I think the 11 pro is gonna be a beautiful phone. 13% faster LTE speeds is definitely a nice boost. Don’t know why people are so upset with it. Apple continues to produce the nicest phones on the market. We’re way past the days of big excitement leading up to announcement day to see what cool design apple came up with. Hardware has matured. Everything is a rectangle with glass. Now it’s camera, features, and subscriptions. Except for the notch. But I’m very happy with what the 11pro has to offer. I’m on the upgrade program so I’ll be getting it. And I’m pretty excited.
I don't understand the upset at ALL.
For me, I actually picked the iPhone XR over the XS on purpose because of battery life. Apple's lineup was in a weird place; the XR had advantages over the higher end XS.
I have repeatedly regretted my choice to get the XR due to the lack of 'true' portrait mode, and yet, I have not really regretted it because my friends with an XS have more battery anxiety.
Now, the Pro fixed that issue. The battery life improvement is HUGE. It's the reason I declined the XS.
Basically, it's the iPhone XS, except with the XR's battery life, and a wide angle camera, and the normal annual improvements across the board. That's pretty near perfect.
Did I want 5G? Yeah. Did I think it was happening? No. Apple made the right decision. 5G standalone chips have been battery life killers so far and take a ton of space, and no one has been able to bring a 5G SoC to market yet (Samsung just annoucned one for later this year), and Apple probably will need time to bring Intel's tech in house and improve it. Apple made the right decision.
I did want USB-C, but it's not a killer for me yet. I only have one USB-C device in the house (Nintendo Switch) so far.
So yeah.
The 11 Pro had nothing surprising but seems pretty much a perfect product compared to last year.
I'm not upgrading my XR so soon, and I'm looking at going to a three year cycle now, but if next year's iPhone is basically an 11 Pro + 5G and USB-C I'd be really hard pressed not to upgrade.
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yea I dont understand why they left out 5G , I know 5G has not rolled out yet but its called future proofing your device
It's an actual tech issue at the moment.
Chip developers have yet to be able to integrate 5G onto a System-On-A-Chip yet because it's so new. (Though Samsung *just* announced they're going to have one out around the end of the year.)
So right now, smartphone makers have to buy a separate 5G chip and add it to the smartphone. These chips are actually quite big- almost the size of a penny, or a CPU- and use a LOT of power and heat and need an extra antennae (also large).
See this article:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/dont-buy-a-5g-smartphone-at-least-not-for-a-while/
So yeah. I think next year 5G will be a good choice. Hopefully Apple can build it into their SoC (whether Intel is ready or they pay Qualcom's licensing) and it won't be a gigantic power drain.
But if Apple had done it this year, it would have been a MASSIVE battery drain and also taken up valuable space in the phone.
Seriously, read the article I just linked to. It's shocking how much space you need in the phone for the current 5G options (a 5G modem and antenna module).
Next year it should be a lot easier I'd bet. Though I wouldn't be shocked if Apple pushes it back out to 2021 because their new 5G division they bought from Intel is still getting up to speed.
Then you can complain.
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Intel didn't have a viable 5G modem
It's not just Intel. The ones from Qualcomm are
HUGE and cause a ton of battery drain.
Next year smartphones will have 5G modems built in to their SoC and 5G will be a lot more viable. It would have seriously impacted product quality this year.