iPhone 11 Pro: the best small phone available

A cracking camera, great screen and 32-hour battery life – but at an eye-watering price

Apple’s iPhone has gone “pro” for its 11th iteration, with dramatically improved cameras and longer battery life, which make the smaller iPhone 11 Pro the king of more manageable phones.

Costing from £1,049 the iPhone 11 Pro is one of a rare breed: a premium flagship smartphone that doesn’t have a ginormous screen and is therefore small by today’s standards.

Screen: 5.8in Super Retina XDR (OLED) (458ppi)

Processor: Apple A13 Bionic

RAM: 4GB of RAM

Storage: 64, 128 or 256GB

Operating system: iOS 13

Camera: Triple 12MP rear cameras with OIS, 12MP front-facing camera

Connectivity: LTE, wifi 6, NFC, Bluetooth 5, Lightning, Ultra Wideband and GPS

Dimensions: 144 x 71.4 x 8.1 mm

Weight: 188g

The iPhone 11 Pro is water resistant to IP68 standards of up to 4 metres for 30 seconds, which is 2 metres deeper than last year’s iPhone XS

Bluetooth performance is much improved, with stronger connections to even the weakest of headphones

Face ID is still best-in-class, now slightly faster and working at slightly wider angles

The new U1 chip enables enhanced location abilities, but so far it’s used only for directional AirDrop file sharing

The highly polished stainless steel is easy to mark and dull after even careful general use

The pressure sensitive screen of previous iPhones is gone and with it 3D Touch, so you can’t press harder on things anymore

Pros: brilliant camera, night mode, water resistant, wireless charging, Face ID, good battery life, good performance, brilliant screen, long software support, manageable size

Cons: no headphone socket, no fingerprint scanner, super expensive, no headphones adapter in the box, low starting storage

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