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iPhone 11 and 11 Pro preorders are live: Here's how to buy Apple's new phones - CNET

apple-iphone-11-pro-colors-091019 — Apple's new iPhone 11.
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This story is part of Apple Event, our full coverage of the latest news from Apple headquarters.

Apple announced three new iPhones Tuesday: the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. And now, as of Friday, Sept. 13 at 5 a.m. PT/8 a.m. ET, you can finally preorder them. The new iPhones will arrive in stores (and to the first customers who've preordered) on Friday, Sept. 20. (Apple also announced that iOS 13 will be available on Sept. 19.)

This is the first time in recent memory that the start time has been during daylight hours. Previously, it was midnight PT/3 a.m. ET. And, with presumably more people awake to order, the vendor sites are doing their best to keep up. As of 5:15 a.m. PT, Apple and Verizon were working smoothly for us, while AT&T and Sprint put us into a timed "wait page" for a few minutes. T-Mobile's site didn't yet have a link to complete the order, but offers a phone number you can call.

Overall, the ordering process has been smooth, in contrast to past years when the flood of requests tended to bring down the carrier site. Also, there haven't been many delays, although 256GB iPhone 11 Pro units for various carriers have their arrival date pushed back to as far out as Oct. 11. Sprint's page shows the iPhone 11 Pro Max shipping in October too. Most iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Max units on Apple's site say they'll ship on time, although some versions of the Max have been pushed back to Oct. 1.

We'll continue to monitor uptime at the vendors. In the meantime, here's everything you need to know about ordering the new iPhone this Friday -- including which is the cheapest US wireless carrier for your expensive new iPhone, and the best deals we could find to help you save some cash on the new iPhones.

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iPhone 11 prices

	64GB	128GB	256GB	512GB
iPhone 11	$699, £729, AU$1,199	$749, £779, AU$1,279	$849, £879, AU$1,449	N/A
iPhone Pro	$999, £1,049, AU$1,749	N/A	$1,149, £1,199, AU$1,999	$1,349, £1,399, AU$2,349
iPhone Pro Max	$1,099, £1,149, AU$1,899	N/A	$1,249, £1,299, AU$2,149	$1,449, £1,499, AU$2,499

When can I buy them?

Preorders started on Sept. 13, at 5:01 a.m. PT (see what time that was in your time zone here). Orders will arrive the same day as the new iPhones hit stores, Sept. 20.

The new colors of the iPhone 11.
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What colors will the iPhone 11 come in?

The iPhone 11 is available in six colors: black, green, yellow, purple, red and white.

The iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max is available in midnight green, space gray, silver and gold.

What will it cost me?

iPhone 11

64GB: $699, £729, AU$1,199
128GB: $749, £779, AU$1,279
256GB: $849, £879, AU$1,449

iPhone 11 Pro

64GB: $999, £1,049, AU$1,749
256GB: $1,149, £1,199, AU$1,999
512GB: $1,349, £1,399, AU$2,349

iPhone 11 Pro Max

64GB: $1,099, £1,149, AU$1,899
256GB: $1,249, £1,299, AU$2,149
512GB: $1,449, £1,499, AU$2,499

Retailers

Order direct from Apple

You can order your new iPhone through Apple's website and the Apple Store iOS app. Here are the direct links to the Apple UK store and Apple's Australian store.

Best Buy

Best Buy's landing page includes a trade-in tool that will give you up to $550 for your old phone.

Walmart

Walmart is carrying the iPhone 11 lineup and is offering $50 off each model. The iPhone 11 will be $649, the iPhone 11 Pro $949, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max $1,049. Existing Verizon and AT&T customers can preorder through Walmart's website and have the phone shipped to your home. New and existing Sprint, AT&T and Verizon customers can order online and pick up the phone in store, if you'd rather go that route.

Target

Target has more than just the generic landing page that other retailers are showing. The official pages for the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro are live, letting you view colors and storage options but you can't order yet. Target typically begins selling new phones on launch day, so in this case Sept. 20.

Sam's Club

If you're a Sam's Club member and you preorder the iPhone 11 between Sept. 13 and 15, you'll get a $200 gift card when you activate on an installment plan between Sept. 20 and 22.

