My wife and I have both been using the iPhone 11 for 9 months non-stop, and I figured we should give it a report card, seeing as the new iPh0ne models will arrive in 2 months. Read on for a written review, or hit play on the podcast episode below on the topic (skip to the 29 minute mark to hear our iPhone 11 discussion):
Before I get into the iPhone 11, I’d just like to formally welcome back our podcast! It’s been 2 years and 10 months since our last episode. 34 months! Yikes. We’re back now. We will publish a new episode every month going forward. Yay! 🎉
In March of this year I published a post titled What it’s like to switch from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone 11. In the ensuing 4 months, none of my opinions have changed. In general I find the phone to be a bit too large, heavy, and slightly too thick. However, it isn’t too big for my hands. I wish it were smaller and more lightweight, but having said that, I don’t want to downgrade to a phone that has a smaller screen. The shortcomings of the iPhone 11 are not deal killers for me. My wife, on the other hand, truly despises the faults of the iPhone 11.
Let’s blast through these topics with a bulleted list:
- I love having an iPhone with that doesn’t have a home button, my wife prefers having a home button, but is managing to live without one without much trouble
- I prefer Face ID most of the time over Touch ID (which is what Apple called the fingerprint reader in their old home button). Making contactless payments at the grocery store is even easier with Face ID. Also, I highly recommend getting and using an Apple Card.
- The camera system in the iPhone 11 is great. One of the best things about the phone. My only complaint is that photos taken with the wide-angle lens are not very sharp.
- Some of the annoying bugs in iOS 13 are still there 9 months later.
What grade does the iPhone 11 receive on its report card? I give it a B-. It’s vastly better than the battery-destroying iPhone 6S I used before it. The iPhone 11 kind of seems like an iPhone with a chunky USB power-pack fused into its large body. I normally go two days between charges, sometimes longer (and sometimes shorter when my 7 year old daughter has epically long FaceTime chats with her grandmothers).
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