iPhone 11 Pro: The Technology of the Future

Above: iPhone 11 Pro comes in a new color, Midnight Green.
Image Credit: Apple

With the high price tag of the iPhones, there needs to be a reason for people to buy a new phone when the current phones we use work. However, there's a difference between a phone that works and a phone that offers comfort, convenience, and reliability. The improvements with the iPhone 11 Pro are enough to warrant its price. If there ever was a time to purchase a new phone from Apple, now is the time.

1. Battery Increase - The iPhone 11 Pro has the biggest battery increase. The iPhone 11 Pro offers 3190 mAh, much more battery life than any of the previous iPhones.

For comparison of the battery:
2019 iPhone 11 Pro: 3,190 mAh
2018 iPhone XS: 2,658 mAh
2017 iPhone X: 2,716 mAh
2015 iPhone 6S:1,715 mAh battery

Clearly, the 2019 iPhone 11 Pro has the best battery at 3,190 mAh. Now, you may be wondering, "What is mAh?" Well, mAh stands for milliamp Hour and it is a unit that measures electric power over time. In general, the more mAh, the longer the battery capacity or battery life. A higher number means that the battery can store more energy, so it has a higher capacity.

Apple claims that the iPhone 11 will last for an hour longer on its battery than the 2018 iPhone. For people who are checking text messages, making phone calls, surfing the internet, watching videos, taking pictures, reading this blog post, a longer lasting battery means more convenience. You have the piece of mind knowing you are able to use your phone longer without needing to charge it.

Above: iPhone 11 Pro reveal at September event.
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2. Best iPhone Camera - The iPhone 11 Pro has a new camera that will put any older iPhone camera to shame. As you have seen from the pictures of the new iPhone, the camera lens has completely changed to a new triple-lens array camera.

Above: The triple lens camera on the iPhone 11 Pro.
Image Credit: Apple.

The enhancements include a new ultra wide-angle camera and a Night Mode for low-light photography. The wide-angle lens has a f/1.8 aperture, the ultra-wide has a f/2.4 aperture, and the telephoto lens has a f/2.0 aperture. Aperture is measured by f-stops. A smaller aperture number means  the aperture is more open, which lets more light into the camera to take pictures in low light. Night mode turns on automatically and makes shooting in low light a breeze. With Night mode, there's no need for flash and photos appear brighter even when the lighting isn't on your side.

The selfie or Portrait mode camera has improved to a 12 megapixel camera from a 7 megapixel camera. The front-facing camera also has a new wide-angle option, which is great for imitating the effect of a selfie stick.

The iPhone 11 Pro is capable of 4K video at 60fps, much like the iPhone XS, but comes with improved dynamic range and cinematic video stabilization. The 60 fps means 60 frames per second. Frames per second (fps) refers to the speed at which cameras can produce photos. The current industry standard for clear, smooth video with moving objects is 30 fps, but obviously 60 fps is better.

Above: A13 has three main processing engines.
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3. Apple A13 Bionic Chip - The A13 Bionic Chip is a 64- bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC). The chip has improved machine learning, with a neural engine alongside the CPU (central processing unit) and GPU (graphics processing unit). It has machine learning accelerators that can process six times faster than the previous A12 Chip. The CPU is capable of 1 trillion operators per second.