Why the iPhone 11 max is good
IPhone 11 Pro Max benchmark comparison
| 3D Mark Sling Shot Extreme ES 3.1 | 4,905 | 5.374 | 5.396 |
| 3D Mark Sling Shot ES 3.0 | 4.872 | 6.958 | 5.419 |
| 3D Mark Ice Storm Unlimited ES 2.0 | 53.189 | 65.808 | 96.915 |
| Geekbench 5 (Single / Multi) | 704 / 2.283 | 733 / 2.748 | 1.338 / 3512 |
In everyday life, this means reduced load and render times. There are only a few scenarios where you can really make the most of the A13. The performance potential is usually dormant. During my tests, I never got the feeling that the performance is not enough or that the iPhone 11 Pro Max is lagging in what I want to do with it.
The actual amount of memory used is still a mystery. Four gigabytes are confirmed, another two gigabytes should be hiding somewhere, according to Apple’s Xcode development environment, and exclusively accessible to the camera system. iFixit couldn’t find it in dismantle.
iPhones and iPads tend to be less RAM hungry than Android devices and can also handle low costs, so possible comparisons are not easy.
A13 Bionic is doing well
iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are powered by Apple’s latest A13 Bionic internal chip. Its 6-core processor consists of two high-performance cores with a maximum clock speed of 2.66 GHz and four energy-efficient cores. Apple internally refers to the former as “Lightning” and the latter as “Thunder”.
So if someone asks you what technologies are in the new iPhones, you can seriously say “thunder and lightning”.
The quad-core chip, also designed by Apple, takes care of the graphics performance. Apple has also improved its Neural Engine in the A13, according to its own statement. This refers to an octa-core chip with an artificial neural network or artificial intelligence, if you like. It is used system-wide, mostly intentionally undetected, but is also used, for example, to analyze photos and videos in real time, including features such as HDR and scene recognition.
IPhone 11 Pro Max doesn’t sweat / Ben Miller
After its predecessor, the A12, the A13 is the second chipset developed by Apple to be manufactured by TSMC using the 7nm process. According to Apple, the A13 Bionic offers 20 percent more performance than the A12, but uses about 30 to 40 percent less power. The same is true for GPUs.
iOS 13 brings darker fashion and more privacy
Apple’s official PDF document with all the new features in iOS 13 includes 28 A4 pages, and even so, it’s not very detailed. Therefore, we’ll only fly over the most important new features here:
iOS 13 comes with a system-wide dark mode, which can be turned on or off, or automatic according to the time of day. It also includes many third-party apps that easily connect to the system in dark mode. One dark mode switch for everything.
Dark Mode in iOS 13 / © Apple
The official camera and photography apps in iOS 13 have been revised to reflect the new camera features. The new application automatically processes all photo and video materials and, thanks to the Neural Engine, sorts it, groups it by events.
With the new “Sign in to Apple” privacy protection feature, Apple competes with Google and. which have allowed their users to log into other services with a single click for years. However, Apple’s partner relies entirely on privacy, masks the user’s email address, and aims to make overall ad and social media tracking more difficult, while making it easier to sign up for online services and apps. In general, analyst Apple companies like Google and other trackers should not be happy with this advantage.
Siri has also been improved. Apple voice assistants now sound a little more natural. It also now offers the best proactive content and app offerings. Siri also gets even better with Apple’s Shortcuts Automation app. Not exactly Siri, but still a bit similar. new voice control in iOS 13. This feature is hidden under the operating assistant, from which the entire iOS, including almost all third-party applications, can be controlled exclusively by voice.
Rating
- Three-camera system
- Great front camera
- Brightest HDR display
- Workmanship, high quality materials
- Accelerated face identification
- Battery life
- A13 Bionic with maximum performance
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth 5.0, dual antennas for longer range
Better audio system than expected
The audio speaker is recessed into a notch and the other is next to the Lightning port. New this year is an audio virtualizer for “immersive experiences,” which Apple calls “Spatial Audio.” Stereo speakers also officially support Dolby Atmos.
iPhone 11 Pro with Surround Sound / Ben Miller
I find myself smiling when someone connects two small smartphone speakers with Dolby Atmos.
