iPhone 11
- Dual-lens rear camera
- Ultra Wide and Wide lenses
- 6.1" Liquid Retina display
- Night Mode
- Dolby Atmos
- More durable glass
- New colors
iPhone 11
Apple unveiled the iPhone 11 on September 10, 2019, and while Apple's flagship lineup now consists of the iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 mini, and 12 Pro Max, the iPhone 11 continues to be sold at $599 as a lower cost option.
The iPhone 11 replaces the iPhone XR, and it features a 6.1-inch LCD display that Apple calls a "Liquid Retina HD Display." It features a 1792 x 828 resolution at 326ppi, a 1400:1 contrast ratio, 625 nits max brightness, True Tone support for adjusting the white balance to the ambient lighting, and large colour support for true-to-life colours.
Like the iPhone XR, instead of using Haptic Feedback, the iPhone 11 does not have 3D Touch. Haptic Touch is supported on iOS 13, but it lacks the 3D Touch pressure sensitivity. Haptic Touch is also supported by the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, with Apple eliminating 3D Touch across the lineup of iPhones.
Wise in style, the iPhone 11 has a glass body in six different colours: White, Black, Yellow, Red, Purple and Green. In 2019, the latter two colours are both new.
The iPhone 11 doesn't look much different than the iPhone XR, but Apple says it's made from the toughest glass ever in a smartphone and offers improved water resistance (IP68), boosting overall durability. Spatial audio offers a more immersive sound experience, and Dolby Atmos is supported.
With Apple launching a new dual-lens camera that is an upgrade over the previous single-lens camera, the camera system sets the iPhone 11 apart from the XR. A traditional wide-angle camera and a modern ultra wide-angle camera with a field of view of 120 degrees are used in the camera setup. There is no telephoto camera lens, unlike the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max.
Apple claims that four times more scenes are filmed by the ultra wide-angle camera, making it suitable for landscape portraits, architectural pictures, tight shots, and more. Both cameras work together to allow Portrait mode to be upgraded over the iPhone XR for individuals, pets, objects, and more, only supporting individual shots in Portrait mode.
The camera app on the iPhone 11 has been overhauled with a more immersive experience that allows you to use the ultra wide-angle camera to see and catch the area outside of the frame if needed. 2x optical zoom-out is enabled, as is up to 5x digital zoom.
Apple has added a new Night mode that's designed to use the iPhone's processing capabilities and the new wide camera sensor to capture crisp, clear, bright photos even in very low lighting conditions, similar to the Night Sight mode on Google Pixel devices.
Smart HDR of the next generation takes advantage of machine learning to capture more natural-looking images with enhanced highlight and shadow detail, and Apple is implementing a Deep Fusion feature in iOS 13.2 that incorporates advanced machine learning techniques for pixel-by-pixel photo processing, texture, detail and noise optimization. Overall, over the XR, the iPhone 11 has much better photographic capabilities.
Updated with a new 12-megapixel sensor, the front-facing TrueDepth Camera system renders Face ID up to 30 percent faster and more capable of operating from more angles. It supports 120 fps slo-mo video for the first time, allowing users to capture slo-mo selfies, or "slofies." The TrueDepth camera also supports smart HDR for more natural-looking images of the next generation and can record 4K video at 60 fps.
There's an A13 Bionic 7-nanometer chip inside the iPhone 11, along with a third-generation Neural Processor. The A13 Bionic is the fastest processor in a smartphone with a 20 percent faster CPU and GPU than the A12, according to Apple. New Machine Learning Accelerators allow the CPU to perform more than 1 trillion operations per second, and for real-time photo and video analysis, the Neural Engine is faster than ever.
The iPhone 11 lasts one hour longer than the iPhone XR when it comes to battery life. It supports up to 17 hours of video playback, up to 10 hours of streamed video playback, and 65 hours of audio playback, although the battery life of the more costly iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max does not compare. Fast charging is available, but the iPhone 11 ships with a regular 5W charger and fast charging requires extra equipment, unlike the iPhone 11 Pro.
