The latest cheaper iPhone
- Vikas Jangra
- Sep 2, 2019
- 4 min read
Updated: Sep 10, 2019
Apple has just announced the iPhone 11 at its big new iPhone launch in San Francisco and we've got the first details of the new phone right here
Different Models of iphone 11
iPhone 11 design and display
The new iPhone 11 is available in Purple, White, Yellow, Green, Black and Product Red.
It comes with a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina display, which is the same size as the screen on 2018's iPhone XR. The notch remains at the top of the screen, and the device looks remarkably like last year's phone.
iPhone 11 camera
The iPhone 11 is here, with a 6.1-inch Retina Display and 6 colors that show off its aluminum and glass body.
There's a big focus on the camera this year, and that's because its a dual lens sensor for the first time on the cheaper iPhone.
There's a 12MP wide camera 6-element 26mm lens, and that is paired with a 12MP ultra wide camera with 120 degree field of view.
Night Mode has returned for low light conditions, and it comes on automatically on the iPhone 11. It's a similar affair to Google's Night Sigh on Pixel phones, and the on stage example was quite impressive.
It improves brightness and attempts to reduce noise in your images. Apple believes the iPhone 11 will be three times faster in low light scenarios too.
Video modes include 4K video recording, slow and time-lapse. Apple also says it has improved image stabilization on the new phone too.
Overall, Apple claims to have the "highest quality video recording in a smartphone". We'll be sure to test out that claim at the time of our full review.
The selfie camera is a 12MP TrueDepth camera, and the aim is so you can rotate the phone to take wider images although this isn't a wide-angle shooter. It's also the first time Apple has included 4K video recording on the selfie camera.
iPhone 11 specs and performance
The chipset inside the iPhone 11 is called the A13 Bionic. Apple claims it has the fastest CPU and GPU in a smartphone with this device, and that's something else we'll be sure to test in the future.
Apple has shown off some video games being played on the phone, but we've yet to fully learn what the chipset will be capable of.
iPhone 11R battery and specs
According to one source, the iPhone 11R could have a 3,110mAh battery, which would make it around 5.7% larger than the 2,942mAh one in the iPhone XR. That’s not a big jump, but then the iPhone XR already has the best battery life of any modern iPhone, so that might be all it needs.
Elsewhere, respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said to expect a battery increase of around 5%, which tallies with the rumor above, so they could well be on to something.
As for charging, while some early reports suggested Apple might move to USB-C, most rumors point to Lightning remaining. This is believable, especially in the case of the iPhone 11R where Apple will be trying to keep costs down.
The iPhone 11R might charge fast though, with claims of an 18W charger potentially coming in the box, though elsewhere we’ve heard that it will stick with slow 5W charging, so we’re not sure what’s true here. If we had to guess, we’d say faster charging on this basic model is unlikely.
Another leak also suggests the phone may come with a new specific chip designed to track your phone's location too, which may make Find My iPhone stronger than ever.
Moving on to core specs, Apple is sure to include a new chipset, likely to be dubbed the A13. We mave had our first glimpse at the performance of that chipset in a benchmark that appears to be for the iPhone 11R. The listing claimed a 2.66GHz hexa-core chipset (up from a 2.5GHz one in the iPhone XR) and 4GB of RAM (up from 3GB in the XR).
The phone achieved a multi-core score of 11,294 (which is broadly in line with the iPhone XR) and a single-core one of 5,415 (which is significantly higher).
Storage meanwhile could come in at 64GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, or 128GB, 256GB and 512GB, depending on which rumors you believe – though in both cases it’s not clear whether all iPhone 11 models would get all these sizes or not.
As for the operating system, that’s sure to be iOS 13. What the phone almost certainly won’t have is 5G.
iPhone 11R other features
The iPhone 11R is sure to have Face ID of course, but it could be even better this year, with one source saying that it will work from a wider range of angles.
Beyond that we’re moving into the territory of unlikely things. It’s rumored for example that at least some iPhone 11 models will support the Apple Pencil, and we've even seen a case emerge for the iPhone 11 Pro with an Apple Pencil slot, but we’re not convinced, and if any do, the iPhone 11R will be last in line.
We’ve also seen patents for a camera designed for underwater photography, and an in-screen fingerprint scanner that would let you place your finger anywhere on the screen to unlock the phone. But patents often don’t get used, and if these ones do we’d think they’re too premium for the features to appear on the iPhone 11R.
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