However, they sound surprisingly good for who they are. I watched the entire Martian movie one night in Super-Duper-Dolby-Atmos-HDR-iTunes-Extra on iPhone 11 Pro Max without headphones and it was better than expected.
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max review: more pro than not
The iPhone 11 Pro is the first and probably the last of its kind. It is the first professional iPhone to be included in the iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro ranks. The iPhone is for those for whom a smartphone is a tool. The iPhone is for those looking to dig a little deeper for the ultimate feature set. This is the best iPhone Apple has to offer, isn’t it?
Specifications Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
| 158 x 77.8 x 8.1mm |
| 226 g |
| 6.5 in |
| AMOLED |
| 2688 x 1242 pixels (458 ppi) |
| 12 megapixels |
| 12 megapixels |
| LED |
| 4 GB |
| 64 GB 256 GB 512 GB |
| Not available |
| 6 |
| HSPA, LTE, Dual-SIM, Bluetooth 5.0 |
Face ID unlocks faster
While Apple Face ID doesn’t want to trick anyone, it is still the benchmark for secure mobile facial recognition. Many manufacturers offer similar solutions in their smartphones, but few go to great lengths to make facial recognition as safe, reliable, and easy to use as Face ID.
Notch for cameras / Ben Miller
Enhanced touch technology in iPhone 11 Pro and Max models is designed to speed up face scan unlocking by up to 30%. In everyday life, the procedure feels a little faster. Where the improvement is more noticeable is at wider scan angles. This does not necessarily mean, as originally intended, tilting the device relative to the face, but rather rotation. In other words, you no longer need to align the front of the device exactly and parallel to your face to successfully unlock your iPhone.
Why Dolby Vision in iPhone 12 is Good: A Comparison of Popular HDR Formats
This year, Apple introduced the iPhone 12 range of smartphones with full support for Dolby Vision video. Devices will be able to record videos in it with a frequency of up to 60 frames per second. The standard also unlocks the full capabilities of the Super Retina XDR display. We will try to understand the features of Dolby Vision in this material.
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. This term refers to visual content such as movies, TV series, video games, or photographs. Basically, the format provides a high level of detail in the bright and dark areas of the picture compared to video or standard definition (SDR).
Dynamic range is a phrase used to describe the amount of visible detail between the brightest white and the darkest black. The higher the dynamic range, the more detail is retained in shadows and highlights. HDR video requires a display that supports this format.
iPhone 11 Pro Max. Honest Review after 1 Year of use!
It all started with pixel density. Apple originally focused on high pixel density Retina displays for a given display size, but this technology has a limit. The human eye ceases to distinguish a certain indicator, so pushing them in even more is a waste of time and pure marketing. After switching to OLED screens, the company shifted its focus to color rendition, contrast and other characteristics.
Dolby realized the same thing. They started working on dynamic range. The company was interested in the limits of existing technologies, namely how deep black can be made and how to convey maximum detail in the brightest areas of the frame.
There are now several HDR formats, of which the most common is HDR10. It is an open standard and is used in most devices. Its problem is that it optimizes for the entire video at once, which means that some scenes are darker or brighter than necessary.
Dolby Vision dynamically encodes metadata. The result is the most optimized image transmission for the entire video segment as a whole, as well as for individual scenes. In other words, it looks as if you are processing each photo with all its personalities in mind, rather than applying a standard packet filter to the entire series of images at once.
If you have an Apple TV with a good OLED TV, then you are probably already familiar with what Dolby Vision can and should look like. So it turns out that this format is good, but why don’t all manufacturers use it??
First, you need to get a license from Dolby, and this in turn is an additional cost. Therefore, some companies use HDR10 or an improved version of HDR10, which is licensed for free.
Second, Dolby Vision content creation previously required dedicated double exposure cameras and powerful video editing equipment. Now you can do everything you need right on your iPhone 12. Yes, you’re not wrong. right on your smartphone. The A14 Bionic processor extracts all the necessary data from the camera sensor, processes it, adds Dolby Vision meta tags and stores it in real time. Another not unimportant point is that the iPhone 12 range of smartphones allows you to edit all the footage on the fly.
