It lasted just over 27 hours between charges, starting at 7am on day one and lasting right through till past 10am on day two. It will get through the daylight hours without issue, but it won’t rival the Huaweis of this world. The battery life of the iPhone XS Max was slightly disappointing. But as with other recent iPhone upgrades, the raw power will only likely come into its own with new software, speeding up AR experiences and other bits and pieces behind the scenes. In day-to-day operation it’s not noticeably faster than the iPhone X, which already feels snappy and responsive with iOS 12. But it is the integrated AI chip that is up to nine times faster than the old one that apparently makes all the difference. The iPhone XS Max has Apple’s latest processor, the six-core A12 Bionic, which the company says is 15% faster than last year’s A11 Bionic and up to 50% more efficient. The holes in the bottom of the phone are no longer symmetrical, get over it. Screen: 6.5in Super Retina HD (OLED) (458ppi)Ĭamera: Dual 12MP rear cameras with OIS, 7MP front-facing cameraĬonnectivity: LTE, Wi-Fiac, NFC, Bluetooth 5, Lightning and GPS Unless you have abnormally large hands, the iPhone XS Max is therefore almost exclusively a two-handed phone, even with Apple’s reachability, which brings the top of the screen down to the middle – try and use it with one hand at your peril, as this metal and glass sandwich will smash if you drop it. Others taper to an edge of some sort along the sides, which gives your fingers purchase. Yes, they look and feel luxurious in stainless steel, but they’re difficult to get a solid grip on with your fingers. But the biggest difference between the iPhone and the rest is Apple’s use of rounded sides. That’s partly because it’s marginally wider than the competition at 77.4mm wide, which is 1mm wider than the Note 9 and a full 3.6mm wider than the S9+. The thing is the iPhone XS Max is actually one of the more difficult super-sized phones to handle. The iPhone XS Max is certainly a big phone, but at 7.7mm thick it’s thinner than all of the current top-end phones, including the 8.8mm thick Samsung Galaxy Note 9.Īt 157.5mm long the iPhone XS Max is also shorter than even phones with much smaller screens such as the 6in Google Pixel 2 XL (157.9mm long), the 6.2in Samsung Galaxy S9+ (158.1mm long) and is a full 4.4mm shorter than the Note 9. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The GuardianĪpple’s biggest achievement is that the colossal screen has been squeezed into a body that isn’t that enormous. However, Microsoft's service is not currently a separate offering - it is a no-cost addition to its existing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership scheme.The iPhone XS on the left, the iPhone XS Max on the right. It is not a new idea there are others on the market, such as Nvidia's GeForce Now. In return, controller codes are sent in the other direction so, for all intents and purposes, it feels like you are playing a game loaded on the device itself. Live gameplay video is sent to a compatible device over the internet. It is a streaming service, in that all games are hosted on custom Xbox Series X hardware located at remote servers around the world. It runs as a complementary service to its Xbox One and Xbox Series X / Series S games consoles and is available in 28 countries as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership. What is Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate?Ĭalled "Project xCloud" during its earlier days, Xbox Cloud Gaming is Microsoft's game streaming platform. So, here's everything you need to know about the Xbox cloud games service, including what devices are compatible and the available games. Microsoft even hopes to introduce its own streaming stick - codenamed "Keystone" - in the future.
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