The A12 also increases available storage. The iPhone XS comes in 64GB, 256GB, and a new 512GB model, with built-in software taking up about 8GB. There's no removable storage, but that's a lot of space.

Apple's new A12 processor is, CPU-wise, the fastest handheld device processor available. It scores about 15 percent better than the A11 did on Geekbench benchmarks, which measure hard-core CPU math. It just crushes the Snapdragon 845 on Geekbench, although on the more realistic Antutu benchmark, which tests UI elements too, it's only about 6 percent faster than the Galaxy Note 9. The phone's 2,659mAh battery is slightly smaller than the iPhone X's 2,716mAh cell, but the XS more than makes up for the gap with a more power-efficient processor and radio. Especially on LTE, 4x4 MIMO really reduces the amount of power needed to eke out a signal. Unfortunately, my battery tests haven't completed yet, but I got 9 hours, 50 minutes of video streaming over Wi-Fi with the iPhone XS Max, and Apple says the XS has slightly less battery life. That puts it in full-day range, but short of the Galaxy Note 9. I'll update this review when I have a battery result.

The iPhone XS is still a solid phone

iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro can detect a serious car crash and call for help. Requires a mobile data connection or Wi‑Fi calling. AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) and Audible (Formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+) Using recycled materials eliminates the need to mine from the earth. And in most cases also means a lower carbon footprint. iPhone 14 uses 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, 100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board, and 100% recycled gold in the wire of all cameras and in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards. I'm that 5G guy. I've actually been here for every "G." I've reviewed well over a thousand products during 18 years working full-time at PCMag.com, including every generation of the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S. I also write a weekly newsletter, Fully Mobilized, where I obsess about phones and networks. iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are splash, water, and dust resistant and were tested under controlled laboratory conditions with a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. Liquid damage not covered under warranty.

Otherwise, there's very little in iOS 12, other than things covered elsewhere in this review, that needs an iPhone XS/XR. There's the occasional third-party app that uses the front-facing, depth-sensing camera, but there aren't that many. iOS is a reason to get an iPhone, absolutely, but it's not necessarily a reason to get this iPhone specifically. Yes, there will be moments when it's cool, but they'll be as rare as deciding to play board games of an evening – so it depends if that’s what you’re into.English (Australia, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese That speed improvement is easy to feel within the phone, as the iPhone XS is one of the snappiest handsets we've ever tapped our way through. It is pretty good looks brand new. No problems so far. We had a battery not original notifications on settings area for a couple of weeks but I think that’s normal for refurbished phones since they replace the batteries

core, Graphics Performance - Upto 50% Faster than A11 Bionic, Metal 2 Optimised, 3D, Graphics-intensive Gameplay, Faster and More Fluid Arabic, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, SpanishThere's a new twist, though —literally. For wireless charging, Apple says it has tightened the coils in the phone so it wirelessly charges faster than previous models. That requires a 7.5W wireless charger, though. We only had 5W wireless chargers in out test lab, and found that the phone charged wirelessly by 18 percent in 30 minutes. Processing Power The most impressive part of the new processor is the hardest to test. Apple has massively improved the Neural Engine, a part of the chip dedicated to AI and machine learning tasks (basically, matrix math), bumping it from two cores to eight. Standard benchmarks don't tend to test NPUs, so we turned to AIMark, a dedicated benchmark for things like object identification in scenes. The results were stunning: The XS got 3,320, triple the 1,206 score of the Galaxy Note 9. If anyone can figure out what to use the Neural Engine for, it'll really set the XS apart.