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iPhone 11 Pro vs iPhone XS: What’s the difference and (should you upgrade)?
At a glance, it may seem like upgrading to the iPhone 11 Pro is a no-brainer. The extended battery life alone is huge and the triple-lens camera system with ultra-wide optical lens is nothing to sneeze at. That camera squircle, tho.
For
- New colors, new finish
- Triple-lens camera system
- Optical zoom in and zoom out
- 4 or 5 hour longer battery life
- Night Mode
- “Slofie” mode
- 12MP TrueDepth front camera
- 18W charging adapter included
Against
The replaced
You’re holding your amazing iPhone XS in your hand and feeling like it’s pretty darn good and do you really need to upgrade? For a lot of people, no. But there are a couple of reasons you may want to. The camera and battery improvements, for example.
For
- 3D Touch
- Glossy back finish
- Smaller camera bump
- Fits cases 2 years old
- Other than battery and camera, similar features to 11 Pro
Against
- Shorter battery life
- No optical ultra wide lens
- No Night Mode
Upgrading from last year’s iPhone to this year’s can be a difficult decision to make. Does the new iPhone 11 Pro really have more and better features than the one you’re holding in your hand right now? Would it be smarter to wait until 2020? There’s a lot to unpack, so let’s get this party started.
Old vs new: Is an upgrade really necessary this year?
On the one hand, the iPhone 11 Pro has a WAY better camera system than the iPhone XS and the battery improvement is the biggest Apple has ever accomplished year-over-year at four additional hours for the iPhone 11 Pro and five more hours for the iPhone 11 Pro Max. On the other hand, if you’re not trying to be a photography hobbyist and your iPhone XS or XS Max batter lasts long enough for you, are these the only features worth the upgrade? Let’s break down the major tech specs.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | iPhone 11 Pro | iPhone XS |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $999 | $999 (though that will drop) |
| Colors | Gold Silver Space Gray Midnight Green | Gold Silver Space Black |
| Battery performance | – Video playback: Up to 18 hours – Video playback (streamed): Up to 11 hours – Audio playback: Up to 65 hours | – Internet use: Up to 12 hours – Video playback (wireless): Up to 14 hours – Audio playback (wireless): Up to 60 hours |
| Screen quality | – Super Retina XDR display – 2436‑by‑1125-pixel resolution at 458 ppi – 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical) | – Super Retina HD display – 2436‑by-1125‑pixel resolution at 458 ppi – 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical) |
| Camera MP | Triple 12 MP | Dual 12 MP |
| Camera lens features | – Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view – Wide: ƒ/1.8 aperture – Telephoto: ƒ/2.0 aperture – 2x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out; digital zoom up to 10x | – Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture – Telephoto: ƒ/2.4 aperture – 2x optical zoom; digital zoom up to 10x |
| TrueDepth Camera MP | 12MP | 7MP |
| TrueDepth Camera lens features | – ƒ/2.2 aperture – Animoji and Memoji – Slo-mo video support – 4K video recording – Cinematic video stabilization up to 4K | – ƒ/2.2 aperture – Animoji and Memoji – 1080p HD video recording – Cinematic video stabilization up to 1080p |
| Portrait mode features | Natural Studio Contour Stage Stage Mono High-Key Mono | Natural Studio Contour Stage Stage Mono |
| Night Mode | Yes | No |
| Quick Video | Yes | No |
| Audio Zoom for video | Yes | No |
| Chip version | A13 | A12 |
| Water resistance rating | IP68 4 meters for up to 30 minutes | IP68 2 meters for up to 30 minutes |
| Wi-Fi support | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 5 |
And for the Max models.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | iPhone 11 Pro Max | iPhone XS Max |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $1099 | $1099 (though that will drop) |
| Colors | Gold Silver Space Gray Midnight Green | Gold Silver Space Black |
| Battery performance | – Video playback: Up to 20 hours – Video playback (streamed): Up to 12 hours – Audio playback: Up to 80 hours | – Internet use: Up to 13 hours – Video playback (wireless): Up to 15 hours – Audio playback (wireless): Up to 65 hours |
| Screen quality | – Super Retina XDR – 2688‑by‑1242-pixel resolution at 458 ppi – 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical) | – Super Retina HD display – 2688‑by-1242‑pixel resolution at 458 ppi – 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical) |
| Camera MP | Triple 12 MP | Dual 12 MP |
| Camera lens features | – Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view – Wide: ƒ/1.8 aperture – Telephoto: ƒ/2.0 aperture – 2x optical zoom in, 2x optical zoom out; digital zoom up to 10x | – Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture – Telephoto: ƒ/2.4 aperture – 2x optical zoom; digital zoom up to 10x |
| TrueDepth Camera MP | 12MP | 7MP |
| TrueDepth Camera lens features | – ƒ/2.2 aperture – Animoji and Memoji – Slo-mo video support – 4K video recording – Cinematic video stabilization up to 4K | – ƒ/2.2 aperture – Animoji and Memoji – 1080p HD video recording – Cinematic video stabilization up to 1080p |
| Portrait mode features | Natural Studio Contour Stage Stage Mono High-Key Mono | Natural Studio Contour Stage Stage Mono |
| Night Mode | Yes | No |
| Quick Video | Yes | No |
| Audio Zoom for video | Yes | No |
| Chip version | A13 | A12 |
| Water resistance rating | IP68 4 meters for up to 30 minutes | IP68 2 meters for up to 30 minutes |
| Wi-Fi support | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 5 |
New colors, new finish, new you
iPhone 11 Pro Midnight Green and Space Black side by side (Image credit: Lory Gil / iMore)
Lots of people have asked me what I think of the matte finish on the new iPhone 11 Pro and I have to say, it’s absolutely lovely, especially on the silver model. That soft white backside is like looking at an elegant pair of satin gloves.
