The much-awaited announcement is finally here, Apple has just announced their Apple iPhone XS Max smartphone. There are a total of three iPhones that are announced including an Apple iPhone XR and an Apple iPhone XS. All three of these new iPhones are successors to last year’s iPhone X. Apple’s previous flagship, the iPhone X was released exactly a year ago in Sept last year and has done incredibly well in terms of sale. Let’s dive into what the newest Apple iPhone brings to the table.
iPhone XS Max Specifications, Price and other Details
The new iPhone series by Apple is called the iPhone XS (Pronounced iPhone Ten S). The body is made up of stainless steel. The screen, according to Apple is made up of the most durable glass ever found in a smartphone. iPhone XS is available in 3 colors.
The phone is as you have guessed, is water-proof. According to Apple, they have tested the waterproof feature of XS in water, salt water, orange juice, wine, tea, and beer. The iPhone is IP68 rated.
iPhone XS Max Details
As with the older series of iPhones, there are 2 models of the phones a basic model and the plus model. Since Apple said that their normal phones are on par with their previous plus phones so it will be stupid to name the bigger new gen phones as iPhone XS Plus, so they called it iPhone XS Max. The phone has the following details
iPhone XS Max Display Details
- 6.5 inches screen with super retina (Apple’s best display in history)
- 3.38 million pixels
- 458 ppi
- OLED display
- 120Hz touch sensing device
- 3D Touch
- Dolby Vision and HDR 10
The bigger size of the screen without having to compromise on the size or length of the display. The normal phones are smaller than the plus phones however they display more information than their previous generation phones.
Face id Details
The iPhone XS and XS Max are powered by the iPhone most advanced, faster and most powerful chip, the A12 Bionic chip. With the help of this chip, the iPhone can take advantage of a lot of things like camera, gaming, maps, faster apps response time etc. The camera has a lot of interesting features like usage of Augmented Reality. You can sync the emojis with real-time machine learning and the most powerful GPU and CPU located at the Neural Engine.
New A12 Bionic Chip
Apple claimed that this new chip is their best and most powerful chip every manufactured for their smartphones. It has 7-nanometer chip design a very first design in the industry. There is a total of 6.9 billion transistors. As I said earlier the chip is made up of CPU and GPU. Check out the details down below
- 15% Faster and 40% less power consumption.
- 4 efficiency cores making the power consumption drop up to 50%
- Fusion Architecture Apple designed
- The chip can perform up to 5 trillion operations per second
Capacity of iPhone XS Max
The devices will support up to:
- 64GB
- 256GB
- 512GB
Splash, Water, and Dust Resistant
- Rated IP68 under IEC standard 60529
Camera
- 12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras
- Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture
- Telephoto: ƒ/2.4 aperture
- Optical zoom; digital zoom up to 10x
- Portrait mode
- Portrait Lighting (beta)
- Dual optical image stabilization
- Six‑element lens
- Quad-LED True Tone flash with Slow Sync
- Panorama (up to 63MP)
- Sapphire crystal lens cover
- Backside illumination sensor
- Hybrid IR filter
- Autofocus with Focus Pixels
- Tap to focus with Focus Pixels
- Live Photos with stabilization
- Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
- Improved local tone mapping
- Body and face detection
- Exposure control
- Noise reduction
- Auto HDR for photos
- Auto image stabilization
- Burst mode
- Timer mode
- Photo geotagging
- Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
- 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
- 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
- 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
- Optical image stabilization for video
- Optical zoom; 6x digital zoom
- Quad-LED True Tone flash
- Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
- Time‑lapse video with stabilization
- Cinematic video stabilization (1080p and 720p)
- Continuous autofocus video
- Body and face detection
- Noise reduction
- Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video
- Playback zoom
- Video geotagging
- Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
TrueDepth Camera
- 7MP camera
- Portrait mode
- Portrait Lighting (beta)
- Animoji
- 1080p HD video recording
- Retina Flash
- ƒ/2.2 aperture
- Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
- Auto HDR
- Backside illumination sensor
- Body and face detection
- Auto image stabilization
- Burst mode
- Exposure control
- Timer mode
Apple Pay
- Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in stores, within apps, and on the web
- Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac
- Receive and redeem rewards using rewards cards
Cellular and Wireless
- Model A1865*
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66)
TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) - Model A1901*
Model A1901 does not support CDMA networks, such as those used by Verizon and Sprint.
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66)
TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) - All models
802.11ac Wi‑Fi with MIMO
Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
NFC with reader mode
Location
- Assisted GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and QZSS
- Digital compass
- Wi-Fi
- Cellular
- iBeacon micro location
Video Calling
- FaceTime video calling over Wi‑Fi or cellular
Audio Calling
- FaceTime audio
- Voice over LTE (VoLTE)5
- Wi‑Fi calling5
Audio Playback
- Audio formats supported: AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+)
- User-configurable maximum volume limit
Video Playback
- Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, and Motion JPEG
- High Dynamic Range with Dolby Vision and HDR10 content
- AirPlay Mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later)6
- Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)6
Siri
- Use your voice to send messages, set reminders, and more
- Get intelligent suggestions in Messages, Mail, QuickType, and more
- Activate with only your voice using “Hey Siri”
- Listen and identify songs
External Buttons and Connectors
- Volume up/down
- Ring/Silent switch
- Side button
- Built-in stereo speaker
- Built-in microphone
- Lightning connector
Power and Battery
- Lasts up to 2 hours longer than iPhone 7
- Talk time (wireless): Up to 21 hours
- Internet use: Up to 12 hours
- Video playback (wireless): Up to 13 hours
- Audio playback (wireless): Up to 60 hours
- Fast-charge capable: Up to 50% charge 30 minutes9
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Wireless charging (works with Qi-certified chargers10)
- Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
Sensors
- Face ID
- Barometer
- Three-axis gyro
- Accelerometer
- Proximity sensor
- Ambient light sensor
Operating System
iOS 12
With new features and capabilities that let you get more done quickly and easily, iOS 12 makes iPhone more powerful, personal, and intelligent than ever.
Price
The smartphone starts from 1099$