The iPhone 11 Buying Guide (SE vs XR vs 11 vs Pro vs Max) | The Tech Chap By The Tech Chap

Hey guys Anton the tech chat, but if you're thinking about buying a new iPhone, but you're not sure which one to go for well. Hopefully this video will help because I've got the full lineup of new iPhones that you can buy from the brand new S II all the way up to the 11pro max. What's fascinating is actually last year the best-selling iPhone was this guy. The 10 are followed by the 11, so it seems that most people don't really want to spend a grand or more on the pro series and why I think the new SE is going to sell like hotcakes. But what about right now? Which one should you buy well before we get to the proper battery and camera tests? Let's do a quick overview first and starting with the cheapest and also the smallest. We have the new, second-generation iPhone S II, and this guy will set you back four hundred dollars or four hundred and twenty pounds.

It's essentially the body of my phone, eight with a 4.7-inch LCD screen, but packed with Apple's latest a 13 chip I think its incredible value for money and if you do prefer a smaller phone, then this is ideal as long as you can get over those chunky, bezels and also don't mind missing out on face unlocking or having an altar wide or telephoto camera. Then we have the 10r, which is a little older, but it's still shown as one of the five iPhones to buy on Apple's website. Most notably, it uses the last gen 812, processor and selfie, a 13 that we get on the rest. Here's how they compare in terms of performance for both the processor and the graphics. Does it make much difference in real life? Well, not really, but the newer chip will be more future-proof, so you may not have to upgrade us soon but versus the SE.

We do get a more modern design on the 10r, with a 6.1 inch, LCD screen, thinner, bezels and a notch with face ID in place of the touch ID home button, and I think it's six hundred dollars or six hundred and thirty pounds. It is still a relatively affordable iPhone. Then we have this guy, the iPhone 11, which I think is kind of like the best all-rounder, it's a hundred more than the 10r, so we're looking at $700 or seven hundred and thirty pounds, and it shares a similar design and similar 6.1-inch LCD screen as the 10r. But we get a bunch of upgrades, including a second ultra-wide lens, a higher-quality selfie camera that supports 4k video. It's also the cheapest iPhone that offers a night mode for the camera which we'll come back to in a second.

We also get apple's latest a 13 chip. So it's a little more future-proof and a few nice to house versus the 10r like Wi-Fi 6, a slightly higher water resistance rating. Plus you have the option for a 256, gig storage model. If you want more space, then we're into the pro series- and this is where things start to get kind of pricing- the 11pro starts at $1,000 or $1,500. It's actually slightly smaller than the 11 and the 10 are, though, with a 5.8-inch screen, but thanks to even thinner bezels, it's only slightly bigger than the SE. So if you do want to phone that, you can comfortably use one-handed but want the premium features.

This is your best bet. We get a slightly more premium design with this matte glass finish on the back ever so slightly thinner, bezels. But more importantly, it comes with an OLED screen with a high resolution, and it supports HDR. So it's sharper a little brighter offers much better contrast and the colors are more vibrant. Overall, it is just a better screen, but I wouldn't say it's a night and day difference and something that, unless it's side-by-side something most people will be that bothered about.

The 11pro also gets a higher quality camera sensor and the addition of a telephoto lens, along with the ultra-wide. And finally, we have this guy, the 11pro max, which is the biggest and also the most expensive iPhone you can currently buy at eleven hundred dollars or eleven hundred and fifty pounds it's a hundred more than the 11pro. It's essentially the same phone though, but with a much bigger, 6.5-inch screen and, crucially, a significantly longer battery life which we'll come to in a second beautiful nailed it. So that's the lineup, but anyone can just compare specs and in fact, on Apple's website, there's a perfect comparison tool. If you want to get into the nitty-gritty details, but I want to go a step further and test all these properly.

Firstly, the cameras and from left to right. We have the SE, the 10 are the 11 and the 11 Pro, which of course shares the same camera setup as the pro Mac. So I've left that one out it's pretty impressive, given one is $400 and the other is 1100 before we dive into image quality. One of the big differences are the lenses that you get. This is shot with the main lens on all four, but then on the 11 series.

