A great camera, screen and performance can’t save horrendous ergonomics, but at least it’ll last two days on battery
The biggest, most expensive new smartphone from Apple is the iPhone 11 Pro Max, and you’ll need a small fortune to buy it.
The new 6.5in iPhone 11 Pro Max costs from £1,149 and is in effect its smaller 5.8in iPhone 11 Pro sibling put in a photocopier with a 12% magnification applied.
Screen: 6.5in Super Retina XDR (OLED) (458ppi)
Processor: Apple A13 Bionic
RAM: 4GB of RAM
Storage: 64GB, 256GB or 512GB
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: 158 x 77.8 x 8.1 mm
Weight: 226g
The iPhone 11 Pro Max is water resistant to IP68 standards of up to 4m for 30 minutes – which is 2m deeper last year’s iPhone XS Max
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 only used for directional AirDrop file sharing
The highly polished stainless steel is easy to mark and dull in 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 any more
Pros: brilliant camera, night mode, water resistant, wireless charging, Face ID, good battery life, good performance, brilliant screen, long software support
Cons: hard to hold, heavy, super expensive, no headphone socket, no fingerprint scanner, no headphones adapter in the box, low starting storage
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