

The iPhone 8 Plus has been out for a while longer and has seen its fair share of price cuts, bringing it down to a starting price of $699/£699/AU$1,149, so it’s a fair bit cheaper.


The iPhone XS Max can be bought from $1,099 (£1,099, AU$1,799), which is quite a bit, as is fitting for Apple's most premium smartphone. iPhone XS Max vs iPhone 8 Plus release date and price The iPhone 8 Plus meanwhile has a 2,691mAh battery, which we found in our review amounted to all-day life, but not much more. We don’t know how big the battery is in the iPhone XS Max in mAh capacity, but it’s supposedly the biggest one ever put in an iPhone and lasted us about a day of use. There’s less difference around the front though, as both phones have a TrueDepth front-facing camera, which allows for depth-sensing in Portrait Mode and powers Face ID. There are other improvements to the iPhone XS Max’s camera too, including new features like the ability to adjust the depth of field after you’ve taken a photo. iPhone XS Max vs iPhone 8 Plus camera and batteryīoth the iPhone XS Max and the iPhone 8 Plus have a dual-lens 12MP rear camera, powering things like optical zoom and portrait mode, but the iPhone XS Max has optical image stabilization on both lenses, while the 8 Plus has it on just one.
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The XS Max ships with the brand-new iOS 12, but you’ll be able to update the iPhone 8 Plus to that shortly. There’s less difference when it comes to the operating system. The GPU and neural engine have also been vastly improved for the iPhone XS Max. Specifically it’s up to 15% faster and up to 50% more energy efficient – depending on which combination of its six cores are in play. That’s no slouch, but you can expect truly top-tier power from the iPhone XS Max. iPhone XS Max vs iPhone 8 Plus OS and powerĪ new year means a new chipset, in this case you’re getting the A12 Bionic in the iPhone XS Max, while the iPhone 8 Plus has its predecessor, the A11 Bionic. The difference in display tech means you can expect better contrast and more vibrant colors from the XS Max. The iPhone XS Max has a narrower aspect ratio too, and it uses OLED, while the iPhone 8 Plus has an LCD display. The XS Max is also higher resolution at 1242 x 2688 and 458 pixels per inch, compared to the 1080 x 1920, 401ppi display on the iPhone 8 Plus. The iPhone XS Max is all screen on the front
