The CultCast CultCast #355 - #BeautyGate—the very serious iPhone XS FLAW you need to know about…
Sep 28, 2018
55:18
This week: BeautyGate—what it is, and why it’s undoubtedly the dumbest “gate” in the history of iPhone. Plus: how have we liked our one week with Apple Watch 4 and iPhone XS? WE’LL TELL YOU. And the shockingly low production price of the XS Max proves the deadbeats at Apple owe us more storage space!
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iPhone XS Max: A condensed review
iPhone XS Max is fast, fast, fast
- Everything is very fast and responsive. Apps spring right open. Photos scroll without delay. Maps render without a hiccup. Everything is basically instantaneous, and it’s a joy.
- It’s all thanks to the A12 Bionic chip. Apple is so far ahead in mobile chips, it’s head-spinning. One benchmark shows the iPhone XS is faster than the new iMac Pro, a $5,000-plus pro workstation!
It’s definitely not too big
- For such big phone, it doesn’t feel too big. Having used an X all last year, and liking it, I thought the Max would be too big. But it doesn’t feel as big as the old Plus iPhones used to
- iPhone XS Max camera
The camera is excellent
- Especially the new Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control. The Max is less a phone, and more an advanced, near-DSLR camera with a cellular connection.
The big screen is amazing
- The screen is so big and clear, there’s no need to take your laptop or iPad on flights any more. The Max will do nicely.
It deserves to be caseless
- Despite dropping my old iPhone X numerous times, it has just a few scuffs and no cracked screen (it was, however, often in a case). But this time, because the Max is so thin, I’m going to try it caseless for a while. I’d like to enjoy Apple’s design for a change, without a bulky wrapping. (I know; I may regret this later.)
iPhone XS selfie cam is so beautiful it spawned an ugly conspiracy theory
- The iPhone XS and its front-facing camera are supposed to help its owners m