It’s worth noting that Apple hasn’t implemented Dolby Vision support equally across all 2020 smartphones. This decision was probably made due to the difference in memory between the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro models. The former is limited to Dolby Vision 4K at 30fps, while the latter lets you shoot in Dolby Vision 4K at 60fps.
However, it was not without its drawbacks. Dolby Vision is ahead of the curve in the iPhone 12 lineup. The thing is that after you shoot and edit a great video in a new format, you will have to limit yourself to viewing it on an iPhone or Android smartphone with an HDR display. Of course, you’re in luck if you have a good TV from the current models with Dolby Vision support.
Many services and devices still have problems displaying HDR content on non-HDR displays. For example, when watching HDR videos on YouTube in SDR mode, the results can be depressing to say the least.
Nevertheless, you can bet that Apple in this case will act as the engine of progress, as was the case with USB, the proliferation of multi-touch interfaces, the abandonment of the floppy drive and 3.5 mm ports. In the near future, we will probably see how the most popular services, especially YouTube, learn how to properly work with video in high dynamic range, but for now, let’s compare the most common HDR formats.
HDR10 is the basic standard for most compatible devices. Content created for this format is rendered at a maximum brightness of up to 1000 nits. It uses static metadata to determine the average frame illumination and maximum brightness, which means that the average and maximum illumination values do not change from scene to scene. Despite all its flaws, HDR10 looks much better than SDR content.
Since HDR10 is an open format, it also has widespread support from display and content manufacturers. As a result, you can easily find HDR10 videos even on YouTube. This standard is also supported by games on consoles of the current generation and Windows 10.
HDR10: enhanced format with dynamic metadata
HDR10 is another open standard developed jointly by Samsung and Amazon Video. It enhances HDR10 by using dynamic metadata that can adjust brightness per scene or frame by frame. HDR10 content is currently rendered at a maximum brightness of up to 4000 nits. Dynamic metadata helps preserve highlight and shadow details for every scene.
Unfortunately, HDR10 does not take into account the capabilities of the device on which it is displayed. This limitation has been removed in Dolby Vision. Simply put, when certain scenes exceed the capabilities of the display, it must decide for itself how to display the current scene. This may vary depending on the device.
One of the biggest problems with HDR10 is its lack. At the moment, this format is actively supported by Samsung, as well as Panasonic, Vizio and Oppo. Content is also quite sparse, while only available to watch on Amazon Video.
Dolby Vision: Proprietary format with dynamic metadata
Dolby Vision is a direct competitor to HDR10 and has a lot in common from a technical point of view. Content in this format is processed at up to 4000 nits, but in the future it will have support for up to 10,000 nits, 8K-resolution and 12-bit gamut. It also uses dynamic metadata to customize and optimize each scene.
The iPhone 11 Pro Max is great
One of the significant advantages over HDR10 is that Dolby Vision takes the display into account when displaying content. Thus, it can create the impression that is closest to the intention of the creator.
Since Dolby Vision is a proprietary format, device manufacturers have to pay to implement support for it. It can be found primarily on premium TVs from LG, Sony, TCL, Hisense, Panasonic and Philips, and now on iPhone 12. Samsung is the only manufacturer to have ditched Dolby Vision altogether in favor of HDR10.
Note that there are TVs on sale that support all formats. It will also not be superfluous to emphasize that the most content is available in Dolby Vision, it can be found, for example, on Netflix and Disney. Also, support for Dolby Vision is implemented in Xbox Series X and Series S.
In terms of HDR formats across TVs, most current 2020 models support HDR10. This is a huge leap in dynamic range and brightness over SDR content.
Beyond HDR10, Dolby Vision enjoys the broadest support from both content producers and devices. This format is the most common among streaming services and it is quite promising and thanks to the release of the iPhone 12 lineup with its support, most likely we will see its widest distribution in the near future. As for HDR10, its support is limited by the manufacturer Samsung and the streaming service Amazon Video, so it’s hardly worth emphasizing on it, but it’s too early to bury it.
