#407 - iPhone 11 Pro—even better than we hoped!

This week: we just completed our first week with iPhone 11 Pro, and it's even better than we hoped. We'll dive into all the features we love most. Plus: details are emerging about iPhone 12, and we like what we're seeing! And is Apple Watch series 5 worth the upgrade? We discuss...

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This week's story links

The iPhone 11 Pro unboxing you MUST SEE before buying (Space Grey First Impressions)

Here’s why the iPhone 11 Pro camera is UNBEATABLE

iPhone 11 Pro Max review: the best gets better

• This thing is a beauty. The first thing you notice is the glass back. The frosted matte finish makes it semi-translucent, giving it a weirdly illusory depth. It looks great. Not even the controversial, compound-eye camera bump can spoil its good looks. The iPhone 11 Pro Max is the best-looking iPhone to date, and I love it.

2020 iPhone design could take notes from the classic iPhone 4 look

• Apple could go back to one of its most beloved iPhone designs with next year’s iPhone refresh. According to a new report from seasoned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s 2020 iPhone redesign will resemble the iPhone 4.

Apple Watch Series 5 teardown confirms it’s a tweaked Series 4

 

• Disassembling the latest Apple Watch doesn’t find very much that’s different from last year’s model. That doesn’t mean there aren’t improvements in the new Series 5; they’re just not visible in a teardown, even one done by the experts at iFixit.