Weekly digest - 2018.37
This week Apple held the Gather Round event introducing three new iPhones and new Apple Watch. Without further ado, let's start with iPhones.
The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are the premium models with the most features which also makes them the most expensive ones, starting at $999 and $1099 respectively. Here is the specification:
- OLED True Tone Screen
- HDR display
- Dual 12-megapixel rear cameras (wide-angle and telephoto lenses)
- 7-megapixel front camera
- Portrait Mode with Depth Control
- Smart HDR photos
- A12 Bionic chip
- Face ID
- Fast charging
- Qi-based wireless charging
- IP68-rated water resistance to a depth of 2 meters for up to 30 minutes
- 64GB / 256GB / 512GB of storage
- Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and eSIM)
- Gigabit-class LTE
- Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
- 802.11ac Wi‑Fi
- Bluetooth 5.0
- 3D Touch
iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have almost identical tech specs. The differences come to battery life, XS Max has one-hour-longer battery life, and screen size. XS has 5.8-inch screen, where XS Max has a larger 6.5-inch version.
Apple also introduced a brand new version of the phone, called iPhone XR. It is more affordable, starting at $749. I must admit, for this price point the specs look impressive:
- LCD True Tone Screen
- HDR display
- Single 12-megapixel rear cameras (wide-angle lense)
- 7-megapixel front camera
- Portrait Mode with Depth Control
- Smart HDR photos
- A12 Bionic chip
- Face ID
- Fast charging
- Qi-based wireless charging
- IP68-rated water resistance to a depth of 2 meters for up to 30 minutes
- 64GB / 128GB / 256GB of storage
- Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and eSIM)
- LTE Advanced
- Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
- 802.11ac Wi‑Fi
- Bluetooth 5.0
As you can see, there is not much difference between XS and XR. If you are thinking about new iPhone and don't care about the OLED display and better camera you should choose the XR version. If you need better screen and camera, or if you need biggest screen then you have to pay $250 for XS model.
Now let's move on to Apple Watch. The version is called Series 4. The biggest change is over 30% larger screen. With bigger screen the case also got bigger by about 2mm. Looking at the thinness, Series 4 is about 1mm slimmer compared to predecessor. Here is the rest of the changes:
- 64-bit S4 processor, 2 times faster than S3
- Second-generation optical heart sensor
- ECG monitor
- New accelerometer (up to 32 g-forces) and gyroscope that can detect if person fall down
- Haptic feedback on the Digital Crown
- Louder speaker by 50%
- New W3 wireless chip
- Bluetooth 5.0
The new Apple Watch Series 4 is impressive and can't wait to finally get a proper start watch.
Last but not least, here is the list of interesting things.
How iOS Apps Adapt to the iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR Screen Sizes
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Image credits: Apple.