This is the iPhone 11

and if you're considering buying an iPhone,

this is the one to get.

So we have to start with the cameras.

So this year, the iPhone 11 has a pair of cameras.

A standard-wide angle as well as a new ultra-wide.

What I'm curious to see is exactly how this compares

to its predecessor, the iPhone XR.

So first of all let's start with the main shooters.

Well I can immediately see

there's a lot more dynamic range on the 11,

especially when you look over Ken's shoulder,

there's a little bit more detail in the road,

whereas it's pretty much bricked on the XR.

Also, this looks sharp.

Like that looks significantly sharper.

If you look at the text above the red, like on the handle,

I can barely read it, it says "Camera front",

but on the 11 that's actually pretty clear.

Something else I like here is that it seems

to be a little bit more natural on the 11.

So, even though the XS as well as the XR,

they had good cameras,

sometimes they would be a little bit too over-aggressive

with their HDR trying to pull a little bit more detail out

even though the image didn't quite look natural.

Whereas on the 11, if there's a darker area,

it doesn't mind sort of crushing it down a little bit

to give you a more natural look.

There's still a lot of detail, a lot of dynamic range.

That's pretty impressive.

Something new this year on the main camera

is that apparently it has 100% focus pixels.

So if I kinda move in and out,

specifically if I get nice and close,

it should actually do a pretty good job

of keeping you in focus.

Now the other thing which is new here is, of course,

that ultra-wide camera,

so I'm recording video with the standard shooter.

However, if I press the ultra-wide button,

it immediately jumps out to the ultra-wide perspective.

This is obviously going to give you a little bit

of a loss in quality, specifically in low light,

but I mean that's actually cool,

especially considering they've got that really impressive

video stabilization.

I mean, this almost looks like I'm on a Gimbal or something.

So, this is what video looks like as I'm walking

with the ultra-wide camera.

Between that perspective as well as the super steady shot.

Gotta say, this is actually pretty impressive,

and if I want, I can jump right back into the main shooter.

And I've gotta say, they've done a pretty good job

of keeping it consistent.

There's no doubt that this year,

one of the biggest upgrades to the iPhone 11

is the definitely on the camera front.

So, neither of them are perfect.

Both have a lot of issues with the camera and the screen.

However, I prefer the look of the 11.

It looks a little bit brighter, a little bit more saturated,

especially in the background.

That portrait mode still actually does

look pretty nice though.

Let's do a portrait selfie, shall we?

So the front-facing camera has been fully redesigned

for the iPhone 11.

So this is the standard shooter.

However, if I press the button,

it'll make it a little bit wider.

Look friends.

I'm actually curious to see how the portrait looks though.

What's my iPhone 11 portrait face like?

You know what?

It completely missed my glasses.

Literally, my glasses are like cut off there.

Yikes.

That's not great, lemme try another one.

Yeah that's better, didn't lose the glasses there.

It does a pretty good job of cutting the hair out.

There's a lot of detail on my face too.

Definitely no smoothing going on.

Now we also have the slofie,

which is, of course, a slow-motion selfie.

Let me demonstrate.

(laughing)

It does slow-motion front-facing video now.

So, there's no doubt that the iPhone 11

is a pretty big upgrade on the camera front.

However, when you compare it to the Pro,

what you're losing here is a telephoto camera

this has the ultra-wide and the wide

but not that zoomed-in shot.

Now a triple camera set up is certainly nothing new.

LG, Huawei and Samsung have all been

shipping triple cameras for a little while now.

Now while it is nice to have a telephoto,

honestly the 2x zoom on the Pro,

as well as something like on the Note 10,

isn't actually that big of a deal.

You do lose quality by going with the Telephoto.

And while it is a little more zoomed in,

often times I actually find it's not that useful.

As far as I'm concerned,

if I was going to pick two cameras,

I would prefer that ultra-wide.

That being said, the 11 Pro does have that other option

that you're missing on the 11

but I mean, eh?

Now, one of the major new features this year

is a night mode for the iPhone 11.

So to test, we're here in the studio

which has been pretty much completely blacked out.

There's a little bit of light over here from the window,

as well as a tiny bit from the ceiling,

but it's pretty dark in here,

as evidenced by if I turn off this phone screen,

you can't see me anymore, can you?

Hi Matt, are you ready to be my photo demo?

- Oh yeah, I'm ready.

- Okay, let's start out the iPhone XR.

With the XR, ready and erm I will say it's not terrible.

