iPhone XS Teardown Shows Few Changes Aside From the Battery (engadget.com) 61
iFixit tore apart Apple's iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, revealing very similar insides to last year's iPhone X. Engadget reports the findings: One of the most interesting features is the battery on the XS. The iPhone XS sports a slightly downgraded battery from the iPhone X, a 10.13 Wh battery (2,659 mAh at 3.81 V) versus 10.35 Wh (2716 mAh at 3.81 V). But a new configuration might more than make up for it: Apple is using a brand-new L-shaped single-cell battery instead of two separate batteries. However, the XS Max still sports two batteries. Some other tweaks include a new, Apple-branded power management chip and a new antenna line on the bottom of the phone. The camera bump is also slightly taller, meaning your iPhone X case might not fit on your XS, if you plan on upgrading. The Verge also notes that "there's no evidence that the teardown team could find of any improved water or dust resistance, despite the improved IP68 ratings on the iPhone XS and XS Max."
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Cook has finally fried the Apple. They are essentially selling downgraded versions of a discontinued new product in slightly different bodies. They have pulled a "Chinese knockoff" on themselves. ALL THE LOLS. Keep buying those logos boys...
Prove it, Hater.
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Have you really nothing better to do than getting worked up about a fucking phone? Pathetic loser.
Be reasonable people. (Score:2)
“meaning your iPhone X case might not fit on your XS”
Why any normal person. Upgrade from the X to the Xs.
Not that the Xs is bad, but there isn’t anything that extra new that would be worth the expense of upgrading.
If you are some sort of Apple collector then why would you use your old X case on the phone?
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If you're using the Apple Upgrade Program, there's effectively no reason not to.
Well, no reason not to if you were upgrading your phone every two years anyway. If that was what you were doing anyway, the Apple Upgrade Program costs essentially the same as doing that, but you can upgrade every year instead.
There are, of course, caveats:
- With the AUP, you MUST pay for Apple Care. If you were already doing that, the difference in cost between buying it outright is actually pretty small. This has more to do wi
Actually there is; the camera, and neural engine (Score:2)
Not that the Xs is bad, but there isnâ(TM)t anything that extra new that would be worth the expense of upgrading.
I'm not upgrading from the X myself but there is one factor that is super tempting - the Xs (or Xr or Max) camera is a lot better in low light.
Take a look at dynamic range and especially lack of noise in low light photos and video from Daring Fireball [slashdot.org], each image shows and iPhone X and then the Xs side by side.
Again I am not upgrading but the difference is actually pretty significant. And t
Fixed image gallery link (Score:2)
Not sure how I got the Slashdot URL instead of Flickr, but here's the IPhone X/Xs image gallery [flickr.com] I was talking about.
So it still doesn't fix the repair problems (Score:3)
"got the same iPhone 8/iPhone X back glass construction, meaning on tiny crack call for a whole chassis replacement."
My company makes several iOS apps, so we have about 75 iOS devices. It's been disappointing how easily the back glass cracks but in Apple's defense, that doesn't affect functionality.
What does affect functionality is that while all of our really old iDevices that use the old 30-pin connector still work even though some of them are over a decade old, nearly all of the devices with a lightning connector have problems. The vibration when you get a message is enough to disconnect them from charging.
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Pulling the accumulated lint out of the opening with a tooth pick or something similar helps a lot with that.
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Battery shape? (Score:3)
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The article points out that it’s a downgrade. My guess is it’s a cost savings to make one type of battery instead of two.
Changes (Score:2)
New battery, cameras, mainboard, SoC, modem, antennae, eSIM, haptics, speakers... yep, not many changes at all!
Personally I just picked up a used X to save a bunch of money, but calling the XS mostly the same is disingenuous at best.
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Yes I am sticking with my X this year, but it's not like there are not good reasons to own the newer device, and the summary is odd in skipping over the ways the device is upgraded pretty well...
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CRAP is what you get when a guy who thinks a dick belongs up a guy's ass leads a company.
Apple is officially OVER.
1) Apple sales grow every year, despite claims of their demise.
2) You'll be the first one caught with a dick up your ass. It's always the most vocal homophobic Republicans who get caught being a homo.
Well it is the S model - No huge change expected (Score:4)
4 to 4s
5 to 5s
6 to 6s
X to XS
There's never a huge dramatic change when Apple adds an "s" or "S" to the model name. They save the really big changes for when the Number is incremented.
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Indeed. The 5s was a completely different phone than the 5.
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There's never a huge dramatic change when Apple adds an "s" or "S" to the model name. They save the really big changes for when the Number is incremented.
I think the amount of internal changes tends to be about the same. But 4 to 4s is no external change, 4s to 5 is, 5 to 5s isn't, 5s to 6 is etc. In any case, not enough reason to upgrade for existing customers.
If you buy a new phone every two year, you either started with a 4 and stayed on the "no s" line or you started with a 4s and stayed with the "s" line.
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It's about the only tick-tock you'll find these days..
Why can they not make the battery larger? (Score:2)