel strongly that I could make you go,on a USBC rant here but I won't do that,to everyone else instead I'm gonna ask,you about the camera now I think apples,actually pulled it off and they've done,an amazing job of the camera they've,pulled ahead of the pixel what do you,think so,actually want to start with the hardest,possible situation that I could figure,out or close to it so this is the iPhone,11 versus the pixel 3 it's zoomed in a,little bit more than 2x and it's night,mode and you can see that the iPhone 11,really holds its own it still really,wants to bring up the shadows but it's,right there with the pixel now here's,another one this is the iPhone 11 versus,the pixel 3 again and here the iPhone 11,just nails the tones and the colors,where the pixel 3 just looks unnaturally,bright and weird so I much prefer the,iPhone 11 you know I've been saying for,months on the verge cast now that I,think the iPhone 10's looks bad I think,Apple smart HDR was kind of bad last,year but I think they really improved it,this year it is so much more willing to,let shadows be shadows and highlights be,highlights they're doing this semantic,rendering thing where they're processing,the hair and the sky and faces,differently I think it really works,here's a photo of Mario that honestly I,think could be the entire review the 10s,max is kind of blurry it's lost a lot of,detail the 11 is super sharp there's a,ton of detail and it's just rendered the,shadows and highlights so much more,effectively it's kind of a wash with a,pixel but I actually prefer the 11 you,know in addition to the detail thing I'm,just happier with the iPhone 11s color,choices so here's a portrait mode of 11,versus the 10 R and the 10 are just,thinks that yellow counts is natural and,that's not right that iPhone,actually it's way better but if you look,closely a weird thing you'll see is the,iPhone 11 seems to do a worse job on the,cutouts on portraits that really screwed,my glasses up so that's really,interesting because the 11 has two,lenses on the back so it's actually,using two cameras to figure out that,depth map while the 10r is just doing in,software I actually asked Apple about,this and they're pretty surprised they,think obviously the eleven should do a,better job and they told me they,specifically spent time working on,glasses this year so this is one of,those things we're just going to see if,software improves it over time but it is,very strange the 10r is doing a better,job with your glasses but tell me about,the ultra wide in general I've been,having fun with it what about you so I,know there's this huge argument now that,they added a second lens at 11:00 so,should they have added a telephoto or an,ultra wide and I am fully on team ultra,wide I think it is way more useful than,just a 2x telephoto so for example here,is a photo of a vineyard the standard,wide and the ultra wide and I just like,the ultra light way better so I agree,with you that the ultra wide is the,right call over the telephoto but where,I disagree is and how much I'll actually,use it the ultra wide has a slower lens,it's got a smaller sensor I'm just way,less impressed with these photos so well,it's really fun I think it's actually,better to use the main camera and just,backup and I think it's way easier to,back up then zoom in that's just a fact,that's just not true at all it's way,easier to walk three steps forward and,get a better you know telephoto get a,better zoom in than it is to walk,backwards I don't know where you take,photos but it's in weird places,I mean backwards is better than four,it's just a sausage trip when we were,out shooting Becca and Alex took a ton,of slow fees here's one I don't want to,talk about it at all really but video on,iPhones has been better than on Android,phones for a long time this seems like,it's increasing the gap you've been,testing a lot of Android phones what do,you think so,and the only Android phones that are,anywhere near in the same league as the,iPhone are Samsung phones like the note,10 or the Galaxy S 10 and even though,they're in the same league they still,lose basically every time and I know,that the pixel 4 is coming soon and I,don't want to prejudge it here but let's,just say right now the iPhone is,definitely the best camera for video,yeah I think that pixel for kind of,looms over this whole thing but it's not,out yet it's leaked all over the place,but it's not out yet,we're just have to test it when it comes,so you've been using a tenner for the,year you've had the 11 what do you think,worth the upgrade I mean it really,depends on how you feel about the camera,on your current phone and maybe the,battery life and if you have something,older than a 10 are it's totally worth,it and actually Hanneman it I've got,stuff to do this is your review you,should go finish it I was really quite,rude there's really not that much to say,about the iPhone 11s display it's the,same