- I'm Andru Edwards and you're watching Gear Live.
Apple announced updates across the board
to its iPhone lineup.
Both the iPhone 10R and iPhone 10S get worthy updates
in the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
I was able to spend some hands-on time
with both iPhone 11 models
and in this video, I tell you all about them.
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What's going on tech squad?
Andru Edwards here, editor-in-chief at gearlive.com
and as I mentioned, I was here in Cupertino
for the big iPhone 11 event.
This video's gonna give you the complete rundown
of both the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
Of course, Apple also announced a new entry-level iPad
and a new Apple Watch Series five.
I do have videos coming on those devices as well.
So if you want to see those,
be sure to hit that subscribe button
and notification bell in order to find out when those drop.
But, as I said, the reason we're here today
is to talk about that new iPhone 11 and the iPhone 11 Pros.
Now all these phones are powered
by the new Apple A13 Bionic chip,
which Apple says is the fastest chip in any smartphone
with the fastest graphics performance
of any smartphone as well.
Visually, both phones get a new look.
The iPhone 11 has smooth glass with a frosted camera area
on the back, while the iPhone 11 Pro
has a completely frosted back
with a smooth glass camera area.
Both phones use the strongest glass on any smartphone
and, in fact, in the iPhone 11 ad,
Apple actually shows the phone getting dropped into a purse,
dropping on the floor, getting caught in the car
between the seat and the armrest,
so they seem pretty confident about that strong glass claim.
The new iPhones also pick up faster Face ID
so unlocking your device happens up to 30% faster
than it did before and from more angles.
Now the most obvious physical change on the outside
of these devices, when you look at the back
you're gonna notice, each phone line has picked up
an additional camera.
So the iPhone 10R had one camera
and the iPhone 11 has two.
And the iPhone 10S line had two cameras,
and now the iPhone 11 Pro will get three.
Thanks to these upgrades, the iPhone 11 will support
a new night mode in the camera.
This is thanks to the new wide sensor
with 100% focus pixels that allows you to capture
these great night images.
This delivers huge improvement to photos
captured indoor and outdoor in low-light environments
resulting in brighter images
with natural colors and reduced noise.
But the rear camera isn't the only one that got some love
with this update, as both the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro
also have a new 12-megapixel front camera
which allows you to punch in and punch out
of standard mode and wide mode.
In addition, it'll automatically switch over to wide mode
when you move the phone from portrait
into landscape orientation.
The front camera does now also support 4K resolution
at 60 frames per second and also supports slow-mo as well,
introducing what apple is now referring to as slowfies,
slow motion selfie and I'm sure hashtag slowfie
is gonna be trending when these devices launch
in just over a week.
One other big improvement before we get into the specifics
of each iPhone 11 line is that all models
support Gigabit-Class LTE
and the new Wi-Fi six standard as well.
Now let's talk about what each line has to offer
and what makes them different, starting with the iPhone 11.
As I mentioned, the iPhone 11 picks up
a new ultra-wide lens in addition to the standard wide lens
that was there on the iPhone 10R.
It still has that same 6.1 inch liquid retina HD LCD display
along with the aluminum frame with that stronger glass
that I mentioned earlier.
Battery life is always a big concern
when people talk about smartphones
and the iPhone 11 picks up one additional hour
of battery life over the 10R,
which last year was the iPhone with the best battery life
ever released in history.
So it's definitely nice to see the iPhone 11
now tops the iPhone 10R by an hour.
The iPhone 11 is available in six colors.
You'll find it in black, white, green,
product red, purple and yellow
with prices starting at $699 for a 64-gigabyte model.
You can choose to bump up
to 128 gigs or 256 gigabytes at the top end.
Moving over to the iPhone 11 Pro.
This comes in two sizes,
similar to what we saw with the iPhone 10S
and iPhone 10S Max.
The standard iPhone 11 Pro comes in at 5.8 inches
while the iPhone 11 Pro Max comes in at 6.5 inches.
So what separates the iPhone 11 from the iPhone 11 Pro?
Well the Pro designation comes down to several things.
We've got the camera system,
the three-dimensional matte glass finish,
better water resistance,
insane battery life
and a new display.
The iPhone 11 Pro picks up the new ultra-wide lens
in addition to the wide and telephoto ones.
One cool thing here is that you can
capture portrait mode shots with either
the telephoto or wide camera now,
giving you greater variety and better choices
when taking your pictures.
Apple is using computational photography
to fuse data from all three lenses
in order to improve image detail.
A technology called deep fusion combines
nine different images using a neural network analysis
on every single pixel.
Apple Senior Vice President of worldwide marketing,
Phil Schiller, described it as
- It is computational photography mad science.
- Now I did also mention water resistance.
The iPhone 11 is water resistant up to two meters
for up to 30 minutes.
Well, the iPhone 11 Pro will be okay
at being submerged up to four meters for 30 minutes.
Talking about battery life, the iPhone 11 Pro
offers four more hours of battery life
than last year's iPhone 10S
and the iPhone 11 Pro Max offers
five more hours of battery life
than last year's iPhone 10S Max.
Now, that is a marked increase in battery life
from one generation to the next
and I have to applaud Apple for making that happen.
iPhone 11 Pro also has a new Super Retina XDR display
that offers a two million to one contrast ratio
and can go up to 1,200 nits of brightness
when watching HDR content.
iPhone 11 Pro is available in four colors.
You're gonna get it in silver, gold, space gray
and a brand new midnight green.
And when I first heard the iPhone 11 Pro
was gonna come in a green color,
I was instantly skeptical.
I'm not a huge fan of green.
But when you see the midnight green on this phone,
I've gotta tell you,
this is the one to get.
Starting price for the iPhone 11 Pro
is $999 if you want the 5.8 inch model
and $1099 if you want to go with the 6.5 inch version.
Both of those start at 64 gigs of storage,
but they also offer both 256 gigs
and 512 gigabyte storage capacities as well.
The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro will be available
for pre-order on September 13th
at 5:00 AM Pacific, 8:00 AM Eastern
which is a change from the midnight Pacific, 3:00 AM Eastern
that Apple's done with all other iPhone pre-orders.
So be sure to mark your calendar appropriately.
The phones go on sale on September 20th.
Now obviously, there is much more to talk about
with these new iPhone 11 models.
I will also be doing a dedicated video
specifically taking a look at the cameras
on both the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro
so be sure to subscribe in order to capture those
when they drop in the future.
Any questions about the iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro,
drop 'em down in the comments
and I will meet you there for further discussion.
Thank you so much for watching as always, guys.
I appreciate your support.
I'm Andru Edwards and I will catch you in the next video.
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