Apple iPhone 11 pro max

THE BEST… All over again. For two-three years, Android phones were churning out better photos than the iPhone. With the iPhone 11 Pro Max, Apple has reclaimed the top spot in smartphone photography and how!Pros:THE CAMERA-• Images are sharper than ever before without destroying the natural textures, white balance more accurate and night mode brightens the nigh time photos without taking the essence from the night scene away. Colours are accurate at the cost of looking desaturated at times. But the images will appeal to those with a trained eye. It’s not for those who are easily wowed by the over-sharpened, aggressively noise-reduced, extra bright, hyper-saturated and overexposed photos of Samsung flagships.• Deep fusion on the iOS 13.3 update has brought wonders to the image processing game and it will push other manufacturers to take note and improve. Layers of underexposed and one overexposed images are stacked by the processor and The software sharpens the things that need to be sharpened like threads on clothing, texture on bricks etc.• Lens flare still persists and often images in bright sunshine can suffer from lens flare issues.• Video recordings remains the benchmark on iPhones and this year the gap between other brands and the iPhone has widened further. This phone can record 4K on all four cameras! Front and rear. And that too in glorious 60fps.THE BATTERY-• Never has an iPhone lasted more than a day for me with average to heavy use.Just know that this is a battery beast and won’t let you down. Apple has increased the thickness and removed the 3D Touch layer giving exceptional battery life to this phone.FAST CHARGER INCLUDED-• This year the 11 pro and pro Max come with an 18w charger and USB-C to lightning cable in the box. Much needed relief and no more painful slow charging times of 3+ hours. The iPhone 11 (non-pro) still comes with a measly 5w charger.MATTE FINISH GLASS-• This changes the look of the phone, hides the fingerprints and scratches much better and the matte finish plays with the light very well giving a shiny reflectivity to the phone when held against flattering light.THE DISPLAY-• Now brighter in direct sunlight up to 1200 nits and is better calibrated for HDR content. Apple continues to excel at display calibration. No complaints of OLED burn-in and image retention.FASTEST PROCESSOR ON THE MARKET-• The A13 Bionic smashes the benchmarks and makes the competition look ancient by comparison.• Excellent gaming performance in graphics intensive games like Asphalt 9, Fortnite, Pubg, Modern Combat 5 etc. This phone offers 60fps gaming in an ever increasing catalogue of games for iOS.Cons:• Low base storage @ 64GB• iOS 13 is buggy• Super expensive in India.• Expensive to repair physical damage to screen or back glass – the back glass costs approx 40,000/- to replace!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!FINAL THOUGHTS-An excellent offering by Apple.• The best camera on the market.• The best battery ever in an iPhone by a huge margin.• Unrivalled performance.• The phone with the most longevity in terms of hardware quality and software support. Typically 5 years of iOS updates. Samsung are you listening?****Should you upgrade if you have an iPhone XS Max?****I’d say the battery improvements alone warrant an upgrade plus you get an excellent and much improved camera. Well, I’d say it depends on your finances and how much you manage to get for your old phone in trade-in value. If you get a good deal, the iPhone 11 Pro Max is worth it.