The iPhone 11 features a Gigabit-class LTE, 2x2 MIMO, and LAA Intel modem processor, Wi-Fi 6 support (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, Dual-SIM with eSIM, and an U1 Ultra Wideband chip developed by Apple that enhances spatial awareness and enables better indoor tracking. The chip allows for directionally aware AirDrop suggestions in iOS 13.1 so that you can drop files to a person you point to your iPhone.
How to Buy
How to Buy iPhone 11
The iPhone 11 is available from the online store of Apple, retail stores of Apple and retailers of third parties. The price of the iPhone 11 starts at $599 for the 64 GB edition. There's a $649 128GB model as well and a $749 256GB model.
Design
Like the iPhone XR, the iPhone 11 features a precision-machined 7000 series aluminum frame that wraps around an all-glass enclosure. With its 6.1-inch display, the iPhone 11 is between the 5.8-inch iPhone 11 Pro and 6.5-inch iPhone 11 Pro Max in size.
For the TrueDepth camera setup, the iPhone 11 has an edge-to-edge display with slim bezels and no home button, taking a notch at the end. The iPhone 11 has slightly thicker bezels than the iPhone 11 Pro models, as it uses an LCD instead of an OLED panel.
Other than the notch at the top for the Face ID camera, speaker, and ambient light sensor, the iPhone 11 is all display.
The iPhone 11 is 150.9mm tall, 75.7mm wide and 8.3mm thick, which is similar to the iPhone XR of the previous generation. It weights 6.84 ounces, which is similar to the XR, too. It is thicker than the 8.1mm iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max.
Thanks to the new dual-camera setup, the back of the iPhone 11 features the most noticeable design update. Apple is using a new camera bump with a square shape that flows through the rest of the unit. As the camera components are thicker than the iPhone's frame, the two camera lenses protrude slightly from the back of the iPhone.
Relative to previous iPhone versions, the Apple logo on the iPhone 11 has been moved. Instead of towards the top, it is now in the middle of the unit, a move that might have been made for a scheduled two-way charging function that was later scrapped. The bilateral wireless charging option would have allowed other iPhones, the Apple Watch, the AirPods, and other Qi-based devices to be charged using the iPhone 11.
More Durable Glass
The iPhone 11 is made from the most rugged glass ever in a smartphone, according to Apple, so it can, in principle, stand up to accidental bumps and drops better. However, it's still glass, so in case of unintentional injury, it's better to use a case or have AppleCare +.
Apple says it's using a "dual ion-exchange process" to strengthen the front and back glass of the iPhone 11
Color Options
The iPhone 11 remains available in six colours, but this year Apple added new colours. It comes in black, green, yellow, purple, (PRODUCT)RED, and white, with the coral and blue shades available for the iPhone XR being eliminated by Apple.
Water and Dust Resistance
The iPhone 11 has a water resistance level of IP68, which is up from IP67 on the iPhone XR of the previous generation. It's rated to last up to two metres (6.5 feet) in depth for up to 30 minutes. The depth rating of the iPhone XR is double the two meters, but half that of the iPhone 11 Pro.
The iPhone 11 Pro can endure immersion in water up to a depth of four metres (13 feet) for up to 30 minutes.
The iPhone 11 can withstand splashes, rain, and brief accidental water exposure with an IP68 water resistance rating, but deliberate water exposure should be avoided. Apple warns that resistance to water and dust is not a permanent condition and is weakening as a result of regular wear.
The guarantee from Apple does not compensate liquid harm to iOS devices, so it is best to use caution when exposing the iPhone 11 to liquid.
Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos
The iPhone 11 is built with a new spatial audio feature that's designed to simulate surround sound for a more immersive audio experience. It also supports Dolby Atmos sound.
Display
The iPhone 11 uses an LCD monitor that it calls the "Liquid Retina HD" display, like the iPhone XR. It measures 6.1 inches and features a resolution of 1792 x 828 at 326 pixels per inch.
