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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