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iPhone XS What exactly was the difference between the X and XS?
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More color contrast, smart hdr (and better camera sensors), wide surround sound, marginally better battery life, faster cellular, advanced Face ID, 2nd gen neural engine .
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Literally, a 15 second google search drafted this comparison- [Both those phone models don’t need to be sold by Apple to find plenty of info on the differences.]
https://www.stuff.tv/features/apple-iphone-xs-vs-iphone-x-whats-difference
I wouldn’t know, I didn’t read through it. Point is, that’s how quick (Less than 15 seconds) it was for me to find a link differentiating between the differences between both models, let alone a plethora of other pages indicating the features. This doesn’t warrant a thread when there’s direct resources right on this website, aside from external resources.
Perhaps to you but not to me personally. The difference wasn’t worth the upgrade to me when I made it.
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Phone speakers are phone speakers to me, to the trained ear or someone who can pick up on that it was probably worth it.
They don’t mention it, Because they know consumers don’t care and/or even know what Ram is. Apple never addresses how much Ram iPhones have during their keynotes. When consumers are buying an iPhone, they’re just looking for the storage/color, they don’t go and ask much ram an iPhone has.
No. Not to me but for any technical competent reviewer that analyzed the phone.
And it doesn’t take ”trained ears” to hear the difference.
If that worth the upgrade or not is subjective, but the differences are there.
Not much to be honest. But use this link https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/ you can still compare them.
Things that the Xs has that the X didn't have:
- A12 Chip
- IP 68 water proofing (X had IP 67)
- Battery is a bit improved
- 512 GB size option
- Improved speakers
- Advanced Bokeh (for Portrait Mode)
- High-Key Mono Portrait Lightning Effect (requires iOS 13)
- Smart HDR (X had Auto HDR)
- Extended Dynamic Range when recording video
- Stereo recording (video)
- 60fps video recording with front facing camera
- Cinematic video stabilization
So mostly minor camera improvements. All taken from this list (took me 5 minutes, don't mention.)
Edit: Xs is also Dual SIM via eSIM, true.
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I didn’t mean just you, I meant those who could hear the difference. I not being one of those people.
That’s what i meant, it wasn’t worth the upgrade to me, not to anyone purchasing the phone. I’m sure there are some where the upgrade was significant, I just personally didn’t feel it was.
Another difference is the X had Qualcomm modem versions where the XS only used Intel in all models
I just read all the comments here on the post and realized how minimal the differences are