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Design โ More of the same
iPhone 11 Pro retains many of the design characteristics of the iPhone XS, and the iPhone X before it. Apple seems to have settled into a three-year update cycle for big design refreshes and that leaves the iPhone 11 Pro feeling very familiar โ and a little stale.
Itโs a good looking phone, donโt get me wrong, but weโve seen it all before. The iPhone X was a huge shift in terms of looks for Apple phones and it felt fresh, now when you compare the 11 Pro to something like the OnePlus 7T Pro or Samsung Galaxy Note 10, and it doesnโt feel so fresh.
A lot of this comes from the notched display, which is a trait most Android phones have managed to shrink or get rid of entirely. The notch here remains the same size as it was two years ago and it does get in the way on this relatively small 5.8-inch screen.
If the front looks the same, the back has some differences. The Apple logo sits lower and thereโs no branding elsewhere, which makes for a super-clean looking device. Thereโs also a lovely new matte finish on the back that rejects fingerprints and oily residue. This new finish is a little more slippery than the glossy, though, and that might mean youโll perhaps need to add a case quicker than you originally wanted.
Of course, the elephant in the room with this yearโs iPhone 11 Pro design is the rather โout thereโ camera module. The three new sensors sit inside a glossy square, paired with a flash and microphone. In pictures, I admit, these look pretty ugly โ big, bulbous and distracting. However, in reality I quite like it. The entire back is milled from a single piece of glass and the actual camera sensors donโt stick too far out. Itโll still wobble if you try and type with it on a table, though.
If you really hate the look then I would suggest plumping for the Space Grey or Midnight Green colours as the overall darkย hue does a good job at covering up the cameras. With the Gold and Silver options, the contrasting black cameras stand out a lot more.
If youโre stuck between the 11 Pro and the 11 Pro Max, then size is one of the big differences. The 11 Pro is among the smaller flagship phones around and can just about be used comfortably with one hand. The regular 11 Pro is also much lighter and slightly thinner than the Max.
The camera array is certainly eye-catching
Apple says the glass used on these phones is the โtoughest glass ever on a smartphoneโ thanks to a โdual-ion exchangeโ. That may very well be true, but I am not going to purposely drop a ยฃ1000 smartphone onto concrete to test out those claims. What I have noticed is that the screen remains very easy to scratch โ I had an obvious ding after only a few days of general use.
While the iPhone 11 Pro remains IP68 rated for water resistance, Apple now says the phone can be submerged in 4m of water for 30 minutes โ up from 1m.