All of the colors we’re familiar with — gold, space gray, and silver, have a new, and in my opinion, better look. The colors are richer and more vibrant. They stand out more. Less reflective so you can look deeper into the color. Space gray has this sort of compelling effect on your eyes. You want to look at it more. Find the shadows hidden in the dark.
Of course, there’s that brand new color added to the iPhone Pro line: Midnight Green. It’s difficult to describe what it looks like in real life, but it’s sort of a smokey green. It’s very dark, so dark it almost looks gray, but when it hits the light right, you can see that dark green peeking through.
If showing off to your friends that you’ve got the newest iPhone, the iPhone 11 Pro in Midnight Green will definitely catch their eye.
The elephant-sized camera in the room
There is no way to diminish the absolute ‘extra’ that is the new triple-lens camera on the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max. It’s got an ultra wide lens, a standard lens, and a telephoto lens. That means you can 2x zoom in, like you can on the iPhone XS, or 2x zoom out to capture a wider landscape in the shot without having to move further away. It’s not pano. It’s not fisheye. It simply optically broadens how much you can fit into the shot by four times.
The video camera has also been improved thanks to extended dynamic range and cinematic video stabilization support for 4K at 60fps. And you can take advantage of the triple lens system to zoom in or out while shooting video. When zoomed in, the microphone will directionally isolate and record audio from the subject you’re pointing at.
Night mode is definitely a game changer for the iPhone. It’s similar to “Night Sight” in Google’s Pixel phone and Samsung’s “Night mode.” Phones don’t yet have option to lower the shutter speed of your camera in order to capture more light. Instead, they use computational software to reproduce the same effect.
With Night mode on the iPhone 11 Pro, you can take pictures in near-black darkness, but get a final photo that has significant light drawn in, and it doesn’t look grainy or noisy. This happens automatically (though you can manually turn it off by tapping the Night mode icon in the camera app), so if you quickly want to capture a scene in a dimly lit area, you don’t have to fiddle with any settings to get the shot.
I know it’s something we’ve all been dying to have on our phones and its finally here — slo-mo selfie video. OK, so this is a silly little thing, but you and I both know we’ve tried to take slo-mo video of ourselves using the back camera on the iPhone XS (or whichever iPhone you have). No more flipping the camera around anymore.
The front-facing TrueDepth camera is also now 12MP with 4K video recording capabilities. Excuse me while I go throw my GoPro in the garbage!
If a better camera than the iPhone XS is high on your priority list, the upgrade to the triple lens system on the iPhone 11 Pro is absolutely a reason to upgrade.
If, however, your iPhone XS takes perfectly good pictures and you’re not trying to go pro, or at least become a hobbyist photographer, you may not consider this to be a valuable justification to upgrade. Especially if the, very noticable, square camera bump with three “eyes” peering at you is too much of a design change for you to handle right now.
Battery for daaaaaays
Apple claims (no one outside of the company has had a chance to test these claims) that the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have a massive improvement in battery life over the iPhone XS. We’re talking about four hours more for the iPhone 11 Pro and five hours more for the iPhon 11 Pro Max.
As you can see from the spec table above, however, Apple hasn’t given any specifics on when the batteries perform these special feats. Apple hasn’t yet listed talk time or internet browsing time yet.
In general, however, if my iPhone can power through an additional four or five hours of life without needing a recharge, I can actually go to Disneyland for a day without needing to bring an external charging brick, and that includes a lot of picture taking.
The huge boost in battery performance is one feature that makes me want to say, “Yes! Upgrade! It’s worth it!” But I know that, not everyone runs out of juice that often. If you spend much of your day in an office environment where you can charge your iPhone regularly, your daily power needs are less, and four extra hours may not mean anything to you except for the occasions when you’re away from anything that can charge your iPhone, like a nature hike (or a day at Disneyland).
Goodbye 3D Touch, hello Haptic Touch
I have one more small thing to mention, and that’s the switch from 3D Touch to Haptic Touch. There are a few features you lose in 3D Touch if you upgrade, but for the most part, Haptic Touch, which involves long-pressing instead of pressing harder, performs the same function. You even get that slight bump feeling when you use it, so it feels like you’re doing the same thing anyway.
Bottomline TL;DR
If you’re still on the fence about whether you should upgrade, consider these few things:
- If you must have the latest colors, styles, and fashion and you want all your friends to know you’re ahead of the curve, upgrade to the iPhone 11 Pro and pick the Midnight Green color, since it’s the first time this color has appeared on any Apple Device. #iPhoneista
- If you get a little FOMO (fear of missing out) when you think about living the next year with a dual-lens camera instead of a triple-lens camera, and you already have ideas for how you’d use that ultra-wide feature, the iPhone 11 Pro is a justifiable upgrade. There’s no denying that it’s a huge improvement, front-facing, back-facing, and video-wise, over the iPhone XS. If you just like to take pictures of your food, your new shoes, and maybe girls/boys night out, your iPhone XS camera is good enough . no, great enough, to last you another year.
- If the iPhone XS’ battery performance is the baine of your existence, if it runs out of juice way before you do, the impressive performance improvement of either four or five additional hours of battery makes the iPhone 11 Pro an insta-buy.
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Simply Solid
I got the iPhone 11 Pro a few months after launch. This is the first time I’ve used a phone for 2 years and not even slightly felt the need to upgrade. Needless to say, the hardware hold up just fine. And its a little bit smaller than the rest, being the size a phone needs to be, while packing the extra punch.