We also get ultra-wide and finally, on the pro and pro max, we also get a 2 x, 2 telephoto lenses I argue. The telephoto is probably the least useful of the three, but the pro series are the most versatile when it comes to the camera, there's not much in it. But if you look closely at the road, my on top of the camera, you can see that the SE is a little less detailed, a little sharp versus the other three, and I think with the fake plant, which is a YouTube essential. You know everyone has to have one of these in their setups b11 and the 11pro do look a little sharper a little more vibrant than the SC in the 10r, but in good light, there's really not much to tell them apart, although I won't say, the 10r has a softer look and also it ever so slightly cooler, color temperature, I, really thought we'd see a bigger difference in this photo. We've got quite dark foreground and very brightly lit background.

It really is minor, but if you look at the brick wall on the left and a little of red graffiti, it does look a little clearer and more vibrant on the 11pro. The FC and the 10 are a little soft. The 11 is an improvement, but I think the 11pro just about takes the win here. Obviously this is a candid photo and not at all posed for once again the 11 and 11 proton just a little sharper, but really there's not much in it and Creator Apple across the board. The dynamic range is spot-on.

Now this is the portrait version of the same shot and if you do just look at the 11pro on the right versus a BST on the left, you can see the SE is just a little softer again, though, while the tenner doesn't look good, that color is just a little off, but it's when we get into low-light that the 11 and the 11 Pro and, of course also the pro max, do, take the lead and that's because they're, the three phones that offer a night mode. So with that two or three second longer exposure, the eleventh series captures much more light. It's far more detailed and the colors are great. The SC and the 10 are by comparison, look kind of dull. How do we get by without a nightmare on phones for so long? It really is a literal night and day difference between the eleventh series and the SE and a 10 R.

So for this low-light selfie. Well, they all look pretty badly but again, I think the 11th and the 11pro do come out on top the 10, always the darkest and also the softest. It's definitely key in detail, but while the SE is a little brighter, it's just a noisy mess all over and actually between the 11th and the 11pro I would say the pro has slightly more natural colors and also the noise isn't quite as bad. Oh, jeez. This is a close up.

One I'd say the 10r is noticeably softer, and that is a theme we've seen throughout. But what about a selfie in good light, very good light? In fact, I've got the Sun beating down on me here, and you can see that again. The 10r is a little soft, but I don't know if I love that sharp and look that we get on the 11 and the 11pro. However, an advantage of the 11 series is we can zoom out. So we get a wider field of view in selfies, so there's more room for a selfie with your mates and one last photo a quick selfie in portrait mode.

They all do a pretty good job, although I think the SE does fall behind a little. It's got the least detail. It looks quite soft, but what about the selfie video? Well, this is being shot with the iPhone SE. There we have the iPhone 10 R. Then we have the iPhone 11, which is the first one to bump the resolution up to 4k.

Those guys are both 1080p and then finally, the iPhone 11 Pro and also the pro max, because they share the same selfie camera as well. Also, a 4k like the iPhone 11. But what do you think? Can you tell much difference between the selfie video? Okay, next up what about battery life? Well, this bit took forever to test. So if I can get a thumbs up for that, I'd really appreciate it, but with all the phone's set to the same brightness and the same settings, let's see how they stack up in my intensive real-world battery test, which includes rowing through YouTube videos, games, social media, apps, shooting some 4k video and then rinse them repeating until they're, well all dead. So at the 1-hour mark, the SE is in last place with 90 percent remaining and the 11pro max is still on 98%.

Now, thanks to the miracle of editing, jumping ahead to the 4-hour mark- and this is following an hour each of YouTube gaming, TikTok Instagram, the SE is already way down to 24% significantly behind the others and then just over an hour and a half later, at the 5 hour, 40 mark, we lose the SE with a 10-hour on 26b 11, on 30 11pro on 37 and the 11pro max still on a whopping 49 percent, almost bang. On the 7 hour. Mark, though we then lose the 10, R and I. Don't think the 11 is far behind just 16 minutes later the 11 boughs out leaving us with only the 11 pros remaining it's a good half hour before the 11pro finally gives up at 7 hours, 45, leaving the 11pro max and surprising. Absolutely now on the winner with 21%.