US carriers

Verizon

Verizon opened preorders alongside Apple. The iPhone 11 starts at $29.16 per month for 24 months. The iPhone 11 Pro will set you back $41.66 a month, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max will cost $45.83 per month -- both over the course of 24 months. Verizon is giving new customers who switch to the carrier a free iPhone 11, or $700 towards any new iPhone with a trade-in.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile will give new and existing customers up to 50% off an iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro with the trade-in of an iPhone 7 or newer, but you'll need to call to place your order for now. The website isn't accepting orders just yet. You can read the full breakdown of iPhone trade-in values at T-Mobile here.

Sprint

Sprint's preorders are now live, and you can get an iPhone 11 Pro Max for as little as $16.67 a month with an eligible trade-in. There's a lot of fine print on Sprint's promotions, so make sure to double-check requirements before confirming your purchase.

AT&T

AT&T is offering a buy-one-get-one-free promotion. Anyone who activates a new line of service and purchases any iPhone 11 model will get an iPhone 11 for free.

Visible

Verizon's prepaid brand Visible will start selling the new iPhones on Sept. 20. Orders will get a $200 Mastercard credit you can then use towards the overall cost of your phone, or to spend wherever you'd like.

Xfinity Mobile

Xfinity Mobile is giving customers a $250 gift card when you purchase an iPhone 11 and activate a new line of service.

As more retailers and carriers announce their preorder plans, we'll update this post with the latest information.

This story was published earlier this week and has been updated with new information.

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2019-09-14 14:03:00Z
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iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max: 6 things you didn't know about Apple's new phones - CNET

apple-event-091019-iphone-11-iphone-11-pro-9272 — The new iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max.
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Apple's press event, where it debuted the iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, came and went on Tuesday. And while a lot of noise was made about the handsets' creepy-looking camera setups, the 11 Pro's polarizing Midnight Green color and the obnoxiously termed "slofie," there were a few other iPhone 11 features that flew under the radar.

It's understandable why these details were overlooked -- either Apple didn't make them explicit during its keynote or the features, though useful, aren't exactly "sexy." Now that the dust has settled from the Tuesday's hubbub, however, we can take a closer look at some of some small but interesting details about the iPhone 11 you might have missed.

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The iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max have Wi-Fi 6

Similar to the Galaxy S10 Plus, the new iPhones have the next generation of wireless networking known as Wi-Fi 6. As CNET Senior Editor Ry Crist puts it, "Devices that support Wi-Fi 6 still speak that same Wi-Fi language to talk to each other -- they just talk faster and more efficiently than before."

Compared to Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6 "supports faster top transfer speeds; lets devices send more information with each individual transmission; lets routers and other access points service more devices at once; helps sensors and other wireless gadgets conserve battery power by scheduling transmissions; and facilitates better, faster performance in dense, crowded environments like airports and stadiums."

But you likely won't see any perks in your iPhone 11 now. Wi-Fi 6 isn't officially certified yet, and Wi-Fi 6 routers are expensive. And even if you do have one, your top speeds only reach whatever your service provider caps you off at anyway. Think of this tidbit as more like future-proofing your phone, instead of an immediate benefit.

They have an Ultra Wideband chip

Apple didn't make a big deal about this feature during the keynote, but it does care enough to point it out on its product site. The company designed a new chip called U1 for "spatial awareness," and it helps iPhones find other iPhones more precisely when they're in close proximity.

Apple says this improves AirDrop, a service that lets iPhone users quickly share files with nearby iPhones. Starting Sept. 30 with the release of iOS 13.1, the new chip will allow you to "point your iPhone toward someone else's, and AirDrop will prioritize that device so you can share files faster."

Tantalizingly, Apple added that "that's just the beginning." Many believe that the U1 chip is actually laying the groundwork for a long-rumored Apple tile tracker.

ultra-wideband — Apple touting the benefits of its Ultra Wideband technology for Airdrop.
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iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max ship with 18W USB-C chargers

Though fast charging has been available to Android users for years, the feature will now be available to iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max users. Previously, Apple would include 5-watt chargers in the box, but the more premium iPhones will have an 18-watt USB-C charger and a USB-C-to-Lightning cable bundled with the phone. The new charger will apparently charge the iPhone 11 Pro up to 50% in 30 minutes, according to Apple.

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They're heavier this year

While the iPhone 11 and the iPhone XR weigh the same, the iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max are a tad heavier than their 2018 counterparts (the iPhone XS and XS Max, respectively). As you can see by the chart below, the 11 Pro weighs 11 grams (about 0.4 ounces) more while the 11 Pro Max weighs 18 grams more.

While you may not notice it in real life, especially if you don't have one in each hand, CNET Senior Editor Scott Stein did say he noticed they felt denser compared to last year's models during his brief hands-on with them. The added weight is likely due to the extra camera lens and the bigger battery.

