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Apple Launches iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max (theverge.com) 91

Posted by msmash from the new-phones dept.
Apple today unveiled the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, its new smartphone lineup. While the 11 is the cheaper alternative following the iPhone XR -- there are a few design changes, like a "surgical-grade stainless steel" case and matte finish, but the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max are more focused on cramming in as much power as possible. About the iPhone 11: Like last year's model, the iPhone 11 includes a 6.1-inch display, and the design is almost identical to last year, too, with the notch at the front for the Face ID camera. Apple is adding new color options, with purple, white, green, yellow, black, and red all available. Apple's biggest design changes are in the camera at the rear of the device. Last year's iPhone XR had a single 12-megapixel wide-angle camera, but the iPhone 11 now includes a dual-camera system with an additional 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera that supports 2x optical zoom. There's even a new immersive camera interface that lets you see outside the frame, so you can see the details of the photos you're taking with the ultra-wide camera. [...] Inside the iPhone 11 is Apple's latest A13 Bionic processor, and naturally it's the "fastest CPU in a smartphone" and also the "fastest GPU in a smartphone." Apple demonstrated the performance on stage with a game called Pascal's Wager, which is launching on the App Store next month with some pretty impressive looking mobile graphics. Other than the gaming demo, Apple didn't reveal any additional performance improvements with the A13. It starts at $699. The 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro and 6.5-inch iPhone 11 Pro Max: Despite the number change, the two phones look pretty similar to last year's iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, but with one major change: a third rear camera. Apple's also upgraded the display to a new OLED panel, which goes up to an even brighter 1,200 nits, a 2 million to 1 contrast ratio, and is 15 percent more energy efficient. Apple calls it a Super Retina XDR display (similar branding to the Pro Display XDR that the company announced earlier this year). Apple also claims that the glass here is the "toughest glass in a smartphone." Just like the standard iPhone 11, the new iPhone 11 Pro models will feature Apple's A13 Bionic chip which Apple says has both the fastest CPU and GPU ever in a smartphone. Apple also touted improved machine learning performance ("the best machine learning platform in a smartphone," it says).

Apple says that with all the improvements to efficiency, the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro should get up to four hours better battery life than last year's XS, and the larger iPhone 11 Pro Max will get up to five hours better battery than the XS Max. The new camera system is one of the standout upgrades (quite literally, as it dominates the back of the phone in a gigantic square camera module). The new lens is a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field of view, joining the wide-angle and telephoto cameras Apple has offered in the past. The telephoto camera also is getting an upgrade with a larger Æ'/2.0 aperture, which Apple says will capture up to 40 percent more light compared to the XS camera. And like the iPhone 11, the front-facing camera is now a 12 megapixel sensor, and can shoot both 4K and slow-motion videos. The iPhone 11 Pro will start at $999, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max will start at $1199.
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  • Crap (Score:5, Insightful)

    by DontBeAMoran ( 4843879 ) on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:10PM (#59178204)

    No iPhone SE 2 with moderately up-to-date components, us peasants have to buy the old iPhone 8 instead.

    • Re:Crap (Score:5, Informative)

      by That YouTube Guy ( 5905468 ) on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:13PM (#59178220)
      That rumor was for early 2020.

      • Oh right, thanks for reminding me.

      • While it's good that Apple's keeping a (relatively) lower-priced option available with the 8, there are people - such as my wife - who think that phone is too big. But her SE is still working just fine, so there's no particular reason to buy a new one anyway.

        • I also find the iPhone 8 too big, so if Apple doesn't release a small iPhone SE 2 soon-ish, I'll upgrade my old iPhone 4 to an iPhone SE in a few months. It's still going to be one hell of an upgrade for me.

          • I upgraded my 32GB 5S, bought a couple of months after it came out, to a 128GB SE this past spring when there was a sale on at Other World Computing (OWC). Even with the shipping and currency exchange it was cheaper than getting a 64GB SE in Canada. But then it was a good sale. I haven't had a problem with it since it's a world phone and came unlocked. I just put my SIM in it and everything worked perfectly. I just got tired of Apple not releasing a small screen phone and the sale was to good to pass by.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      Does anyone else get trypophobia from the cameras too?

      Some designer at Apple seems to have a weird thing about eyes...

  • They have gone to 11 (Score:3)

    by jfdavis668 ( 1414919 ) on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:11PM (#59178212)
    No information on volume level?

    • Dolby Atmos.

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Anonymous Coward
        Dolby Atmos involves surround sound and ceiling speakers or at least bouncing sound from the ceiling.

        Apple is so full of shit it's just pathetic.

  • Be brave, Apple! (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Give us a headphone jack so we can listen to the radio.

  • I gotta admit; I was gonna eke out another year on my trusty iPhone 6 Plus; but the iPhone Pro looks mighty nice.

    My old iPad 2 might get the boot, too. For $329, the new iPad would be a helluva upgrade (would have been perfect with a USB-C port, though).

    • gotta admit; I was gonna eke out another year on my trusty iPhone 6 Plus; but the iPhone Pro looks mighty nice.

      I'm thinking of paying the few dollars and taking the 6s Plus in to the apple store and letting them put a new battery in it......and just wait for iPhone with 5G, and will likely improve a little on the new cameras then too.

      • I'm thinking of paying the few dollars and taking the 6s Plus in to the apple store and letting them put a new battery in it......and just wait for iPhone with 5G...

        I too am interested in hitting my monthly data cap in under a minute.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by Xenx ( 2211586 )
          That's why I have Comcast internet! Nothing like getting less than a day's worth of usage per month.

