ApplesmartphoneLast featured Oct 2019
Apple iPhone XS
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
Still impressive and one of the fastest phones around, with slimmer bezels and a better display than the XR.
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- Price when I covered it
- £900+
- Featured in
- 9 videos · 2018–2019
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- A12 Bionic chip
- larger camera sensor
- better dynamic range
- slimmer bezels
- higher quality display
- very fast
What I didn't
- conservative upgrade
- no headphone adapter in box
- Last place in the test
- Uncased phone's display obliterated after five-metre drop
- Cracks and dents after two-metre drop
- extra swipe needed to reach the home screen
In my words
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“this did feel like a bit of a conservative upgrade”
“it's also just straight up one of the fastest phones out there”
“in sixth place the iPhone 10s with the result of nearly 5 hours and 20 minutes which is kind of just above what I've consider acceptable”
“you end up with still worse gaming performance than the iPhone 10s and that phone still manages to look clean and sophisticated”
“you're about to find out very soon invincible it is not”
“the iPhone didn't seem to be affected at all”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
11:48I bought every iPhone ever.A conservative, forgettable upgrade by design, but powerful with a strong A12 chip and better dynamic range.
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3:26Top 15 BEST Smartphones of 2019 (Mid Year).Still impressive and one of the fastest phones around, with slimmer bezels and a better display than the XR.
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0:56Huawei P30 Pro vs iPhone XS Max / Samsung S10 Plus Battery DRAIN TestFinished last with nearly five hours twenty minutes, just above what he considers acceptable.
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1:33The Problem with (Most) Gaming PhonesOutperforms the ROG Phone in gaming while looking clean and sophisticated, and is held up as an all-rounder.
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1:27Top 15 BEST Smartphones 2018.Listed alongside the XS Max, but he mostly talks about the Max model.
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0:00iPhone XS Drop Test - Can the Casetify Case Protect it?Used as the test phone; the uncased one was badly smashed after the five-metre drop, showing the glass is far from invincible.
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0:00iPhone XS Face ID vs Samsung Note 9 Intelligent Scan.Face ID is more secure, works in the dark and with sunglasses, and recognises faces faster, but the extra swipe to reach the home screen makes it feel slower overall.
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0:00iPhone XS / XS Max vs iPhone X vs Samsung Note 9 Camera TESTA huge camera leap over the iPhone X with class-leading HDR and selfies, though portrait blur and 4K stabilisation have flaws.
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0:00iPhone XS / XS Max vs Galaxy Note 9 vs iPhone X Battery Life DRAIN TESTCame second in the battery test and beat the Note 9 despite a smaller battery than the iPhone X.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Iterative
“this did feel like a bit of a conservative upgrade”
▶ 12:06 - Camera nerd
“this is easily one of the most powerful reliable camera systems I've ever used”
▶ 7:31
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