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- This is the iPhone XS.

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Actually, there are two of them.

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The iPhone XS is an updated
version of the iPhone X,

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and the iPhone XS Max is an
updated version of the iPhone X

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that happens to be a lot bigger.

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If you already own an
iPhone X, listen carefully.

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This video might save you $1,000.

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The iPhone XS is Apple's new masterpiece.

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It's a better phone, but
it's not that much better.

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The iPhone XS Max is a
better, bigger phone,

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but it's bigness might not be for you.

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So let's get specific about

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what makes these new phones special.

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Apple will tell you that these new phones

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have better cameras, more
powerful A12 Bionic chips,

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and a bunch of other small upgrades

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that seem easy to overlook.

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We're gonna focus on what
matters and boil everything down

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to the five most essential
improvements of the iPhone XS.

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At first glance, you won't
really notice a difference.

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Upon closer inspection, you'll notice

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two new antenna bands on the
bottom and top of the phone.

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These are there because the
iPhone XS has a new antennae

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that brings you faster data transmission.

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In our tests, we noticed
at least double the speeds.

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The new antenna also means
that the speaker grills

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on the bottom of the
phone are asymmetrical.

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Still, the speakers are supposed to sound

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even better than before
with improved stereo effects.

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Otherwise, the iPhone XS
looks just like the iPhone X.

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The iPhone XS Max, of course, is bigger

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with a 6.5-inch OLED display,

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but we'll talk more
about that in a second.

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Another noticeable upgrade to
the iPhone XS involves FaceID.

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We're talking about a half
a second difference here,

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which doesn't sound like a lot,

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but if you unlock your
phone a hundred times a day

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that extra time adds up.

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The Face ID hardware is actually
the same in the iPhone XS,

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but Apple has improved the algorithms

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which improves the speed.

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The Face ID also seems to fail less often,

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which cuts down on how often
I had to use the passcode.

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Let me put it another way,

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the new Face ID works so much better

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that it makes Face ID on the
iPhone X seem like a prototype.

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But if you're upgrading
from and iPhone 7 or 8,

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the new Face ID will feel like
an extra-special revelation.

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The same can be said about the

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sprawling Super Retina display.

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The 5.8-inch OLED
display for the iPhone XS

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is supposed to be slightly better

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than the one on the iPhone
X, thanks to improved HDR.

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The same goes for the
6.5-inch iPhone XS Max display

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which has slightly higher resolution

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thanks to its bigger size.

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So since the Super Retina
display isn't totally new,

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why bring it up?

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Because it's going to knock your socks off

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if you're upgrading from
an iPhone 8 or earlier,

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and especially if you
upgrade to an iPhone XS Max.

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It's remarkable how losing those bezels

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on the top and bottom of the phone

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changes the way you use it.

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I find myself watching more videos

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and looking at more photos
in full screen mode.

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I'm playing more games, too,

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because touchscreen controls are easier

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when you've got more touchscreen.

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Everything about this
OLED display is better

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than what Apple offers
with its old LCD screens.

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We did get a look at the new LCD display

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on the iPhone XR at the
Apple event in Cupertino.

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It's not quite as good as the iPhone X,

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which is not quite as
good as the iPhone XS.

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Now, let's talk about the big differences.

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Even if you're taking the larger screen

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on the iPhone XS Max into account,

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the XS series doesn't seem

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dramatically different in terms of specs,

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until you talk about the
processor and the camera.

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Let's start with the processor.

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The A12 Bionic chip that
come with the iPhone XS

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and iPhone XS Max is almost too powerful.

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It seems like most apps

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don't even take advantage
of its full capabilities.

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In our benchmark tests Apple's
new 7-nanometer processor

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crushed the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip sets

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you'll find in the Samsung
Galaxy S9 and the Google Pixel 2.

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It also blew away the A11 Bionic processor

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that comes in the iPhone
8 and the iPhone X.

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When we went to real world
tests, it actually felt like

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we couldn't find an app with
enough processor demands

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to come close to
challenging the A12 Bionic.

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Fortnite loads about 15 seconds faster

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on the iPhone XS than on the iPhone X

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and gameplay seemed basically perfect.

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Where the A12 Bionic
really shined, however,

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wasn't the CPU but rather the GPU.

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PlayerUnknown's
Battlegrounds, for instance,

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is only using half as
much of the GPU on the XS

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as it does on the X.

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Apple has boosted the neural
engine on the A12 Bionic

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to handle up to 5 trillion
processes per second

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and is offering up those capabilities

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to third party app builders
for the first time ever.

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So, it's safe to assume
that it might take months

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or even years before app developers unlock

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the full capabilities of the A12 Bionic.

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That means, if you're
thinking about upgrading

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from the iPhone X or an earlier model,

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the iPhone XS has some
future-proof qualities that will

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convince you to keep it
around for years to come.

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Now, for what makes the iPhone XS

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immediately special, the camera.

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The dual-camera module on the iPhone XS

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comes with bigger sensors
and an improved flash.

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A teardown from iFixit says
that the iPhone XS wide angle

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sensor is 32% larger than
the one on the iPhone X.

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This should mean that the iPhone XS camera

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is capable of capturing
more visual information

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and performing better in low light.

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Check out this image of
a city street at night.

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The iPhone XS camera picks up
the textures and the details

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of what's illuminated by the street lights

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as well as the restaurant
sign, down to the lettering.

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Here's the same shot from an iPhone X.

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The street looks pretty good,

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but the lit-up restaurant
sign is blown out.

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Another new feature with the iPhone XS

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is an improved Portrait Mode.

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Like the iPhone X, you can take a photo

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of someone or something
and the distance between

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the two lenses, as well
as some software tricks,

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enable you to create a bokeh effect,

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that keeps the foreground in focus

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and blurs the layers of background.

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On the iPhone XS, however, you can also

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adjust that bokeh effect,
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Adjusting the f-stop on this toggle here,

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I can make the background
sharper or more blurry.

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I'm not really adjusting the f-stop,

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but the software creates that effect.

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In general, photos look
a bit more saturated

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and contrasty on the iPhone XS,

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which is probably because of how Apple

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updated the camera's HDR features.

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The camera is undeniably different,

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but it's not quite perfect.

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Low-light photos should be sharper

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with the larger sensor on the iPhone XS,

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but when you zoom in, it's
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camera struggles to maintain
detail in darker environments.

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The contours of the face in this portrait

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end up looking blurry, close up,

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which might be a technique Apple uses

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to keep the zoomed-out
image looking less noisy.

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All that said, the iPhone
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are still pretty similar
devices, except for one thing.

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The iPhone XS Max and
its stupid-huge screen.

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If that's what you want,

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you can't get it on any other iPhone.

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If you want a slightly better camera,

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and a hypothetically awesome processor,

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you might also like the iPhone XS.

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But if you already own an iPhone X,

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you probably don't need to upgrade.

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If you own any other iPhone, stay tuned.

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The iPhone XR comes
with a lot of the perks

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that we've been talking
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but we won't know how good it
is until we've tested it out

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and Apple won't release
it for another month.

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So, as cool as the
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it's worth waiting a few more weeks

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to get all the info about
the all new iPhones.

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