There's a little bit of detail here,

but muddy would be a good way to describe that one.

Let's try on the Pixel.

Okay, are you ready Matt?

- Oh yeah.

- Ready, and

you know that actually looks really impressive,

so there's way more detail here.

I mean, I can literally see your individual eyebrow hairs.

That's pretty solid.

So something interesting with the iPhone 11

is that we do have a little night-mode button,

so I can actually change how long it's going to run.

So this is with it off and it'll go up to 3 seconds,

or max of 5, but I'm gonna leave it on the auto setting.

Alright, are you ready Matt?

- [Matt] Yep.

- And, shooting, holding still, counts me down

and boom we have our photo.

That's also very impressive.

I mean, it looks like there's straight up light in here.

Take a look at what Matt looks like right now,

and now take a look at what he looks like on the iPhone 11.

The Pixel looks to be a little bit smoother

but I think it's mostly

because they're sort of aggressively

cleaning up that detail.

I do think that the iPhone

got the color balance a little bit right.

On the Pixel, everything looks a bit blue.

That's pretty impressive.

Although, I will say your skin tones

definitely do look better on the Pixel,

but everything in the background looks very washed out.

That's pretty close.

Regardless though, this is super impressive

considering just how dark it is in here.

If I'm going to point out the biggest weakness

of the iPhone 11,

it is definitely going to be the display.

So, just like with the iPhone XR,

we're looking at a 6.1" IPS panel.

And well, just like the iPhone XR,

it is usable, it's fine,

but it is certainly not as good

as most other high-end phones on the market,

especially that iPhone 11 Pro.

Not only is it fairly low resolution,

but it also lacks the excellent brightness and contrast

of the OLED on the iPhone 11 Pro.

Now, last year,

this actually was a slightly closer comparison,

as the XR, even though it didn't have the higher resolution,

it actually had was a slightly brighter panel

with very very slightly better color accuracy

compared to the XS.

But this year, it's no comparison.

The 11 screen is fine, it's usable,

but it's not as good as that 11 Pro.

Now, there's some other small differences,

including that bezels are a little bit bigger

on the iPhone 11.

But on the flip side,

you actually have a wider array of colors available.

So you have this, what do you call this?

Like lavender, lilac?

There's yellow, there's green, there's red,

there's white, there's black.

Personally, I like the colors

and I also really like the fact that it does

only have the two cameras on the back.

Obviously, it would be nice to have three cameras

for practicality, but it's not ugly.

This is much much better than the 11 Pro.

I know I'm giving the Pro hard time

and I'm sure a month from now,

I'll completely forget about it,

but I can't unsee just how unsightly

those triple weird cameras are.

This looks so much cleaner.

Now, there are a couple of other downgrades with the 11

but most of them are fairly minor,

so it does only support 2x2 LTE as opposed to 4x4,

so speeds will be a little bit slower.

It is made out of aluminum instead of stainless,

which feels not quite so premium.

And there are the other things,

such as while it supports fast charging,

it doesn't actually come with a fast charger in the box,

which is annoying.

A lot of this stuff isn't a big deal.

I mean, am I ever going to realize that my two meters

of water resistance on the 11 isn't as good as

four meters of diving on the 11 Pro?

No, I'm never gonna take it that deep,

but I don't know why anyone else would.

If you take a look at Apple's site,

they probably proclaim that the iPhone 11 Pro

is the first iPhone worthy of the Pro name.

Okay, so when you look at it in real life,

this is actually a very straight forward upgrade

compared to last year.

So instead of selling the iPhone XR, they have the iPhone 11,

the XS is turned into the iPhone 11 Pro,

and the XS Max turned into the 11 Pro Max,

because, yes, the iPhone 11 Pro Max is now a name

that I have to say with my words.

While Pro Max isn't exactly a great name,

I actually do think that the iPhone 11

is a much much cleaner branding play,

compared to the iPhone XR of last year.

So I think a lot of people sort of maybe...

They didn't write off the XR,

because it was a very big seller for them,

but a lot of people assume that this was the budget iPhone.

It's the one that you didn't really wanna get.

Obviously, a few years ago there's was the iPhone 5C,

which was, straight up, a worse iPhone

compared to the 5S of the day.

However, with the iPhone 11, they've made this,

pretty much, the default option.

If you're gonna go buy a new iPhone,

I want the 11 or do you want the Pro with that?

Do you fries with that?

Do you want super-size with that?

What if they called it the iPhone super-size?