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5 reasons NOT to buy the iPhone XS or XS Max (CNET Top 5)

2018-09-17
these are the top five reasons not to buy the new iPhone 10s or the 10s max if you're looking for a reason to pick up Apple's latest phones skip to this timecode now these lists are based on Apple's event things can change after a full review you ready to do this thing let's do it at number five is your standard anti phone argument the 10s and Macs have no headphone jack you can't expand the storage easily and you cannot change your default apps also if you like that home button or touch ID those are gone too and number four they're not all that different from the iPhone 10 the iPhone 10's and Mac's don't really have that many new or unique tricks oh okay a fancy bokeh effect we've seen it emojis you've seen it not seen it face ID seen it dual rear cameras in a vertical orientation we've seen it if you've got an iPhone 10 you've got very little reason to upgrade number three is the price the 10s starts at nine hundred and ninety nine dollars and goes all the way up to one thousand three hundred and forty nine dollars the 10s max starts at ten ninety nine and maxes out at fourteen hundred forty nine dollars do you really want to spend that much money on an S model coming in number two no 5g 2018 is a terrible year for upgrading your phone 5g networks are coming very soon yes the 10s and Macs henceforth known collectively as smacks have gigabit LTE but that's a stopgap when 5g wireless networks go online the smacks won't be able to take advantage of them before we get to number one let's talk about five reasons to buy the iPhone 10 S or s max and number five we've got new finishes on the new iPhones yes this is very superficial but it's still a reason there's silver space grey and gold options and they're shiny so shiny coming in at number four is the dual SIM capability if you've got a work line and a personal one you can put them both in one phone yes lots of other phones have had this ability in the past but the 10s and 10's Mac's are the first iPhones to support the feature dual Sims can also be really handy if you travel a great deal at number three new camera tricks Apple showed off the ability to change the depth of field after a picture was taken using the newest iPhones it's kind of like that Lytro camera that a few years ago number two are the storage options the iPhone 10s and 10's Mac's can be outfitted with 512 gigabytes of storage I believe that's a first for an iPhone as well and the number one reason to pick up an iPhone 10s or the Mac's is the power apple claims its newest iPhones can launch apps up to 30% faster at the keynote we also saw some very impressive augmented reality apps like an app that can analyze how you shoot a basketball gaming looked good to the developers will quick to note that what we saw was only possible thanks to the new iPhone okay back to the negative side and a number one reason not to buy Smacks is the iPhone 10 R it starts at around 750 dollars and it's a lot like this max the 10r has the same processor and face ID as the Smacks on top of that it generally has the same Smacks experience no home button and gesture based iOS while the 10r has just one rear camera it does have a similar portrait mode and at depth control like this max also the 10r has an interesting size it has a 6.1 inch screen it's a little bit bigger than the ass and a bit smaller than the max the 10r is kind of a wild card in the iPhone lineup that does it for us we'll have full reviews of the s and the s max at CNET Amaya's actor and i'll argue anything
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