Apple iPhone XS, 64 GB, gold (Renewed)

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iOS is the world’s most personal and secure mobile operating system, packed with powerful features that help you get the most out of every day. The iPhone XS has a markedly improved dual camera, delivering better photos than the iPhone X in both dark and high-contrast environments. I've covered cameras at PCMag for the past 10 years, which has given me a front row seat for the DSLR to mirrorless transition, the smartphone camera revolution, and the mainstream adoption of drones for aerial imaging.Yes, there will be moments when it's cool, but they'll be as rare as deciding to play board games of an evening – so it depends if that’s what you’re into. The iPhone is now a handheld computer, plus a camera, so I turned it over to our senior camera analyst, Jim Fisher, to test it. If sensor size was identical, that would mean the iPhone XS captures a slightly narrower angle of view.

The new 4x4 MIMO antennas forced Apple to slightly move the camera bump, which means many X cases and accessories will not fit on the new XS. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. It scores about 15 percent better than the A11 did on Geekbench benchmarks, which measure hard-core CPU math. The iPhone XS display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. They all have better cameras than last year's models, a faster processor, better audio, better LTE networking, and dual-SIM capability.The iPhone XS package is a lot more tempting now that iOS 14 is readily available, bringing many new features like widgets, Dark Mode, and a range of app speed increases, so you can make the most of your iPhone experience. Safari, the built-in browser on iPhone, uses on‑device machine learning to help block those trackers.

Unfortunately, my battery tests haven't completed yet, but I got 9 hours, 50 minutes of video streaming over Wi-Fi with the iPhone XS Max, and Apple says the XS has slightly less battery life. Usually in this section we'd talk about all the new features that the phone brings – but in this case there really aren't that many, with Apple resolutely sticking to the strategy of launching an 'S' phone with little changed other than speed improvements and a few other performance bumps.

The question on everyone's mind is the same as it is with every phone: Is the iPhone XS better in low light? The key is 4x4 MIMO, which uses four antennas rather than two to improve signal strength and speeds.