![]() Where the iPhone X lasted 30 hours between charges, the iPhone XS only just scrapes 24 hours. Unfortunately, like the iPhone XS Max, the iPhone XS marks a step backwards in terms of battery life for Apple. Game performance is also excellent, while the improved AI processor speeds up AR experiences and other machine-learning systems. ![]() With the six-core A12 Bionic the phone is responsive, smooth and likely has more raw power than most will need, until some magical new app comes along to take advantage of it. The iPhone XS has the same internals as its bigger sibling, the XS Max, and unsurprisingly performs exactly the same. The iPhone XS on the left, the iPhone XS Max on the right, both with black glass backs. Screen: 5.8in 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 All of which is to say it’s easy to pocket and handle, with either one or two hands. It’s also thinner than most at 7.7mm thick. Weighing 177g, the iPhone XS is 3g heavier than the phone it replaces, 3g lighter than the Huawei P20 Pro but 14g heavier than the Samsung Galaxy S9. The speakers are now louder, but there’s still no headphone jack nor a lightning to 3.5mm adapter in the box this time round. The 5.8in OLED screen is one of the best ever fitted to a smartphone and makes watching movies and TV shows on the commute a joy. That includes the large screen squeezed into a small body, the luxurious feel and top-notch new design that ditched the home button. Though 9to5Mac hasn’t authenticated the veracity of the explosion outside of iDropNews‘ report, we’ve added the full image gallery of the alleged faulty device for you to judge for yourself below.Fortunately that’s not a bad thing this generation, as it maintains everything that made last year’s iPhone X so good. The man claims he just purchased the iPhone XS Max around three weeks prior to the incident - leaving little room for long-term battery abuse to be playing a factor here. I left one hour before the store closed and unsatisfied with the customer service in store, I took back the damaged phone and returned home. I asked about my clothing and they told me that they could make no promises until the phone was captured. I was given no other option and was told that nothing could be done for me in store if they could not keep the damaged phone. The manager then came up to me and said that this is the only way that I could receive a replacement phone. The employee resurfaced with the phone already packaged and told me that they were going to send it back to the engineering team. After receiving this cold treatment with zero engagement from the team while waiting, I found a manager to locate the employee with my phone. ![]() The employee told me that she had to call the safety team and took the phone to a back room and did not return or update me on the status of my problem for about 40 minutes. Hillard says he took a trip to the Apple store later that evening with the melted device, and details his dissatisfaction with Apple’s inability to address his damaged clothing nor offer a new phone on the spot rather than wait to ship it in as offered.Īfter spending about 20 minutes with an employee and answering questions, she removed the SIM card in effort to pull up my profile but it was melted. ![]() ![]() While the man says he’s already been in contact with Apple regarding the matter, their offer of a replacement hasn’t seemed to bode well, who says he’s already exploring his legal options against the company.įrom the time of first noticing the fire and between removal of the pants and taking the phone out of my pocket and placing it outside, I inhaled A LOT of smoke The man, Josh Hillard, says he initially noticed a strange smell emanating from his rear pant pocket, before feeling a “large amount of heat” allegedly burn his leg. A man from Columbus, Ohio claims that his less than one-month old iPhone XS Max caught fire and exploded in his pants pocket around December 12, iDropNews reports. ![]()
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