iPhone 11 First Impressions – Dual Rear Cameras, Apple A13 Bionic SoC, Liquid Retina Display Launched: Price, Specifications

Apple on Tuesday unveiled the new iPhone 11 smartphone, as a successor to the company’s iPhone XR. According to the Cupertino, California-based company, iPhone XR was its biggest selling smartphone in the 2018 iPhone lineup and with iPhone 11, the company is making things even better on its cheapest new iPhone. In addition to the iPhone 11, the company also showcased the new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max phones that will sit at the top-end of the company’s smartphone portfolio. Notably, Apple will retain the iPhone XR in its lineup.

iPhone 11 price in India

Apple iPhone 11 price will start at Rs. 64,900 in India and at $699 (roughly Rs. 50,000) in the US for the base 64GB variant. The phone will also be offered in 128GB and 256GB variants that will retail at Rs. 69,900 and $749 (roughly Rs. 53,600), and Rs. 79,900 and $849 (roughly Rs. 60,800), respectively in India and the US. The iPhone 11 will come in six colours – Purple, White, Green, Yellow, Black, and Red – and its pre-orders will open September 13 in US and over 30 countries around the world. The sales will begin September 20 in the first batch for countries and September 27 in India.

Rear cameras: Wide, ultrawide, telephoto

The iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max are all about the camera. Competing brands are no stranger to the three-camera system (or even four!), but this marks Apple’s first time pairing a wide-angle lens with both telephoto and ultrawide-angle sensors.

We’re working up a camera deep dive for you soon, but what you really need to know is that Apple wants to make it as easy for you to switch from the main 12-megapixel camera lens to the 13-megapixel ultrawide-angle lens to the 12-megapixel telephoto sensor, which you do from the main camera screen.

Having used this type of system on other phones, like the Huawei P30 Pro and Galaxy Note 10 for example, it really can make photos more atmospheric or striking  — especially landscape shots — when taken with the ultrawide lens. Apple says it will fit in four times the amount of scenery compared to the main camera.

New iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max key specs

• Two screen sizes: 5.8- and 6.5-inch OLED displays (both 458 ppi pixel density)
• “Super Retina XDR” display supports HDR 10 with Dolby Vision (and Dolby Atmos sound)
• Phone body: Textured matte finish
• 64GB, 256GB, 512GB storage capacities
• Three rear cameras with 4x optical zoom: Wide, ultrawide, telephoto lenses (OIS for wide and telephoto)
• Upcoming camera feature called Deep Fusion compiles nine images to reduce noise and amp up details
• 4 hours more battery life (Pro) and 5 hours longer battery life (Pro Max) than last year’s models
• Faster Face ID unlocking
• Wi-Fi 6 support, but no 5G
• 4K video for both front and rear cameras, with slow-motion video for the selfie camera (aka “slofies“)
• New portrait lighting effect: Monochrome
• iOS 13 on-board
• Fast charging adapter
• Colors: midnight green, space gray, silver, gold
• iPhone 11 Pro starts at $999 or $25 per month (£1,049, AU$1,749)
• iPhone 11 Pro Max starts at $1,099 or $29 per month (£1,149, AU$1,899)

What’s new in the iPhone 11

• Six colors: black, white, yellow, purple, green, Product Red
• A13 Bionic chip
• 64GB, 128GB, 512GB storage capacities
• Hour more battery life than iPhone XR
• Faster Face ID unlocking
• Wi-Fi 6 support, but no 5G
• Dual camera system with a 12-megapixel lenses: wide and ultrawide (switch by tapping on the screen)
• Camera night mode
• 2x optical zoom
• New portrait lighting in monochrome
• 12-megapixel front-facing camera (up from 7 megapixels)
• 4K video for both front and rear cameras, with slow-motion video for the selfie camera
• iOS 13
• Starts at $699 or $17 per month (£729, AU$1,199)