![]() Last year's iPhones already survived up to 1 meter. Better water and dust resistance: These iPhones can stay water-safe an extra meter under water, up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) of immersion for up to 30 minutes.See all photos Other improvements over the 2017 iPhone X And the AR shoes sometimes looked so real through the phone screen that I reached out in reality and tried to move them with my hands. The puzzle boxes felt more realistic as I made them sprout from the ground. Apple says that's due to a greatly improved Neural Engine chip for machine learning and computer vision.Īll I know is the virtual dinosaurs looked better on the grassy hill I put them on. AR apps I tried on both the X and XS had better, smoother video and higher-resolution backgrounds on the new phone. I can feel the difference, even before most apps have updated for iOS 12 and ARKit 2. Early benchmarks don't always show great gains in straight-on speed: Geekbench 4 showed a modest bump, but 3DMark's Ice Storm Unlimited shows about a 50 percent improvement.Īugmented-reality experiences might see the biggest leap on this phone in terms of speed, quality and performance. It feels fast, but new phones often give that fast feeling before apps and wear and tear take their toll. Sarah Tew/CNET A12 chip: seriously fast, but not always a huge leap over last yearĪpple's speedier A12 Bionic chip is, as is often the case on brand-new iPhone chips compared to the year before, hard to compare in everyday use. The head shots I took with Portrait Lighting mode still look jarring on the edges.ĪR is awfully good on this iPhone. Portrait Lighting effects, which digitally remove the background and turn selfies into head shots, now look slightly less artificial but are still hit and miss. ![]() Still, those of you who want even more customization when getting that perfect shot of a loved one - or a pet! - will have plenty to play with here. Apple's post-shot bokeh looks sharp - it's been getting better by degrees thanks to software tweaks since Apple introduced it in beta last year - but you have to be in Portrait mode to get it, which I don't often make my default because of its specific distance needs. ![]() Third-party apps already offer similar manipulation, and other phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S9 and LG G7 have shipped with blur adjustment first. Will I really use it? Sarah Tew/CNETįor the 2018 models, Apple now also uses software to let you adjust background focus after you've shot a photo. Adjusting bokeh blur effect is possible now.
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