Review: Apple’s XS iPhones are power- packed

Apple pronounced that the XS is not just an upgrade over the X, but rather an evolutionary product in itself. The iPhone XS and XS Max come power packed with features that can blow away any Android smartphone till date. The handsets are beasts when it comes to sheer performance and it will take a long time for Android rivals to even come close to matching it.

The XS Max is the biggest and most expensive iPhone to date and with the top- end model being priced close to 1.5 lakhs it’s sure to burn a massive hole into your pocket.

The XS and XS Max both feature surgical grade stainless steel bezels, a glass back and an OLED display all coming together to form the same iconic iPhone X design. The new design also features the notch, buttons, wireless charging, and camera placements as before. In short, the 5.8- inch XS is identical to the older X as far as externals go. The XS on the hand features a larger 6.5- inch display that features a similar size as the 8 Plus but with an all- screen design.

With these two new handsets, Apple has upped the ingress protection by rating it at IP68. This means that it can be submerged into water up to 2m for a maximum amount of 30m.

The XS features a 5.8inch display with a resolution of 2436 x 1125 pixels while the XS Max boasts a 6.5- inch screen with a marginally higher resolution at 2688 x 1242 pixels. Both iPhones come with an OLED display that and feature a pixel density of 458ppi and feature with the same OLED technology that was also featured on the X. Apple named this as Super Retina HD. Additionally, the displays sport HDR too — so you get better contrast and a wider colour palette. This also helps your eyes in perceiving brighter whites and darker blacks. To put it simply, this is one excellent smartphone display found nowhere else. The XS and XS Max are powered by an A12 Bionic chipset based on the new 7nm design to pack more power and efficiency in a chip that’s smaller than before. This 64- bit chipset features a hexa- core processor with two performance cores while the other four cores are used to handle power efficiency using up to 40 per cent lesser power than that found on the A11 Bionic chipset. The new GPU features four cores and said to be 50 per cent faster for graphic intensive apps.

Apple has once again staked its claim as the best smartphone camera in the world — the dual 12MP rear shooters are by far the best cameras ever found on any iPhone till date. The rear cameras have been improved upon majorly and they now feature larger pixels are capable of grabbing up to 50 per cent more light without compromising on details.

The XS starts at ` 99,900 for 64GB, while the most expensive XS Max will set you back by ` 1,44,900. With the introduction of the 2018 iPhones, one thing is crystal clear, Apple has yet again paved the way of how a smartphone should be, whether it be design or features. The future is going to certainly have all handsets with minimal bezels and possibly shrinking notches. But what will separate Apple from the gang are the cutting- edge internal improvements.