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The iPhone XS offers relatively minor improvements over the iPhone X. It is only in the camera department that Apple has made some major improvements by switching to a larger camera sensor with a bigger pixel pitch. The company has also added computational photography called Smart HDR for improved details and dynamic range in photos. Early reviews suggested that the iPhone XS camera was a major step up from the iPhone X. Now that the phone is out in the market, in-depth camera comparison of the iPhone XS and X have made their way to the internet. Going through the camera samples in the videos below, its clear that the iPhone XS offers better dynamic range, contrast, and details than the iPhone X. This stands true even while capturing Portrait photos where the iPhone XS photos have more details, better dynamic range, and improved skin tone. As the video samples in the comparison show, the addition of stereo sound on the iPhone XS makes a lot of difference as it ends up making the overa...

When Apple unveiled the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, it claimed the A12 Bionic chip inside them offered a 15 percent performance improvement over the A11 Bionic chip of the iPhone X. However, with iOS 12 bringing performance improvements for older iOS devices as well, many users wondered if the iPhone XS brought about any meaningful performance improvements to the table or not. Apart from the slightly faster A12 Bionic chip, the iPhone XS Max also comes with 4GB RAM — a gig more than the iPhone X. This should help the former in multitasking. So, how does all this transform into real-world use? As the speed test from YouTuber EverythingApplePro below shows, the iPhone XS and iPhone X are both incredibly fast in opening apps. In the starting stages of the speed test, both phones were performing similarly but as once started to load more apps, the extra GB of RAM on the iPhone XS Max came in handy as it did not slow down while loading heavy apps like Asphalt 9 or Super Mario Run. The...

The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max come with a Gigabit LTE modem which at least on paper makes them significantly faster when compared to the iPhone X. How much of a difference does it make in real life though? As results compiled by SpeedSmart show, the iPhone XS offers significantly faster LTE download/upload speeds than the iPhone X across three major U.S. carriers — AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. On AT&T’s network, the iPhone XS managed a download speed of 72.24Mbps and an upload speed of 14.88Mbps. In comparison, the iPhone X managed a paltry download and upload speeds of 27.67Mbps and 10.28Mbps, respectively. The First #iPhoneXS & #iPhoneXSMax Speed Tests have been taken showing significant improvement over previous iPhone in network speed with comparison. @tmobile @JohnLegere @ATT #speedsmart https://t.co/cHKHU5JZU4 pic.twitter.com/KEJXjPFSCV — SpeedSmart (@SpeedSmart) September 17, 2018 We see a similar story on T-Mobile’s network where the ...