iFixit’s iPhone XS and XS Max teardown: Like the iPhone X with a couple surprises
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Once we went hands-on with the iPhone XS and XS Max, we had been primarily struck by how comparable they felt to the iPhone X—notably the iPhone XS. Nevertheless it seems that inside, it is the iPhone XS that diverges with an uncommon new battery design. iFixit tore down each telephones and offered evaluation and lovely footage as at all times. Make sure to try their full teardown, however a number of highlights stand out.

Let’s be clear: each of those telephones are the iPhone X in additional methods than not. Final yr introduced that quasi-radical redesign of Apple’s product, however what was quasi-radical in 2017 is commonplace in 2018. Many of the parts in each telephones are the identical, or very shut, to what we noticed within the iPhone X. Small adjustments embrace an added antenna band on the underside of every gadget close to the Lightning port (which iFixit speculates has to do with Gigabit LTE), a 32 p.c bigger extensive angle sensor and elevated pixel measurement for the rear digicam in each telephones, and a bigger taptic engine and prolonged logic board within the iPhone XS Max.

As famous, the actually fascinating change is within the iPhone XS’ battery. Just like the iPhone X, each new telephones have an L-shaped recess to accommodate their batteries. However whereas the iPhone X had (and the iPhone XS Max nonetheless has) a double-battery configuration—one for the vertical line of the L and the opposite for the horizontal—the iPhone XS has one L-shaped battery. That form is not simply uncommon as a result of it is an L; this is just a bit little bit of what iFixit mentioned in a separate article concerning the battery:

The problem with any lithium-polymer battery cell is that every nook must be sealed to stop undue stress from thermal growth—and for the reason that battery of the XS has 6 sides vs. the normal 4, these further corners will be tough. To cut back the stress on the corners, Apple notched the interior nook of the battery.

The iPhone XS’ battery capability is definitely very barely decreased in comparison with that of the iPhone X—2,659 mAh to the iPhone X’s 2716 mAh—however the iPhone XS Max’s battery is comparatively beastly at 3,179 mAh, which is smart given its considerably bigger show. Apple claims barely improved battery life in each telephones over what we noticed final yr.

iFixit gave each telephones a six repairability rating out of 10, noting that essential show and battery repairs are nonetheless a precedence within the design and that the show will be eliminated with out eradicating the TrueDepth array. Nevertheless, the bump to IP68 waterproofing makes repairs only a little tougher, and the back and front are nonetheless made of huge glass panels.

Search for our overview of the iPhone X and XS Max within the later a part of subsequent week.

Itemizing picture by iFixit

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