          Whats worse is that I work for an ISP that provides gigabit fiber with no cap. But, I live outside our service area and can't afford to move. Nothing like the prospect of 50-100% spike in rent(if I can find a place) to temper the desire for better internet.

        • I too am interested in hitting my monthly data cap in under a minute.

          Change plans then....I have Verizon for unlimited data, and it isn't that much $$$.

          In fact, I guess it was a year or so ago...maybe a bit more, I had an older plan, and it actually dropped my bill rate to go to unlimited...it was cheaper than the plan I had before for MUCH less data.

          • Verizon throttles users after 22gigs such that if there is traffic, you are deprioritized. That would hit the monthly data cap in under a minute in ideal circumstances.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by dysmal ( 3361085 )

        A new battery for my 6s was $50 which was money well spent!

    • I'll probably wait another year because I don't need to upgrade, but the most exciting "feature" to me was the vastly improved (4 or 5 hours for the Pro models) battery life. The notch is still ugly as sin so I'm inclined to wait another year hoping they find a way to get rid of it. That's the one thing that I'll maintain never would have flown under Jobs.

      Curiously, Apple uses USB-C on the iPad Pro models, so I've been wondering when they're going to move off of lightning entirely. Maybe next year.
    • I also have a 6 Plus, enjoying it since a number of years (6, if I am not mistaken), with one battery replacement. A reliable companion. However it has become annoyingly slow at times (esp irritating is typing something in whatsapp and sometimes the characters only appearing after 5 seconds) . Also, very annoying is that is sometimes has trouble loading large web pages.
      So, yes, will likely move to one of the current phones. A six generations jump should be rather dramatic, esp curious in the new camera qua

      • Otherwise, amazed that you enjoyed your iPad 2 for so long. I found mine so unbearably slow 2 years ago after an ios update I should have skipped, and I bought a pro then.

        The only thing my iPad 2 is unbearably slow on is web browsing. For pretty much everything else, it is quite adequate. Running Chrome as a browser helps somewhat; but entering text in the URL/Search bar takes some, er, patience...

  • is it really a zoom lens? Or do they not know the difference between a zoom and a telephoto?

    • Where does it say it's a zoom LENS? It says it supports 2x optical zoom. The camera app allows you to zoom to various levels, and this is saying that at the 2x zoom setting it will still be providing optical quality. If course between 1x and 2x it's not pure optical. Not sure if it just does a digital zoom on the wide angle, of if it dynamically integrates the finer detail of the telephoto with the digital-zoomed wide angle.

  • But then, it's been pretty obvious for several years that they've forgotten what the word actually means.

    • But then, it's been pretty obvious for several years that they've forgotten what the word actually means.

      Right.

      Did you watch the Demo for the new Mac Pro and XDR Display?

      People actually bitch that it is TOO "Pro". And I'm not talking about the price.

  • I wonder how many fish will take this bait? 24/7/365 isn't enough time to waste your time and money giving big tech all your info? At least in Las Vegas I get free watered down alcohol in exchange for my money. I will continue using my $9 Tracfone at $19.99 for 3 months, thank you. BTW screw social media because they sure do screw you.

  • Getting close to US price on gold (Score:5, Funny)

    by Christopher Carver ( 5915436 ) on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:50PM (#59178398)
    iPhone 11 Pro weighs 194 grams and costs $999 US. Today at 194 grams pure gold costs $1488.50 US. The Apple phone is getting close. Might we switch to the Apple standard soon? To early to call I say.

    • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

      by Anonymous Coward

      194g of gold is $9,269.79.

      The only people who still care about the gold standard are weirdos and survivalist weirdos.

      • And investors. Gold is getting more expensive every year for several reasons.

        If you don't need it, good for you. I bet you didn't need Bitcoin earlier, too.

    • iPhone 11 Pro weighs 194 grams and costs $999 US. Today at 194 grams pure gold costs $1488.50 US. The Apple phone is getting close. Might we switch to the Apple standard soon? To early to call I say.

      Well, the Samsung flagships are not that far behind. The price tag of 999 dollars for an iPhone is exorbitant. Having said that the iPhone 11 I'd be interested in costs about $850 which is pushing the upper end of my financial pain threshold for a product like this. However, the latest comparable Samsung phones to that are priced in the $700-750 range, a price difference of all of 12-18%, so not exactly a dollar store bargain either. Also, the gold price per gram is currently €43.22 [bullionbypost.eu] , $48,19, so $48,1

  • Screw it, we’re doing 5 blades... I mean cam (Score:3)

    by BLToday ( 1777712 ) on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:51PM (#59178400)

    For those of you who are too young to remember:
    https://www.theonion.com/fuck-... [theonion.com]

    Eventually, they’ll just have a camera at every major focal point (12mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 80mm, 125mm, and 200mm). Yes, I know there’s already a camera/smartphone with 16 cameras (Light L16).

    • My razor goes to eleven.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      They are lagging behind on the computational photography front, so are trying to make up for it with more gimmick cameras. They showed off some night mode shots that try to compete with the Pixel, and they are nowhere near.

  • Another connector gone? Or another button? Can it still make phone calls?

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by geek ( 5680 )

      3d touch is gone

    • I'm hoping the front end amplifier hardware problem is fixed. The receive on cellular for the iPhone X was around 5dbm worse than on the iPhone 8, it's on record with the FCC. I need my phone to actually work. I'm going to hold off for a while and read the new FCC filings first.

  • The 12 SE will be more like the 5 SE, but based on the 8 form factor

    And way way cheaper

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