Welcome to iPhone Day 2018. Thanks to some cheeky leaks through an XML file, we knew ahead of time that there’d be three new models: the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR. Here’s what you get and for how much.
Let’s start with the iPhone XS:
iPhone XS
- iOS 12 OS
- A12 Bionic chip CPU
- 5.8-inch Super Retina HD display
- 2436 x 1125‑pixel resolution at 458 ppi
- 4GB RAM
- 64/256/512 GB storage
- dual 12MP rear and 7MP front cameras
- 4K video recording
- Face ID
- Battery lasts up to 30 minutes longer than the iPhone X (working on getting the mAh at the time of writing)
- 143.6 mm x 70.9 mm x 7.7 mm, 177 grams
- Gold, space grey and silver options
You can grab this from $1629, with the top end model costing $2199. But if that’s not large enough, then you can fork out for the…
iPhone XS Max
- iOS 12 OS
- A12 Bionic chip CPU
- 6.5-inch Super Retina HD display
- 2436 x 1125‑pixel resolution at 458 ppi
- 4GB RAM
- 64/256/512 GB storage
- dual 12MP rear and 7MP front cameras
- 4K video recording
- Face ID
- Battery lasts up to an hour and a half longer than the iPhone X (working on getting the mAh at the time of writing)
- 157.5 mm mm x 77.4 mm x 7.7 mm, 177 grams
- Gold, space grey and silver options
$1799 is the starting price here, with the top-end option a whopping $2369. Choke on that Australia TaxTM.
iPhone XR
- iOS 12 OS
- A12 Bionic chip CPU
- 6.1-inch all-screen LCD Multi‑Touch display with IPS technologyy
- 1792 x 828 pixel resolution at 326 ppi
- 3GB RAM
- 64GB/128GB/256GB storage
- 12MP rear and 7MP front cameras
- 4K video recording
- Face ID
- Battery lasts 1.5 hours longer than iPhone 8 Plus (working on getting the mAh at the time of writing)
- 150.9 mm x 75.7 mm x 8.3 mm, 194g
- Black, white, blue, yellow and coral colour options
The cheapest of the three new phones is still flagship territory prices: $1229 for the baseline model, and $1479 for the model with the most storage.
For more info about pre-order availability and release date, Gizmodo has got you covered.
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