Apple’s latest iPhones are now available. Or, at least two of them are. The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are here, but we’re still waiting on the iPhone XR, a lower-priced version coming later in October. That’s right: Apple’s split the iPhone X lineup this year into three offerings. Which do you get? Hard to say, since the XR isn’t here yet. But, know that the XS is an overall improvement on the already-great X… just in mostly subtle ways.
Unlike “S” iPhones of years past, the XS doesn’t have one new, impressive feature. Except for dual SIM support, there isn’t anything fancy or unusual like Touch ID or 3D Touch. Instead, it spreads out the improvements, the most notable being its overall better cameras and a new A12 Bionic chip, another step up in speed that could offer a major difference in AI, AR and graphics. A great phone has gotten better.
I remember how it felt to try that 2017 iPhone X for the first time. Exciting. Sometimes frustrating. I spent a lot of time testing Face ID, figuring out gestures. But ditching the home button and moving to a face-based login ended up working — and allowed the iPhone to go nearly all-screen, at last.
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