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Moving from an iPhone 8 Plus, or older model, you may be worried about losing your fingerprint sensor, but with Face ID, we actually found unlocking our phone just as convenient and speedy, if not more so.

#Iphone xs max full#

Compare that to the likes of Oppo's Super VOOC technology - which can get a battery enough juice to last a full day from just 20 minutes plugged in - and it's worlds apart. That means, unless you use a MacBook's more powerful power adapter or buy an upgrade, you're going to spend a long time waiting for it to go from zero to full. Despite its size and capacious battery, the iPhone XS Max ships with the same 5W wall adapter and Lightning cable it's always shipped with.

#Iphone xs max pro#

One thing iPhone is missing here - compared to many others - is a fast-charging wired charger in the box (now finally available with the iPhone 11 Pro Max). On a regular, moderate day with still plenty of time (around 2 hours) using Bluetooth to listen to music and a Garmin fitness watch connected, we ended the day with around 50 per cent left over. For the bigger devices, that's rarely an issue, and the same is true for the XS Max, which comfortably lasts a full day without even breaking a sweat.Įven on the first day of use, with over 120 photos and videos shot on the camera, playing at least 30 minutes of games plus the usual drain that comes from setting up a phone, we still managed to get to bed with around 39 per cent of it leftover. Games load quickly and characters on-screen respond to input and touchscreen gestures without any hesitation, which is also partly down to the 120Hz touch sensor response rate.įor smaller iPhones from the past few years one of the biggest complaints from users is battery life. Gaming on the iPhone XS Max is as smooth and stable as you'd hope.

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It will stay immensely useable for a considerable amount of time, without suffering from the post-12-month lag you sometimes find with older devices, particularly when new software is released. Perhaps that way you can also justify the initial cost of the handset. And should hopefully mean a phone that stays that way for years to come.

It's something of an unsung hero, because it ensures the phone runs smoothly and quickly without any issue.

Although it doesn't have the eye-catching colour-changing properties of the likes of Huawei, Honor and Oppo phones, still looks great. The polished steel on our gold review unit contrasts well with the black glass on the front, while the cream/peach glass back has a reflective gold sheen giving off a metallic finish similar to a lot of current smartphones. The efficient use of space on the front here is brilliant.Īs with the iPhone XS, 11 and 11 Pro, the frame is made from polished stainless steel, a high-end appearance and a sturdy feel in the hand. Place it alongside a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, for example, and it's noticeably shorter despite having a display that's slightly larger. With that said, the iPhone's frame, particularly the bottom bezel, is impressively slim boosting the striking appearance of the display. Saying that, in the short time since, most have moved on to adopting much smaller dewdrop style notches. Since the iPhone X debuted in 2017, it quickly became a look mimicked by almost every other manufacturer.