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It’s new iPhone time, and Apple’s latest batch of high-end phones doesn’t disappoint. The list of upgrades isn’t that big compared with last year’s iPhone XS models (in a lot of ways, this feels like an XSS), but they still add up to a brilliant package, especially for people upgrading from an older model.

The key new features are the screen and camera. The displays (5.8 inches on the 11 Pro, 6.5 inches on the 11 Pro Max) now feature OLED tech that beats your average TV, with a peak brightness of 1,200 nits, which gives you unbelievably HDR performance. This could seriously be the best device for watching movies that you own, especially with the new Dolby Atmos-enabled spatial speaker system.

The cameras now have Apple’s first triplelens system, which features a wide-angle and 2x telephoto (as before), but now with an ultra-wide lens (0.5x zoom) too. There’s not as much zoom range there as you get from the likes of the Huawei P30 Pro, but the important thing is image quality, and Apple’s worked to let more light into the zoom lens for brighter pics, and has created a Night mode for taking usable pics in ultra-dark conditions, just like Night Sight on Pixel phones.

There’s also a new A13 chip powering it that’s even faster (which is obscene given that the year-old A12 was still the fastest phone chip), and a more advanced neural processor, which promises to power fancier image processing.

TRIPLE TROUBLE This triangle of lenses looks way better than we expected; the key thing is the solid ring frame around each one. It gives it the retro look of a Kodak Keystone camera’s three chunky lenses, rather than setting off your trypophobia

“These are big upgrades where it matters – photo fans will love them”

Matt Bolton

NOTCH NOT GOING Despite in-screen fingerprint sensors appearing in other phones, and despite Apple hiding it well in press shots, there’s still a sizeable notch at the top of the screen, housing

the secure (and now even faster) Face ID tech, plus an improved 12MP selfie camera with 4K and slo-mo video. It is looking a little dated, though…

BATTERY LIFE

Apple says the iPhone 11 Pro will get four more hours of battery life per day than the XS, and the Pro Max will beat the XS Max by five hours. That’s a big upgrade, thanks to reportedly bigger batteries, as well as better power management inside. Here’s hoping for a small revolution

MAKING MOVIES

Apple says you’ll get the best-quality 4K video of any phone from the Pros, including ‘Cinematic Video Stabilisation’ for steadier shots, which looks impressive from the demos. You can also seamlessly switch between all three lenses to reframe shots