Apple ’s hyped up new iPhones hold a mountain of allure . Clad in a silver , blank space greyness , or a rich gold finish and have the new A12 Bionic flake in spite of appearance , the recently debut iPhone XS act the best tech Apple can jam in a speech sound . So naturally , one of the first things citizenry did after beget their hands on one was tear it apart and see what ’s within . And would you just look at that battery ?
Rectangular or cylindric batteries are pretty common , but the iPhone XS ’ one - electric cell L - shape battery is something else . Last year in theiPhone X , Apple simply connected two rectangular batteries together to cram its awkward mold battery pack in the phone . But this time on the iPhone XS , according toiFixit , Apple used multiple level sizes and shut down electrode rag to create a curvy power coterie that neatly flex around other crucial iPhone internals like the logic board , Taptic railway locomotive and store .
queerly , the iPhone XS ’ battery capacity of 2,659 mAh is actually slightly less than the 2,716 mAh battery in the iPhone X , which sort of make you question if all that extra effort was worth it . Meanwhile , on the larger iPhone XS Max , Apple stuck with a elementary two - cell design to have the large electric battery in any iPhone ever , boast a total capacity of 3,179 mAh .
And while that might sound like a draw , I still ca n’t help but to question how long the XS Max would last if it had a 4,000 mAh barrage fire like you get in a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or aHuawei P20 Pro .
Elsewhere , as you ’d expect , the XS and XS Max share a band of engineering and figure trait with the iPhone X. However , there are a couple crucial advance , most notably in the antenna and television camera department .
While the asymmetry of the speaker and mic grilles on the bottom of XS and XS Max might look a small jarring , by deleting two holes on entrust , Apple made room for an supernumerary transmitting aerial band , which according to test results fromSpeedSmart , Tom ’s Guide , and others , resulted in a serious improvement in LTE data point fastness .
As for the television camera , while the iPhone XS and XS Max ’s rear wide - angle camera has the same 12 - MP solvent as before , the actual strong-arm sizing of the detector has increased by 32 percent . This means each single pixel on the sensing element should also be turgid , allow the iPhone to gather more light and improve the quality of photos taken in poorly lit environments .
So what do all these new technical put-on mean for the new iPhones as a whole ? I do n’t want to spoil the verdict too early , so check back soon to Gizmodo for our full reviews on both the iPhone XS and the XS Max .
[ iFixit ]
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