- What's up guys?
Saf here on SuperSafTV and look what we have here.
Yes of course, it is indeed
the brand new Apple iPhone XS Max.
This is the whopping 512 gigabyte version
and it is in the new gold color.
You might have seen a few unboxings,
but I think this is the first unboxing from the UK,
so the thumbs up for that would be appreciated.
We also do have the iPhone XS,
which we'll be looking at in the next video
and we'll compare that to the iPhone X
in a bit of side by side detail.
So do also look out for that,
but let's get straight into the XS Max.
So the box is pretty similar to what we've had
in previous versions.
The Apple logo at the top and bottom.
And the Apple logo on the left and right.
The iPhone logo and the Apple logo are in gold, however.
And here at the front, we've got a picture
at the front of the XS Max with this planet.
I believe you're going to get slightly different colored planet
depending on the color you go for.
One thing you will notice is that we can't actually see
the notch here because it's blacker.
I'm not sure if this has been done deliberately,
but anyway, let's get this out of the plastic.
Right.
Initially, presented with designed by Apple in California,
little pack here.
Oh yeah, that does look really dope.
I'm digging this new gold color.
I'm just going to leave that to the side for a second
and we're going to see what else we get inside the box.
Now, the stuff inside the box is pretty much the same
as what we get every year with one exception,
which we'll come to in a second.
So this is the Quick Start guide, SIM card ejector tool,
some safety info, Apple stickers,
USB type A lightning cable, a power brick.
Now unfortunately, this is not a fast charging power brick,
although fast charging is supported on the XS Max,
so I was hoping they'd include the fast charge
out of the box this time.
This is not the case.
If you want to see a charging speed test
of the XS Max because of that bigger battery
compared to other devices SuperSaf style,
then definitely let me know in the comments below
and we can look at that with the fast charger,
as well as with the regular charger
to see how much of a difference it is.
And finally, we have the Apple lightning ear pods.
Now, the difference this year is that we no longer
have a 3.5 mm to lightning dongle.
This is something that has been included
on the previous couple of year iPhones
since we got rid of the headphone jack.
It looks like Apple is very keen to go wireless,
so if you do have some 3.5 mm headphones,
you will have to buy the dongle separately
if you don't have one already.
Right now, let's get to the phone and probably,
what's the most satisfying part of my job,
and that is taking off this plastic.
Let's do it.
Oh yeah.
So, so satisfying.
Now, just quickly bringing in the iPhone X
here for size comparison.
It's definitely quite a bit bigger compared to the iPhone X.
But in comparison to something like the iPhone 7
or 8 plus, it's actually roughly about the same size.
Although we do have a much larger display
compared to something like the 8 plus,
which has a 5.5 inch display,
here we've got a 6.5 inch display.
I've just switched it on.
Let's go ahead and set this up.
UK.
And we do have Quick Start on here, which is really cool.
You can just bring close your existing iPhone,
if you have one.
We can just unlock to continue and we should
just get it set up from here.
Alright.
Finishing on new iPhone.
I really do like this feature.
It makes the transfer process so much easier.
Just quickly run through all the settings
and we have set up face ID as well.
What's interesting is that I didn't have
to insert a SIM card.
Usually you do have to have a SIM card.
And the reason for that is this time,
we do have dual sense support, one physical SIM,
and the other is an eSIM.
eSIM support is not going to be outright.
Where it's going to come by a software update.
And unless you're in China, you have to use an eSIM
as one of your two SIMs.
The only place where two physical SIM cards
are going to be supported will be in China.
And there we have it.
Look at that display.
It's absolutely stunning.
We've got a display like we had on the iPhone X,
which means we've got great contrast ratio.
We got inky blacks and the viewing angle
is also very, very good.
Now it actually has been improved a little bit
compared to last year.
We've got 60% better dynamic range.
First impressions are really good.
We've got the small bezel all the way around.
With that notch, of course, as mentioned a little bit
earlier on, because of this wallpaper,
you can't fully see that notch.
Now, we've got more pixels in total
because of the larger display compared
to the iPhone X and XS.
But the pixel density is exactly the same,
so in terms of sharpness, all be the same, 458 ppi.
Now, inside that notch, of course,
we have all of those sensors, so we do have face ID's
improved compared to last year, so it should be faster.
As well as that we've got the front facing camera,
which has also improved.
We've got 7 megapixels with an F2.2 aperture,
but we do have a faster sensor.