2019 iPhone measurements vs. 2018 iPhones

	iPhone 11	iPhone 11 Pro	iPhone 11 Pro Max	iPhone XR	iPhone XS	iPhone XS Max
Display size, resolution	6.1-inch LCD Liquid Retina; 1,792x828 pixels	5.8-inch OLED Super Retina XDR; 2,436x1,125 pixels	6.5-inch OLED Super Retina XDR; 2,688x1,242 pixels	6.1-inch LCD Liquid Retina Display; 1,792x828 pixels	5.8-inch OLED Super Retina; 2,436x1,125 pixels	6.5-inch Super Retina OLED; 2,688x1,242 pixels
Pixel density	326ppi	458ppi	458ppi	326ppi	458ppi	458ppi
Dimensions (inches)	5.94x2.98x0.33 in.	5.67x2.81x0.32 in.	6.22x3.06x0.32 in.	5.9x3.0x0.33 in.	5.7x2.8x0.3 in.	6.2x3.0x.3 in.
Dimensions (millimeters)	150.9x75.7x8.3 mm	144x71.4x8.1 mm	158x77.8x8.1 mm	150.9x75.7x8.3 mm	143.6x70.9x7.7 mm	157.5x77.4x7.7 mm
Weight (ounces, grams)	6.84 oz.; 194g	6.63 oz.; 188g	7.97 oz.; 226g	6.8oz.; 194g	6.2 oz.; 177g	7.3oz.; 208g

iOS 13.1 is coming 11 days after iOS 13

Apple's latest OS, iOS 13, will be available for download on Sept. 19. And since the iPhone 11 phones ship out on Sept. 20, you can be sure that they will already have iOS 13 right out of the box.

An update to iOS 13, known as iOS 13.1, will come out 11 days later, on Sept. 30. We're not sure what exactly this small update will include, although we do know that iOS 13.1 will enable the aforementioned U1-powered AirDrop feature.

iPhone 11 says goodbye to 3D Touch for good

Apple began to phase out its 3D Touch feature last year, starting with the iPhone XR. Debuting in 2015 in the iPhone 6S, 3D Touch allowed you to access additional menu options and commands by hard-pressing your finger against the screen. Now, however, the feature is absent on all three new iPhone 11s.

Instead, the company replaced 3D Touch with Haptic Touch. Haptic Touch works relatively the same way, except instead of having to press down harder on the screen, you'll need to merely long-press on the item. This confirmed rumors that have been floating around since last year, about Apple ditching the technology for either its 2018 or 2019 iPhone lineup, according to MacRumors.

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2019-09-14 11:00:00Z
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Why can't Apple match its Watch dominance with the iPhone? - Wired.co.uk

In Apple's yearly, and largely predictable, unveiling of new product this week in Cupertino, just 19 minutes of stage time was devoted to what is arguably one of the company's most innovative products, the Apple Watch. Talk time for the Watch Series 5 was less than half of that devoted to the new iterations of the iPhone 11, which – given there were three handsets to outline – is possibly understandable.

The iPhone is also, of course, the company's flagship product, Apple's favourite child. It can do no wrong. However, it's not been doing so great lately. In May, it was reported that iPhone sales were dropping at record pace, down a whopping 17 per cent, compared with the same period a year earlier, to $31 billion. Indeed, at the end of July, technology analysts Canalys revealed that for a third consecutive quarter, iPhone sales declined with year-on-year shipments 13 per cent down to 36 million iPhone shipped in Q2 2019.

The fortunes of the Watch could not be more different. By Q2 2018, according to Asymco analyst Horace Dediu, Apple had shifted more than 46m units. Apple doesn't release numbers on Watch sales, but LG, which makes all the screens for Apple's wearable, confirmed it shipped 10.64m AMOLED smartwatch panels in 2017 to take 41.4 per cent of the market.

Then, showing phenomenal growth, Apple Watch apparently accounted for half of all 45m smartwatch sales in 2018. Half. To put those numbers in further perspective, Fitbit came in an extremely distant second at 5.5m units in 2018, Samsung third with 5.3m, then Garmin with 3.2m. On top of this, Counterpoint estimates Apple Watch sales grew 49 per cent year-on-year for Q1 this year.

To put it plainly, Apple is at the very top of the smartwatch industry. In fact, as it will supposedly sell more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry combined this year, it could be argued it is at the very top of the entire watch world.

