#407 - iPhone 11 Pro—even better than we hoped!

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This week: we just completed our first week with iPhone 11 Pro, and it's even better than we hoped. We'll dive into all the features we love most. Plus: details are emerging about iPhone 12, and we like what we're seeing! And is Apple Watch series 5 worth the upgrade? We discuss...

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The iPhone 11 Pro unboxing you MUST SEE before buying (Space Grey First Impressions)

Here’s why the iPhone 11 Pro camera is UNBEATABLE

iPhone 11 Pro Max review: the best gets better

  • This thing is a beauty. The first thing you notice is the glass back. The frosted matte finish makes it semi-translucent, giving it a weirdly illusory depth. It looks great. Not even the controversial, compound-eye camera bump can spoil its good looks. The iPhone 11 Pro Max is the best-looking iPhone to date, and I love it.

2020 iPhone design could take notes from the classic iPhone 4 look

  • Apple could go back to one of its most beloved iPhone designs with next year’s iPhone refresh. According to a new report from seasoned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s 2020 iPhone redesign will resemble the iPhone 4.

Apple Watch Series 5 teardown confirms it’s a tweaked Series 4

 

  • Disassembling the latest Apple Watch doesn’t find very much that’s different from last year’s model. That doesn’t mean there aren’t improvements in the new Series 5; they’re just not visible in a teardown, even one done by the experts at iFixit.