Since the iPhone 11 has an LCD instead of an OLED display, Apple claims it is the most advanced LCD, designed with modern engineering techniques, that has been implemented into a smartphone. It is similar to the iPhone XR display and inferior to the screens of the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max.
The iPhone 11 display continues to support the latest developments in Apple technology, including Tap to Wake to activate the display with a single tap, a swipe-based gesture system to replace the Touch ID Home button, True Tone to align the white balance of the display with the ambient lighting, and large colour for vibrant colours that are true to life
It has a 1400:1 contrast ratio, which is one of the areas where it falls far short of the iPhone 11 Pro models. The iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max have a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio, which means their colors are richer, blacks are blacker, and there is HDR support, which is unavailable in the iPhone 11
Haptic Touch
Apple eliminated the 3D Touch feature in the iPhone XR and replaced it with a new Haptic Touch option, which has now rolled out to the entire 2019 iPhone lineup.
Haptic Touch is similar to 3D Touch and provides much of the same features, but it is not responsive to pressure, so each press does not have multiple functions. Haptic Touch, instead, is like a long press containing haptic feedback. Make sure to review our Haptic Touch guide for more on the difference between the Haptic Touch and the previous 3D Touch.
A13 Bionic
The iPhone 11 features an A13 Bionic chip that is faster and more powerful than the iPhone XR A12 Bionic chip. The two output cores of the CPU in the A13 are up to 20 percent faster and use 30 percent less power than the A12, and up to 20 percent faster and up to 40 percent less power are used by the four efficiency
cores.
In the A13, the GPU is 20 percent faster than the A12 GPU and 40 percent less power is used.
The A13 in the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro provides 50 to 60 percent greater continuous graphics output than the iPhone XS and 20 percent faster Processor speed, according to research by AnandTech.
Neural Engine
The A13 chip features a next-generation 8-core Neural Engine that Apple says is faster than ever for real-time photo and video analysis. A pair of Machine Learning Accelerators allow the CPU to run up to six times faster, delivering more than 1 trillion operations per second.
The Neural Engine is up to 20 percent faster and uses up to 15 percent less power than the previous-generation Neural Engine. Apple says its Neural Engine powers the camera system, Face ID, AR apps, and more.
Core ML 3 for developers allows apps to leverage the power of the A13 Bionic for apps and games.
RAM and Storage Space
The iPhone 11 is equipped with 4GB RAM, up from 3GB RAM in the iPhone XR. It is available in 64, 128, and 256GB capacities.
TrueDepth Camera and Face ID
The biometric authentication system used in the iPhone 11, which has a notch housing the True Depth camera system that makes Face ID, is Face ID, launched in 2017.
The TrueDepth camera system has been enhanced with new hardware for the iPhone 11. It's quicker and it can operate from a wider variety of angles, so it's faster and more powerful than ever.
For tasks such as accessing your iPhone, enabling access to third-party passcode-protected applications, verifying transactions in iTunes and the App Store, and authenticating Apple Pay payments, Face ID is used in the iOS operating system.
Face ID operates through a series of sensors and cameras, called the TrueDepth Camera system, built into the front of the iPhone 11.
This depth map of your face is then relayed to the A13 Bionic processor where it is transformed into a mathematical model that the iPhone uses to make sure it's you attempting to access your iPhone. To create a facial scan, a Dot Projector projects more than 30,000 invisible infrared dots onto your face, which are then read by an infrared camera.
Face ID uses infrared, so it operates with a built-in Flood Illuminator in low light and in the dark, ensuring that ample light is still available to take a facial scan. Face ID works for caps, beards, glasses, sunglasses, scarves, lipstick, and all other things and accessories that can partially hide a face, but in order to work, you need to see your eyes, nose and mouth.
The built-in Neural Engine A13 Bionic chip ensures that Face ID will adapt over time to subtle facial changes, so if you grow your hair longer or grow a beard, Face ID adjusts and unlocks your iPhone further.
