iPhone 11 has launched, and here's everything you need to know about the new phone, including price, release date, camera details.
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Apple on September launched the iPhone 11 Pro.
- The iPhone 11 Pro comes in India at a starting price of Rs 99,900.
- Apple iPhone 11 Pro will go on sale in India on September 27.
Apple's new iPhone series is here. Apple unveiled three new iPhones - the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max - at a special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre at Apple Park in Cupertino, California earlier this week. The iPhone 11 is this year's budget iPhone and the obvious successor to the iPhone XR, check out the differences between the two devices here. The iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max are the successors to last year's flagship iPhone XS vs iPhone X
The iPhone 11 at a glance
- The iPhone 11 costs £729/$699 and will hit stores on September 20
- You can pre-order it from September 13
- It keeps the same 6.1-inch screen as the iPhone XR
- There are two 12-megapixel sensors on the back, with the second one there for ultra wide-angle shots and video
- It will run iOS 13 software out of the box
- It’s powered by Apple’s new A13 Bionic chip, which Apple claims is the most powerful ever on a smartphone
- It launched alongside the more expensive iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
- 5G connectivity doesn’t feature on any of the new iPhones
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The iPhone 11 is basically a successor to the iPhone XR, with a few choice new upgrades; for instance, there are now two camera sensors on the back rather than just one. The secondary camera shoots wide-angle photos, and you can easily jump between the two sensors even when shooting video.
Apple claims that the new A13 Bionic chipset inside the phone delivers a best-ever standard both for general performance and graphics. In order to show this off, we were shown a demo of Pascal’s Wager, a new iOS-exclusive game that looks a lot like Dark Souls, and we were impressed by how slick it looks in action (even though we’re a little more sceptical of the gameplay).
When it comes to design, the iPhone 11 looks almost exactly like the iPhone XR. So what has changed? Well first off you’ve got a few new colours – six in total − including a rather fetching shade of purple. Apple’s also added much-desired water resistance, claiming you can now submerge the device in 2m of water for 30 minutes.
Apple didn’t talk much about the display, and there’s a reason for that: it’s more or less the same as the iPhone XR. Measuring 6.1-inches across, it even packs the same resolution too (1792 x 828), which some people might find off-putting. We were satisfied with the display on the XR though, so this shouldn’t be a deal-breaker for everyone.
iPhone 11 camera Specs
The iPhone 11 has got a dual-lens camera array. The extra lens is an upgrade on the iPhone XR’s single camera, but the Pro and Pro Max devices have a total f three lenses.
The new secondary sensor is a 12-megapixel ultra-wide angle snapper, which can capture much wider shots thanks to the 120-degree lens. During the demo, Apple showed that you could easily switch between the two with the tap of a soft-key, and you can shoot video in wide-angle too.
Another new camera feature is slow-motion selfies, or ‘slofies‘, as Apple is calling them. This uses the updated 12-megapixel True Depth camera on the front to snap selfies that move. It sounds slightly gimmicky, but it has the potential to be another seriously popular feature like Animoji. Another new camera feature is a dedicated Night Mode for shooting shots in low-light situations.
The design of the iPhone 11’s camera module has proven to be controversial, but we’re happy that Apple has introduced a secondary sensor to the cheaper model.
iPhone 11 specs
The iPhone 11 packs an A13 Bionic CPU. It entered production in May, according to Bloomberg and it keeps the same 7nm architecture as before. Apple said during its demos that this was the fastest chip on the market both in terms of performance and graphics.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reckons the iPhone 11 packs 4GB of RAM − just like the iPhone XS − but iOS optimisation makes the most of what seems to be a relatively stingy amount of memory in comparison to competitors, which increasingly pack in up to 12GB of memory.
As usual, Apple didn’t mention RAM at all on stage, so we’ll have to wait for a teardown to know more.
iOS 13 will ship on the new iPhone 11 and this brings highly-requested features like a system-wide dark mode, improved mapping service and more
iPhone 11 price − How much does the new iPhone cost?
Apple will be selling the iPhone 11 for $699 in the US, but a much steeper £729 in the UK.
That’s still cheaper than the $749/£749 launch price of the outgoing iPhone XR, and it feels like the most affordable iPhone we’ve seen in many years. This year’s ‘true flagships’ in terms of both specs and price are the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max.
The iPhone 11 is available in a pleasing range of colour schemes: yellow, purple, green, white, black and (PRODUCT)RED.
Here’s the full pricing breakdown, in both £s and $s:
- iPhone 11: £729 (64GB); £779 (128GB); £879 (256GB)
- iPhone 11: $699 (64GB); $749 (128GB); $849 (256GB)
In previous years the price in dollars was matched exactly by the price in Sterling, which put UK customers at a slight disadvantage due to the exchange rate. But this year the price is pounds is significantly more expensive. The bad news for Brits is likely due to Apple taking precautions for a possible fall in the value of the pound due to Brexit.
Sky Mobile has already announced its tariff prices, with preorders going live this Friday. If you’re already a Sky Mobile customer who’s more than 31 days into their contract, you can jump over to the iPhone 11 thanks to the Swap 12 and Swap 24 programmes. Sky Mobile’s tariffs are as follows:
iPhone 11 release date − When is the next iPhone out? When are iphones released 2019?
The iPhone 11 will first be available to pre-order on Friday (September 13), and devices will ship out to customers from September 20. That date applies for all iPhones in the new range. Release date of Apple iphone XI
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iPhone 11 design and display
Apple is renowned for producing sleek, iconic designs. The iPhone 11 mostly feels familiar, but the biggest change to the design is a controversial one.
As the multitude of leaks had suggested, iPhone 11 has a large massive camera bump on its back, to house its new double-camera array. That bump looks considerably chunkier than the ones you’ll find on the back of Android flagships like the Huawei P30 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S10, and it’s bound to divide Apple fans.
The divisive screen notch was popularised by the iPhone X two years ago, but many Android manufacturers have now ditched it for more subtle solutions including the teardrop notch, cutout camera, and pop-up camera. Apple has clung onto the notch for another year at least, and it’s starting to look a bit dated in comparison.
While the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max boast OLED displays, the iPhone 11 has to make to do with LCD. Apple is still sticking with the “Liquid Retina” moniker for the iPhone 11 display instead of adopting the new “Super Retina XDR“, and it remains 6.1-inches large with a resolution that’s only slightly above 720p.