Still remaining. It just keeps going and almost hits the 9-hour mark that's 57 percent longer than the S II, although it is nearly 300% more expensive. So battery life is fairly straightforward among the by phones, the more you pay, the longer it lasts, but what's the best value? Well, a big thank you to my friend, Andrew Select, for putting these calculations together for me, because I'm, pretty terrible numbers and in terms of dollars per minute, the SE wins at $1 18 per minute of battery life versus the 11pro, which cost 2.15 per minute, and it's the lease value for money. So the takeaway is the best battery life 11 pro max, but the SE wins in terms of bang for buck and actually beyond the SC. It's the 10 other offers the best value for battery life and, as I say, the 11pro.

That's the worst I thought that was pretty interesting, so hopefully, by this point, you've got a good idea which iPhone may be best for you or if, in fact, it may be best to hold off because consider that the iPhone 12 series is likely to come out at the end of September, maybe early October or maybe even a few weeks later, because of the whole coronavirus crazy wall that we live in. That could delay things a little, but the next phones are likely to add a higher refresh rate screen, so everything feels smoother, even thinner, bezels and a small notch Apple's, a 14 chip which will no doubt be ludicrously fast, but I think most importantly, 5g, which would make them more future-proof. But, as you guys know, in tech, there's always something else around the corner. You can wait forever so right now, if you want the best value, iPhone hands-down, it's the iPhone SE I know there's an argument about whether perhaps Apple have been a bit lazy. I mean we hash in a iPhone 8 design, which, yes, on the one hand, means it's cheaper because they can retool the same parts from their factory from the iPhone 8.

But then again, would you expect a 20/20 Android phone to come with bezels that big? But then again most people who are going to buy this probably don't care about the bezels. They want a good phone with a solid camera. That's going to last them a few years and also doesn't cost a fortune. So I think the SE is a perfect option. I think for me, they're taking everything into account from the battery the camera, the design just using it, and also, of course, the price I think the iPhone 11 is the one I would recommend it's the best all-rounder you get the modern design you get.

The two camera setup, I think the ultra-wide is quite important to have, and also it came about midway in the battery life test. So for $700 or 730 pounds. I would recommend the 11, and I do think that while the 10 are offers good value, I would pay that extra hundred and go for the 11. If you could,, you get the newer chip, the ultra-wide lens are fewer than nice to haves and I. Think it's going to be a little more future-proof I mean that you won't have to upgrade as soon, but if you want the ultimate iPhone experience and the longest battery life by quite some margin, actually, then I would recommend the 11th pro max, although your wallet will be crying afterwards.

In my opinion, the two phones that kind of fall behind a little are the 10 R and the 11 Pro, which is kind of surprising. Actually, although I do love the size of this, and it really is a good one-handed phone and also 100 less than the pro max I think the battery life that you get with the pro max. Also, if you want that bigger screen with this or massive experience you get from it, it's worth paying a hundred more and also I. Don't think this is worth three hundred more than the standard 11 so again, better value there. The 11 is the one I'd recommend the SE is the best value option and, of course, as you'd expect the 11 Pro max if the all-singing, all-dancing no-expense-spared option.

Alright, so that's enough of being waffling on. Hopefully, you guys enjoyed this video, and you found it useful. If you did a lot of thumbs up or maybe a chi keeper subscribed, will be amazing, and I'll see you guys next time right here on the tech jab thanks for watching. Well, just a quick note if you actually saw my video on the SE a few days ago, and you notice that at the beginning, I do a fancy shot of dropping in some water and reversing it. I wouldn't recommend that, because, while all iPhones do have some level of water resistance, whether it's IP, 67 or 68, Apple, don't really recommend that you go swimming with it or dropping it in buckets of water.

So don't try that at home because you may damage the phone you may not like I didn't, but probably best to avoid it. So you don't destroy your shiny, my phone.

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