liquid retina LCD as last year with,the same specs and the same kind of,thick bezel liquid retina is just apples,fancy name for how it curbs LCD corners,of microscopic apertures this is a 326,dpi 720p LCD and it looks like one it,simply doesn't have the deep blacks of,an OLED display which means the new dark,mode in iOS 13 doesn't look as good as,it could and it's definitely lower,resolution than the iPhone 11 pros the,good news is that Apple LCDs are,typically great and this display is,typically great unless you really deeply,care about displays it's more than fine,last year I said the only reason to,spend $250 more in the iPhone 10s over,the 10r was the display and I feel the,same way this year only now it's a $300,jump it's something worth it to me but I,recommend going and looking at them for,yourself to decide like the iPhone 10,are there's no 3d touch on the iPhone 11,Apple's replace it with what it calls,haptic touch which is really just a,fancy name for long pressing on things I,really miss 3d touch to preview links,and scoot the cursor around using the,keyboard but I adjusted quickly and long,presses are a little simpler to,understand and they're gonna be a little,bit more consistent across other iOS,devices like the iPad now Apple is also,updated the speakers on the iPhone 11 to,have what it calls spatial audio which,is essentially a virtual surround,decoder that supports Dolby 5.1 7.1 and,Atmos I don't know if I'm ever going to,be convinced that stereo speakers are on,a phone or actually delivering surround,sound but these speakers sound great and,they are extremely loud and of course,there's no headphone jack and no,headphone dongle in the box so just be,ready for that,[Music],the iPhone 11 also has Apple's new a 13,Bionic processor which is both more,powerful and more efficient than a 12,ionic in the iPhone 10 are also the same,chip is in the iPhone 11 pros and it's,plenty fast,although the a 12 Bionic was pretty fast,too and I couldn't tell you that I,noticed some huge performance difference,between the 11 and the 10 R but iPhones,tend to stick around for a long time and,all that extra processor performance is,why that Headroom matters more towards,the end of the phone's life not now at,the beginning face ID is slightly,improved from the iPhone 10 R but it's,another thing you might not even notice,it's just a little faster than before,and it works from a slightly larger,range of angles I've come to really like,face ID so any improvement is welcomed,especially if it encourages people to,actually lock their phones the iPhone 11,also has Apple's new u1 positioning chip,in it which uses an ultra wideband radio,to precisely locate the phone in,relation to other u1 devices this will,initially make airdrop a little easier,but it doesn't do anything yet that,feature will come with iOS 13.1 which is,scheduled to ship at the end of the,month and that really brings me to iOS,13 in general which is pretty buggy and,all of my iphone review units so far,I've seen some weird glitches and app,crashes during testing and I've had to,restart a couple times just to get,things back on track,Apple told me some of these things will,get cleaned up in iOS 13.1 but if you're,currently happy with your phone,I would not rush out to upgrade until we,know iOS 13 had settled down which,should be soon enough,assuming Apple cleans up the rough edges,of iOS 13 it's basically a bunch of,small updates to iOS 12 that make things,a little cleaner and simpler there's a,dark mode now the share sheets a little,nicer the Photos app is a little more,engaging and reminders has been,redesigned you can swipe to type on the,keyboard now it's a bunch of stuff like,that but if you have any other recent,iPhone you'll be getting all of it as,well shortly because you'll be upgraded,to iOS 13 we'll have a full I Oh s 13,review when it arrives so keep an eye,out for them,so is it worth upgrading to the iPhone,11 if you've got an iPhone older than,the 10r and its upgrade time for you I,think the answer is yes the camera is,substantially improved and you'll get,vastly better battery life than anything,aside from the iPhone 10 are those are,the things most people care about and,apples really delivered here I'd only,spend the extra money on the iPhone 11,Pro if you really care about the display,I don't think you're missing out on much,by not having a telephoto camera lens to,be honest now I do really care about,this place so I'm getting a pro but I,think most people will be very happy,with the iPhone 11 that is after Apple,cleans up iOS 13 if you're looking for,an even deeper dive in the iPhone 11,camera go check out our iPhone 11 Pro,review it has the same basic camera,system as the iPhone 11 and we tested,the hell out of it then let me know if,you're upgrading which iPhone are you,gonna get or are you gonna wait for,something else.
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