Apple iPhone 11 upgrade: the good, the bad and the ugly

11 September 2019
The upgrades, the missing upgrades and the downgrades.

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Good points noted.

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    • HunBirdie
    • nCm
    • 12 Sep 2019

    That notch! :D
    Apple is the funniest smartphone brand in 2019 ;)

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      • Anonymous
      • RxE
      • 12 Sep 2019

      ExtremeBoky, 12 Sep 2019The first company to introduce planned product obsolescence... moreindeed very cool. it leads the way for the other companies to follow suit.

      samsung galaxy note 10 - no jack
      huawei mate 20 pro - notch, plus proprietary nm card
      mi 9 - remove jack and no sd card
      google pixel 3 - remove jack, no sd card
      oneplus 7 - remove jack

      each has its own set of flaws and wow factors as well. there is really no perfect phone but one that suits your needs or taste best

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        • Coil
        • xja
        • 12 Sep 2019

        r4f, 11 Sep 2019This phone is perfect! It has Apple logo on it. Nothing els... moreHahaha

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          • Anonymous
          • DWe
          • 12 Sep 2019

          harianilchandran, 11 Sep 2019Iphone 11 changes summarized 1) Copied ultra wide of LG 2... moreAudio zoom is copied from HTC u11 .
          samsung copied from HTC.

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            • Anonymous
            • myZ
            • 12 Sep 2019

            bet i dosent have fast charge like Samsung or huawei considering how long apple have been making phones for

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              • yoyo
              • Sq0
              • 12 Sep 2019

              harianilchandran, 11 Sep 2019Iphone 11 changes summarized 1) Copied ultra wide of LG 2... moreso true

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                • ExtremeBoky
                • Xr0
                • 12 Sep 2019

                The first company to introduce planned product obsolescence through non-replaceable batteries. The first company to not include expandable storage. The first company to remove the 3.5mm socket. Not to mention the necessity of that absolute crap Itunes, to do anything with file transfers... Highest radiating phones (SAR values) in industry. Then that lovely chopped-off / missing section of the screen... And then those crap-sounding Bluetooth earbuds showed right into your head, just to add to overall RF radiation levels.

                Very cool!

                  Furiounx, 11 Sep 2019Perhaps...you know....people have different taste!? Ever th... moreTheir taste is terrible then.
                  And for sure if someone really likes the design, its not the design itself that they like, its the brand of the phone itself.

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                    • Dimi13
                    • HBq
                    • 12 Sep 2019

                    This is by far the worst lineup Apple has ever introduced.
                    Its like they are living in a parallel universe where they live in an outdated world 3 years behind everyone else!

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                      • andreisbeats
                      • PuA
                      • 11 Sep 2019

                      The ugly: The iPhone itself. Look the camera bump. I used to be an Apple "fanboy". Sad.

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                        • Gandalfdenvite
                        • 38E
                        • 11 Sep 2019

                        Anonymous, 11 Sep 2019At least apple iphone has different front design from all o... morePorsche prove that you do not need to ever update the design to be successful, and Apple have also realized the same, why pay for designers when it is free, lazier, to just reuse the old design!

                          Iphone 11 changes summarized
                          1) Copied ultra wide of LG
                          2) Copied nightscape from Huwaei/Google
                          3)Copied and enhanced multiple camera recording of Nokia
                          4) Added Dolby sound like Lenovo, LG, Samsung and many others
                          5) audio zoom copied from note 10
                          And at 1.1 lakh Indian rupees ( little above 1500$ in conversion) fully featured iPhone has just 64gb storage(no one with right mind will buy a flagship phone with lcd non full HD like iPhone 11 and 11 pro is smaller than most people's preference and other flagship sizes which leaves pro max the only thing to be considered). And 2x telephoto zoom is nothing to be considered as many phones and cheapest compact point and shoots have 5x zoom. They could have added 5x or at least hybrid 5x zoom. And no pencil support, so dropping 3d touch was the only change to be noticed. And don't mind the biggest notch in industry(we mechanical engineers learn notch as a defect and I cannot appreciate anything that is intruding the view in that size)

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                            • AnonD-819322
                            • 3aW
                            • 11 Sep 2019

                            Selfie is one of the most cringy names I've heard in my life, Slowfie (Apple) and Bothie (Nokia) are quite cool but their names are half as bad as the dreaded first word in this comment.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • xhn
                              • 11 Sep 2019

                              Mostly the bad and the ugly because Apple has translated and implemented very well on the notch department and fu**ing ugly camera bumps.

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                                • Trlababa
                                • 0w7
                                • 11 Sep 2019

                                Orbital, 11 Sep 2019What I'm saying is you can buy an iPhone and keep it for 3+... moreYou are wrong...one example is xiaomi, they provide security patches for 3-4 years, current Nokia also... If you research a little, beside payed by Apple things, you will find that Apple is in top 5 most vulnerable brands, per product they are no1... So you can always believe in marketing made by Apple or facts made by professional researchers.

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                                  • tu6
                                  • 11 Sep 2019

                                  Double camera bump? Pfffftttt. Worst design ever. Lcd display? Even cheapest phone use amoled/oled. I recommend dont enter asian market apple will suffer a lot.

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                                    • Shui8
                                    • KZK
                                    • 11 Sep 2019

                                    Cant wait to see how its camera quality perform. Especially its video recording, looks very nice.

                                      Probably worst possible way to waste 799 euros :)

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                                        • Note9 User
                                        • nFh
                                        • 11 Sep 2019

                                        Orbital, 11 Sep 2019Used to use iPhone's all the time (currently using the Xper... moreI'm not too worried about major Android OS updates, Samsung flagships have had most of these features years ahead already.

                                        My Note9 came with Android 8.1 (Oreo), & then Android 9.0 (Pie) with One UI, then it'll get Android 10.0 & it wouldn't surprise me if it gets Android 11.0 in 2021, time will tell.

                                        I care alot more about Security updates, & Samsung are improving the longevity in this regard:
                                        https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_has_a_change_of_heart_regarding_security_updates_for_the_galaxy_s7_and_s7_edge-news-38546.php

                                        I hope they continue to improve because these pricey flagships deserve long term support, 5 years of Security updates from launch is needed.
                                        Worst case scenario, I've got an unlockable boot loader if I have to go down that route.

                                        You can see all Samsung's supported devices here (it's more than 2 years):
                                        https://security.samsungmobile.com/workScope.smsb