Face ID Security and Privacy
A accurate 3D face scan that is unable to be fooled by a picture, mask, or other facial imitation is used by Face ID. The security feature "Attention Aware" allows Face ID to unlock your smartphone only when you look with your eyes open in the direction of iPhone 11, so it does not work when your eyes are closed, when you sleep, when you are asleep, or when you look away from your phone.
Attention aware is optional and there is an accessibility feature to turn it off for those who are unable to focus on the iPhone's screen, but most people should leave it turned on for the added layer of security.
The iPhone 11 knows when you're looking at it with the attention recognition feature. When you look at the iPhone 11, Face ID shows alerts and messages on the Lock screen, keeps the screen illuminated, and automatically lowers the volume of an alarm or ringer when it knows that your attention is on the display of the iPhone 11.
The iPhone 11 knows when you're looking at it with the attention-aware feature. When you look at the iPhone 11, Face ID shows alerts and messages on the Lock screen, keeps the screen illuminated, and automatically lowers the alarm or ringer volume when it recognizes that your attention is on the display of the iPhone 11.
Face ID can be disabled easily and discreetly if a criminal needs your iPhone by pressing the side button and the volume button at the same time. Before handing over your phone, do this and a criminal will not be able to scan your face. After two unsuccessful facial recognition attempts, Face ID still switches off and a passcode must be entered for it to be switched back on.
Face ID data is encrypted and stored in the Secure Enclave on the iPhone 11. Apple can't access your Face ID data, nor can anyone who has your phone. Authentication happens entirely on your device, with no Face ID data ever stored in the cloud or uploaded to Apple. Third-party developers do not have access to the facial map that Face ID uses to unlock a device, but the TrueDepth camera can be used to scan a user's face for the purpose of creating more realistic augmented reality apps.
With Face ID, there is a 1 in 1,000,000 probability that Face ID will trick someone else's face, but with an alternative appearance registered in iOS 13, the error rate increases to 1 in 1 in 500,000. Identical twins, adolescents, and a carefully designed mask have been fooled by Face ID, but it's still safe enough that the average citizen need not worry about anyone else unlocking their iPhone.
TrueDepth Camera Specs
In addition to powering Face ID with the additional biometric modules, the TrueDepth camera system is also a typical front-facing camera that can be used to take selfies.
The front-facing camera has been upgraded to 12 megapixels in the iPhone 11 from 7 megapixels in the iPhone XR, and it supports Smart HDR of the next generation. The new camera can capture 60 fps video in 4K with 30 fps extended dynamic range video support.
You can switch the iPhone from portrait mode to landscape mode while using the new front-facing camera to automatically catch more in the picture, which is helpful for circumstances such as group selfies.
It uses a zoomed 7-megapixel version when you take a selfie with the iPhone 11 in the traditional portrait orientation. Turning your iPhone to landscape mode makes it possible to zoom further into the picture and results in a photo of 12 megapixels, as does clicking the tiny arrow icon to zoom out while in portrait orientation.
Slofies
The front-facing TrueDepth camera is able to capture 120 fps slo-mo videos for the first time, enabling a new feature that Apple is calling "Slofies." These are slow motion front-facing camera videos similar to the slo-mo videos available from the rear facing camera in prior iPhones.
Animoji and Memoji
There are two features called "Animoji" and "Memoji," which are animated 3D emoji characters that you control with your hands, powered by the TrueDepth Camera System. Animoji are animals that are emoji-style, whereas Memoji are customized, customizable avatars that you can make.
The TrueDepth camera analyses more than 50 muscle movements in different areas of the face to make Animoji and Memoji, detecting movement of the eyebrows, cheeks, chin, eyes, jaw, lips, eyes and mouth.
The Animoji/Memoji characters are translated into all of your facial gestures, allowing them to represent your expressions and emotions. In the Messages and FaceTime applications, Animoji and Memoji can be exchanged with friends and used.
Modelled after existing emoji characters, there are more than a dozen different Animoji to choose from: monkey, robot, cat, dog, alien, fox, poop, pig, panda, bunny, chicken, unicorn, lion, dragon, skull, bear, tiger, koala, t-rex, and ghost. There is an infinite amount of Memoji that can be designed to look like you and other individuals.
