What is best iphone to buy
The iPhone Buying Guide 2020! (SE vs XR vs 11 vs Pro vs Max) | 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 really interesting 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 gonna 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 it's 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 bit 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 bit 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 really
good 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 lens 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 bit
sharper a little bit 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
bit of red graffiti it does look a
little bit clearer and more vibrant on
the 11pro the FC and the 10 are a little
bit 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 bit
sharper but really there's not much in
it and Kreator 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 bit
softer again though while the tenner
doesn't look good that color is just a
little bit 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 bit
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 bit 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 tik-tok 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
no 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
Selleck 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
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
bit but the next phones are likely to
add a higher refresh rate screen so
everything feels smoother even thinner
bezels and a small knotch
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
gonna buy this probably don't care about
the bezels they want a good phone with a
solid camera that's gonna last them a
few years and also doesn't cost a
fortune so I think the SE is a really
good 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 gonna be a little bit 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 bit 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 mersive 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
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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
