Apple iPhone XS review Comments
- Anonymous
- QXP
DD, 26 Sep 2018But S9 Plus is trash. Doesn't even have Android Pie until now.This is the dumbest reply ever! You don't need the latest Android version to work. As long as the phone is stable and working well, who cares? New updates = newer bugs, regardless of OSes. Don't tell me about having the latest security patches and all those BS etc. Android has never been safe regardless of being the latest version or not.
- Anonymous
- Js{
Most of OEMs use 12MP to hide noise because lower resolution pictures have less compared to higher.
Even at 12MP + ISO 20 noise is there.
Low light shots are weak. Other phones at ISO 800, 1200, 1600 or above have better results.
- Kunal Raj
- XQZ
I stopped reading after the Camera section.. Can't even do better or at par with the Pixel 2XL's camera. Apple lagging so much behind on camera and charging you big bucks. Please dont buy this product. It's getting worse!
- DD
- Q0y
Maky phone nerd, 25 Sep 2018Screw apple you shouldnt give them your hard earned money. Buy a s9 plus for half the price. O... moreBut S9 Plus is trash. Doesn't even have Android Pie until now.
- DD
- Q0y
Duck of death, 25 Sep 2018What I don't get is, why isn't the big one called XL when the small one is XS?They always release an 'S' version after the regular one. 5, 5S, 6, 6S
- DD
- Q0y
Anonymous, 26 Sep 2018You got it completely wrong. They said Apple does not regard Android as competition. And this ... moreNot really. Not all android users use android because of customizability. Both my grandparents use a Galaxy Note 9 because their carrier offered a BOGO deal which Apple won't do.
- Anonymous
- BVu
I will buy both XS and XS MAX.
I dont care about their price. I buy every new iphone every year and buy other colors after 6 months.So i use all of new phones. I just love to support the company even though i almost spend half of my income to their products( including new ipads with every color option). I just love their products.
Btw, my car costs less than my i9 Macbook Pro , means i am not rich.
- Anonymous
- 0Cc
Geric.770, 26 Sep 2018If only the XS Max will be renamed as XL, that would make sense. :)
Anyways, Pixel 2 series... moreThis just one year into the future, please. The X will disappear, and what will you remain with ? iPhone 11 and 11 L ? Then after one more year, iPhone 11S and 11S L ? See where the problem is ? There will be iPhone 11, iPhone 11 R, iPhone 11 Max, then iPhone 11S, iPhone 11SR and iPhone 11 S Max. Still bad, though :))
- Geric.770
- uSQ
If only the XS Max will be renamed as XL, that would make sense. :)
Anyways, Pixel 2 series cameras still dominate the camera flagship smartphone until now.
- Anonymous
- gBV
"Unfortunately, the iPhone XS still won't use the OIS telephoto camera when shooting in low-light. The XS once again digitally zooms and crops the output of the main camera to achieve the zoomed effect."
Very stupid decision by Apple. In theory the tele camera captures slightly more light than a 2x crop of the main camera, when the shutter speed is the same. Maybe the image stabilization of the tele camera is less effective. The 2x crop could have a small noise advantage due to less pixels => less read noise , but I rather prefer slightly more details. My experience with the iPhone X was that choosing the portrait camera manually with portrait mode often gives you better results than trusting Apple's algorithms.
- dude111
- 8{c
Two things:
1-Where did you got the "tempest" name? I know the Vortex was rumored for the big cores, but tempest for the efficient ones doesnt seems right given the patron (zephyr, mistral).
2-Apple is using LPDDR4X at 2133Mhz, so Huawei isnt the first there either.
- Baldilocks73
- k9R
Anonymous, 25 Sep 2018It's interesting that GSMArena are finally acknowledging that Android isn't a viable competito... moreYou're definitely out of your mind.
- Anonymous
- j5$
SpiritWolf, 26 Sep 2018Camera is OK at best. Oversharpening halos, no detail (usual for 12 mp snapper) and visible no... moreYou're too generous.
The only acceptable photography device is large format.
- OwO
- UD{
So what's new about this iPhone XS?
- Anonymous
- gBV
"The telephoto camera on the iPhone XS is the same as on the X."
Gsmarena, did Apple confirm this? I don't think so, so don't say that! They always can improve the quality of the lens. Same specs don't mean same camera!
- Anonymous
- gBV
Gsmarena, you didn't explain Smart HDR correctly. When you enable the option that an additional non-HDR photo is saved, you'll see that sometimes you just get a single photo and not two. These are the cases when the photos are not labeled with "HDR" despite having "Smart HDR" enabled. This means that Smart HDR doesn't always use multiple exposures for every photo. Sometimes it just uses a single photo that has been exposed for the highlights. This isn't that different to Google's HDR+ as sometimes HDR+ only uses 2 frames (instead of 8).
And there is no HDR On option anymore. When "Smart HDR" is enabled, it won't combine multiple exposures for EVERY photo. When you disable "Smart HDR", you get manual HDR settings: HDR off and "HDR". When you choose "HDR" manually, this is identical to Smart HDR, so it won't combine multiple exposures for every photo. I have tested that.
- Anonymous
- 0Cc
Anonymous, 25 Sep 2018It's interesting that GSMArena are finally acknowledging that Android isn't a viable competito... moreYou got it completely wrong. They said Apple does not regard Android as competition. And this is only due to the fact that Apple users are addicted to Apple gear and will not go anywhere, while Android users have an open mind and are not stuck in an ecosystem, they need customization, great battery life, always-on screens to reduce dependence of smartphone, great cameras and great prices. All of these to be more productive and efficient instead of just owning a cool gadget as a status symbol.
- The Hunter
- 8Zg
This phone has worse battery life than Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, a 3 years old phone, I will never choose a phone with that horrendous battery life.
- SpiritWolf
- Sbn
Camera is OK at best. Oversharpening halos, no detail (usual for 12 mp snapper) and visible noise in shadows.
- someone
- Bct
"Apple is known for the meticulous attention to detail for its software, the extended iOS support (the 2013 iPhone 5s was just updated and made faster!)" .... ROFL ... if you call ios 11 as attention to detail and meticulous software update then God save you !!!!
And 5S got updated because those owners spent one year using buggy phone with ios 11. It was more of a payback time for apple. Otherwise why wouldn't they do the same in all previous years where they just supported 4 years of updates ????? ... lol people just go behind apple
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