Rear Cameras
The major new feature in the iPhone 11 is an upgraded dual-lens camera system. It includes an f/1.8 6-element 12-megapixel wide-angle lens (26mm focal length) and an f/2.4 5-element 12-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens (13mm focal length), up from a single 12-megapixel camera lens in the iPhone XR.
The new ultra wide-angle lens has a field of view of 120 degrees, which is perfect when you want to get a picture of a landscape or architecture, or fit closer into the frame. It does not have a telephoto lens, unlike the iPhone 11 Pro, so although 2x optical zoom out is supported, there is no optical zoom in option.
Optical Image Stabilization is provided by the normal wide-angle camera, but the ultra wide-angle lens does not.
With the new ultra wide-angle lens, Apple is introducing an updated camera app interface that displays the entire field of view captured by the ultra wide lens even when you're taking a picture with the standard wide-angle lens. Toggling between modes can be done with a tap.
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The iPhone 11 is equipped with next-generation Smart HDR, which Apple says better recognizes people, treating them differently from the rest of the shot. Faces feature highlights, shadows, and natural-looking skin tones while background elements are preserved.
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Night mode
With 100% Focus Pixels, the wide-angle camera in the iPhone 11 has a new larger sensor that allows new low-light features such as Night mode, which is designed to take much brighter photos in low lighting conditions. It's close to the Night Shift mode of Google, brightening up the image using software
Night mode turns on automatically in low lighting conditions, and there's no need to use the flash with it. When you're in an area with poor lighting, the camera takes multiple images while optical image stabilization works to steady the lens.
To align images to compensate for motion, the A13 chip is then engaged. Although clearer images are blended together, parts with too much blur are eliminated. The contrast is then changed, the colours are fine tuned, excess noise is extracted, and details are improved to produce a final picture that appears much clearer and crisper than would usually be allowed by the lighting conditions.
For more on how the Night mode feature works and details on how to take the best Night mode photos, make sure to check out our Night mode guide.
Portrait Mode
While the iPhone 11 does not have a telephoto lens, it can still use other camera lenses to take portrait mode shots, just like the iPhone XR. Similar to the effect you get with a DSLR, the two cameras work together to produce Portrait Mode images where the subject of the picture is in focus and the background is blurred.
Portrait Mode in the iPhone 11 has been improved because it works with people, pets, food, and other objects. With the iPhone XR, Portrait Mode was limited to shots of people.
Portrait Lighting
The iPhone 11 supports Portrait Lighting, which allows the lighting effects of an image to be shifted using software. More lighting modes are supported in the iPhone 11, including Natural, Studio. Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, and High-Key Mono. Stage and Stage Mono were not available in the XR.
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As of iOS 13, it is possible to change Portrait Lighting effects using an intensity scale, making them more useful since it is possible to achieve more subtle looks.
Other Camera Features
A 36 percent brighter True Tone flash, 63-megapixel panoramas, large colour capture, Live Images support, advanced red-eye correction and burst mode are other available camera features.
Apple is preparing to launch a Deep Fusion feature this fall, which is a new image processing device using the A13 Bionic and the Neural Engine. Deep Fusion utilizes advanced machine learning techniques to process images pixel-by-pixel, optimizing the texture, information and noise in of part of the image.
The goal of Deep Fusion is to enhance indoor photos and medium-light photos. It is a function that activates automatically instead of being something that can be manually activated, depending on the lens being used and the amount of light in the room.
Video Capabilities
The wide-angle and ultra wide-angle lenses both work in video mode, and while shooting, you can switch between them with a tap. With both lenses, the iPhone 11 captures 4K footage at 60 frames per second, and the ultra-wide camera can catch four times more scenes for better action shots.
The iPhone 11 supports Extended Dynamic Range when capturing video up to 60 frames per second, and optical image stabilization is available for video shot using the standard wide-angle camera.
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