๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ถ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ!๐Ÿ”ฅ

I just spent some time with Appleโ€™s new iPhone 11, the successor to the companyโ€™s popular iPhone XR. Itโ€™s arriving on September 20th priced from $699. While the iPhone 11 looks visually identical to the iPhone XR at the front, itโ€™s the rear of the device thatโ€™s really changing this year.

a close up of electronicsยฉ Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge

Apple is adding a dual-camera system with an additional 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera that lets you pull back to a 5x field of view that lets you see more in the frame. Those cameras arenโ€™t in a separate camera bump anymore โ€” the rear glass of the phone now incorporates the camera modules. Itโ€™s still a camera bump, but itโ€™s all a single piece of glass now. Itโ€™s quite striking, especially on the white model.

a hand holding a cellphone
a group of people in front of a mirror posing for the camera
a close up of a camera

This camera system includes a new software interface for both of these cameras that lets you see outside the frame, so you can see the details of the photos youโ€™re taking with the ultra-wide camera. You can also hold down the shutter button to immediately start taking a video. (Donโ€™t despair, you can still take burst photos by sliding the shutter to the left โ€” itโ€™s a neat little interface idea.) The front-facing camera is also getting an upgrade, to a 12-megapixel TrueDepth wide-angle camera that supports slow-mo capture for what Apple calls โ€œslofies.โ€

The camera changes are the big news this year, but youโ€™ll also be able to pick from new color options: purple, white, green, yellow, black, and red are all available. Apple is also improving the battery life by an hour this year, thanks to the latest A13 Bionic processor inside.