๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ! ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ณ๐ฒ! ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐โ๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐!
Performance
The A13 Bionic chip is amazingly fast so thereโs no hanging around โ for anything. Apps open at lightning speed, video playback is great and apps do their business without hesitation. Only in the last few weeks of the A12 Bionic, last yearโs processor, was Apple overtaken and then only by a handset or two. Expect the A13 to be the fastest processor in a smartphone for months to come.
Itโs helped along by a new version of iOS which is nimble, effective and fun, with new features (such as an elegant dark mode which looks classy and saves energy) and greater efficiency.
Oh, what about 5G?
Although none of this yearโs crop of iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max has 5G connectivity, I havenโt really noticed its absence. The 5G networks in the UK are fast and reliable, but they are only just taking shape. Until they are widespread and there are killer apps that make the most of the new speeds, like Uber, Deliveroo and other apps exploited 4G, the absence of the latest speeds may not matter.
Battery
I am regularly struck by the importance of battery life to phone users. Quite right, too. But sometimes I wonder if phone manufacturers wouldnโt be more successful if they just concentrated on super-powerful battery life and didnโt bother with anything else.
Well, this phone has a lot more features but has such improved battery life itโs hard to get your head round. Itโs brilliant.
Nightly recharges are still recommended, but the iPhone 11 Pro has four hours more juice in it than the iPhone XS it replaces, while the bigger Max version outdoes the iPhone XS Max by a remarkable five hours.
These are Appleโs figures. In practice, neither phone ever ran out on me, however much I was doing in a day. The Max had the better battery life consistently, but both went to bed with battery levels usually well above 20 per cent.