The screen itself is beautiful though, and it's been praised across the board. Apple could have added that back given the larger screen, but it didn't. After all, why would I want my battery and connectivity status to take up my important screen real estate? I do wish, however, that the iPhone Xs Max would take advantage of its additional real estate though.įor example, a feature that we lost with the iPhone X is the ability to see the battery percentage from the home screen. For some reason, companies have universally decided that the right place for a notch is smack in the middle of your screen. The first was probably the LG V10, and the notch was in the top-left corner of the screen. Apple wasn't the first to do a notch, even if it's the company that everyone else is imitating. The bezels around the rest of the screen are completely even, something that looks lovely and no other OEM has been able to replicate, despite the trend of copying the notch. It's the exact same size as it was on the iPhone X. Sadly, you'd think that a device that costs up to $1,449 might include AirPods, since Bluetooth is clearly the direction that we're heading in, but that's not the case.Īs far as the front of the device goes, one thing that isn't directly scaled up to the larger size is the notch. Apple includes Lightning EarPods in the box, but there's no more 3.5mm adapter. The 3.5mm headphone jack can be found in the same place as it's been since the iPhone 7, which is nowhere. This is so Apple could fit another antenna line on the bottom. The speakers are now asymmetrical, with seven holes on one side and four on the other. The bottom of the iPhone Xs Max is where you'll find the Lightning port and the speaker grill. On the right is the volume rocker and switch to mute the device. On the right side of the device is the power button and below that, a nano-SIM slot. That means the device still supports wireless charging, just like last year. The frame is made of stainless steel, and it has a glass back. It's still a beautiful device though, and the gold is sexy. That's exactly what you're going through in switching from an iPhone X to an iPhone Xs Max. If you made that switch at any point from say, an iPhone 6 to an iPhone 8 Plus, then you know what I'm talking about. The standard-sized iPhone is more comfortable to hold, as the flat back makes the big one uncomfortable. I've never liked the design of a Plus-sized iPhone, and it disappoints me that Apple hasn't done anything about it. If you've got an iPhone X, read those five words and skip over the rest of this section. Once again, Apple opted to not include a fast charger in the box, and it even removed the headphone adapter.
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