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- [Jonathan] Hey guys, Jonathan here
with an unboxing of the iPhone XS and XS Max.
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So, on the left is the iPhone XS Max
which I still really badly want to call the iPhone XS Plus
hopefully I get used to that soon,
and on the right is the iPhone XS.
If this happens to be your first
iPhone unboxing you've ever watched on YouTube,
before we get to the phones, we've got to get
to the boring stuff, the paperwork.
But on the positive side, with that paperwork comes
those highly sought after Apple stickers.
If you're thinking to yourself do I get max sized
apple stickers with the iPhone XS Max?
Nope.
They are exactly the same.
Pause for iPhone boxing ASMR.
So no doubt in hand the iPhone XS is a hefty boy,
it's a big phone.
Personally, I've always thought 5.8 inch form factor
on the X, or in this case the XS was the perfect size,
but honestly, I'm a little tempted with that XS Max.
Now for some strange reason, the location of the EarPods
and the power brick in the XS and XS Max box are reversed,
and I have no idea why.
If you have any guesses let me know
with a comment down below.
In the box, for whatever reason, Apple does not
include a USB-C to lightning fast charging option
with the iPhone, which is kind of crazy.
I think last year we kind of accepted it
and sucked it up with the iPhone X.
But this year there's not really an excuse,
especially with how expensive these phones are,
specifically the iPhone XS Max which is insane.
Also, what you'll notice is on the flip side are these
EarPods used to be a lightning to headphone adaptor
but that is also missing on this year's iPhone.
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Now the set up process was pretty quick,
especially if you're coming from another iPhone.
It's very similar to setting up an Apple watch,
definitely props to Apple for making
this process super seamless.
So here's a closer look at that
notchless wallpaper on the XS and XS Max.
There's 3 of these and I guarantee you by now
there's going to be download links everywhere
so if you want to hide the wallpaper on your X as well,
but I think out of all the wallpapers on iOS 12
this one here is definitely my favorite.
Now, internally both the XS Max
and XS are rocking the same A12 Bionic chips.
So the big difference here between
these two is going to be screen size and battery life.
The iPhone XS features a 5.8 inch display,
whereas the iPhone XS Max features a much
larger 6.5 inch display, which is massive.
With the iPhone XS Max having a bigger display,
naturally you get more resolution.
But because of the size,
the pixel density is exactly the same.
Note with the iPhone XS Max alongside the bigger screen,
you're also getting better battery life.
Stacked side by side against the iPhone X,
the iPhone XS Max is supposed to get you
about an hour and half more battery life
and based off these initial tests, that's pretty accurate.
Now with these unboxings and first impressions,
one of the things you're going to see the most is obligatory
Geekbench test, which might be a little confusing.
On the left is the iPhone X
and on the right is the iPhone XS
which really isn't that big of a difference.
What's going on here is there's really only
about a 10 to 15% increase in terms of CPU performance,
where the big gains happen are actually in the GPU.
Now if you happen to run a GPU based benchmark
off the Computex Geekbench,
that's where you will see the big difference
with the XS compared to the iPhone X.
The iPhone XS in this case scored 21,524,
whereas the with the iPhone X that is 14,964,
so it's a pretty substantial jump.
Same thing with the N22 benchmark, which takes forever,
like this was me, but with the iPhone XS you can
see we got a score of 318,838
compared to 241,428 on the iPhone X.
So again more tests on the GPU,
the iPhone XS is a pretty big jump.
Now this is an S upgrade so aesthetically
it looks identical to the iPhone X aside
from the brand new gold color
and also obviously the bigger XS Max.
Now with the iPhone XS and XS Max,
comes iOS 12 out of the box
and honestly one of the biggest improvements was a fix
to how you used to stupidly close apps
on iOS 11 and the iPhone X.
Now you simply swipe away and they are gone.
So on top of the unboxing, this is kind of my first
24 to 48 hour impressions with the iPhone XS and XS Max.
Naturally from there I wanted to set up Face ID,
which is supposed to be faster this year.
I kind of wanted to mix it up a bit and go outside
towards more of a darker environment,
set up Face ID with the hat on,
kind of give it a little bit of a challenge
to see how it would react and honestly,
and it was super fast, seamless, and I was done in no time.
Now is it faster, yeah, but I'm not gonna say
it makes your iPhone X feel slow,
but without a doubt it is noticeably zippy.
In this case you can see where
it's not really well lit, it is working perfectly.
Now while we're on the front facing camera
in iOS 12 in Memeoji and Animoji,
you can now of course detect your tongue.
What I was most excited for though was
to test out those rear facing cameras
and the newer portrait mode.
So with the iPhone XS and XS Max,
they have the exact same dual 12 megapixel camera,
what I see a lot in the comments is a wish
for a true night time or low light test of these phones.
So we were out there, it was dark, I figured
this would be the perfect time to test it.
In this case here, it was just regular low light shot,
no portrait mode, and I got to say, based off these
lighting conditions it was a really impressive shot.
Now from there, one of the things I was most excited
to check out was the improved portrait mode
and the ability to adjust that blur after the fact.
Now yeah, it's not new, we've seen it on smartphones before
but the way Apple's doing it is a little bit different.
Now, what you got to pay attention to,
it's not just the blur that's changing,
we're not just increasing the overall blur in the image,
it's actually how the image reacts to that aperture change.
The bokeh in the background actually behaves more like
it would on a real lens,
so as we open up the lens the bokeh balls
actually get bigger which is really impressive.
This shot here in particular even though
there's a little bit of grain
because of the lighting situation, really impressed me.
I think this is where most phones tend to fall apart,
but it held up really pretty well altogether.
Now from there, what I was also really excited
to check out was the portrait selfie on the iPhone XS.
Because last year, one, it hated my ears
and two, overall it just really wasn't that good.
Now right away, even in this low light situation,
it is already miles better than the iPhone X.
You can see one, it doesn't hate my ears
and two, the adjustable aperture even
on the front facing camera works really well.
Like I mentioned with the rear facing camera,
as we kind of virtually open up the aperture,
the way the bokeh reacts is really impressive.
Now, I'm not gonna say the iPhone XS camera is reason enough
to upgrade over the X, but based off
these initial impressions, there's a pretty big
difference specifically just on selfie mode alone.
Aside from that, I've really enjoyed
using the iPhone XS Max.
It's screen size is awesome.
I think that's what I'll be using for my full review
which is dropping very soon.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
And again, for your a chance to win
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and I'll catch you guys later.