Now, this front facing camera, thanks to the Apple A12
Bionic chip, is going to give you some improvements.
Firstly, we do have a portrait mode
from the front facing camera, which, this time,
is going to give you depth control,
so you'll be able to edit the blur after the fact.
That's something I'm really excited to check out.
But more so, in the side of video,
we've got some improvements.
We've got 1080p, up to 60 frames a second,
so that should great for vlogging.
But as well as that, we, apparently,
do have stabilization from the front facing camera.
This is something that we've not had previously.
I cannot wait to test this out
and put it up against another camera.
So definitely let me know in the comments below
which SuperSaf style camera comparison
you'd like to see first with the iPhone XS Max.
Now, we've got and earpiece here in the notch, as well,
and that is one of the two speakers,
so we do have stereo speakers.
We've got wider stereo speakers compared to last year.
So as well as the immersive viewing experience,
you should be getting some immersive audio, too.
Taking a look around the device,
we do have a stainless steel frame.
Now, this is gold, which is nice.
It's color coded, so that does look pretty cool.
At the bottom is the lightening port.
There are two grills, which are not symmetrical this time.
Last year, they were symmetrical.
This time, we've got the speaker and then we've got the mic,
but on one side, we do only have four grills,
whereas on the other side, we have
two, three, seven grills.
That's interesting.
On the right hand side is the power button
as well as the SIM card tray.
On the left hand side, we've got the volume button
as well as the mute switch.
Nothing at the top.
And moving onto the back, we do have
this beautiful gold color.
I'm definitely digging this gold compared
to what we had on the iPhone 8 plus last year.
We've got the Apple logo in the middle.
There's also the iPhone logo at the bottom,
and then we've got some FCC information.
This is something that we do, unfortunately,
have in Europe.
I hate all of those comments.
I'm sure there's still going to be some comments
saying, "Oh, this is a fake unit
because they don't have these anymore."
Yes, they don't have them in places like the US,
but unfortunately, in the UK, we still have this.
Now with this glass, Apple is saying
is the most durable glass on any smartphone.
Not on any iPhone, any smartphone out there.
I'm sure my buddy Zack from JerryRigEverything
will be doing a durability test very, very soon.
So we'll find out exactly how durable this glass is.
This here, we've also got IP68 water and dust resistance.
Last year, we had IP67.
What this basically means is that you're going
to be able to submerge this into water
up to 2 meters instead of 1 meter compared
to last year for 30 minutes.
Might not be a big deal for some,
but it's definitely a welcomed improvement.
Now, let's talk about the rear facing cameras.
So we've got a dual 12 megapixel camera setup,
both with optical stabilization, like we had last year.
And the secondary camera, as far as I'm aware,
is very similar to what we had last year as well.
That has two times optical zoom and an F2.4 aperture.
The primary camera, however, has had an upgrade.
And although it does have the same aperture as last year,
F1.8, it does now have a larger sensor,
which should help with the low light,
but we've also got improved HDR.
So we've got Smart HDR, which I keep calling Super HDR
for some reason, and that's going to take multiple shots
when you take the one shot.
It's going to combine them together
to give you better dynamic range.
And once again, we do have portrait mode with depth control,
so you can take a picture, and then you can
adjust the boca affect after the fact.
This is something that I cannot wait to test out,
so stayed tuned on the channel to see lots
of camera test on this.
Video has also been improved, so we've got extended
dynamic range for up to frames a second.
But as well as that, we have, finally, finally,
stereo audio recording for video.
This is something that I have been ranting about
for many, many years and I'm really excited
to test out the stereo audio recording
side-by-side with some other devices.
Finally, we have this.
I'm super happy about it.
And finally the battery, we've got the largest battery
on any iPhone right now.
We'll see how long it lasts.
And we do also have wireless charging
like we had last year.
Now pricing wise, this thing does not compete.
It starts at $1,100 or 1,100 pounds.
And if you do want to get the 512 gigabyte version,
you're going to be looking at 1,450 pounds or dollars,
which I believe makes this one of the most expensive
smartphones out there.
Of course, if you don't want to go for the larger version,
you can go for the iPhone XS, which is slightly cheaper.
There's going to be the iPhone XR, which we'll be covering
very, very soon, too.
What do you guys think of the iPhone XS Max?
And definitely let me know in the comments below.
And also let me know in the comments below
what coverage you'd like me to do with
the iPhone XS Max, of course.
There's going to be lots coming here on the channel.
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