If you read our reviews of the various iterations of the Watch, you will see a steady escalation in score and praise. Each version improved on the last, with key features updated or missing functions added. Increased speed, waterproofing, eSIMs and ECG. Now with the new Series 5, the Watch fixes the black-screen bugbear with an ‘always-on’ Retina display, so you don’t have to raise your wrist or tap the watch face to check the time.

Anyone who has worn an Apple Watch before knows that it has been almost impossible to check the time surreptitiously on versions one to four. It has almost become acceptable for a Watch users to look down mid-conversation or mid-meeting to check their wearable, oblivious to the fact that if it were a mechanical timepiece such behaviour would be considered discourteous. Now you can be discourteous discreetly. What's more, Apple has corrected this design flaw yet managed to keep the all-day, 18-hour battery life that has been a winning feature from the first model.

If Tuesday's Watch 5 news didn't have Fitbit, Samsung and Garmin crying into their corporate beer, then the announcement that Apple was also dropping the price of its Series 3 watch, which will get all the new features of Watch OS6, plus already has the waterproofing and cellular capability, to just £199 surely must have caused some waterworks. This new price point just about does in its smartwatch rivals that have been selling in this price bracket for years, comfortable that they were operating below the Apple price premium.

"I think that Apple Watch is one of those products where Apple was not the first to market for the category but was able to define the category, ultimately delivering a successful formula," Creative Strategies' smartphone analyst Carolina Milanesi says. "It is interesting how when talking about innovation Apple Watch is not often a product that gets looked at. I'm sure Fitbit is quite worried, as moving from bands to watches was their path to higher average selling price and revenue."

Of course, the iPhone still sells significantly more units than the Watch, with the 'budget' iPhone XR outselling its more expensive siblings with 47m units from launch in October 2018 to June 2019. The iPhone XS and XS Max shipped 20m and 28m respectively. But the drop in growth for Apple's cash cow is likely down to the fact that the iPhone is not as innovative, as groundbreaking as it used to be (or as the Watch is now), and users are unwilling to upgrade.

Take the new 11 Pros. On the back of the phone there are three cameras: a wide, a telephoto and an ultra-wide lens. All three work with the phone's A13 chip to stitch images captured by all the cameras together. Impressive, yes, but Huawei introduced the triple-camera setup with an ultra-wide angle lens on its Mate 20 series in October 2018. Samsung followed with its Galaxy S10 and Note 10 launches in February and August this year.

Apple also announced it would ship the Pros (not the standard 11) with a 18W fast-charger. Android phones have been pushing fast charging at 15W, 30W and 45W for years. The Huawei P30 Pro can easily last two days of regular use, which makes Apple's battery life improvements of one to five hours (depending on the flavour) on the new iPhones look modest. And that's without mentioning the lack of 5G iPhones.

With its new iPhones, Apple is keeping pace with the top-end of the market, not leading it. Which begs the question, why can't Apple emulate its success, market share and innovation of the Watch with iPhone?

Well, the smartwatch market relative to the smartphone is less mature, which of course gives Apple room to innovate, but then this advantage applies to all in the wearable market. Neil Shah, research director at Counterpoint Research, believes a key reason lies in that many of Apple's smartphone components come from third parties.

"For smartphones, while Apple is quite vertically integrated, the majority of hardware innovation comes from partners such as Sony for cameras, Samsung and LG for displays, Western Digital or SK Hynix for memory or Qualcomm for cellular tech, which has anyways been available to most of the rivals," he says. "So the only room left to innovate and differentiate is in iOS, processors and user experience, which is where Apple has been differentiating, but rivals have caught up, and even surpassed in that as well."

"This, of course, is one reason why Apple is focusing on privacy as a key differentiator, a major advantage compared to the open Android camp," Shah says. "Apple is great at integrating technologies and marketing it much better than rivals, and thus actually not an innovator. But with Watch, Apple has been acquiring companies to scale the innovation on wrist and differentiate with core features making the watch a meaningful health sensor."

There is a sliver of good news, though, for iPhone fans. The most interesting feature of the new iPhone is actually a new chip inside called the U1. Blink and you would have missed its mention on the 10th as a reference flashed up on the giant screen for the briefest of moments.

This chip enables "ultra-wideband" (UWB) positioning, which has been succinctly described by WIRED US as "Bluetooth on steroids: faster, more accurate, and more capable". Check out the full story here. Apple describes it as "GPS at the scale of your living room" adding it will improve AirDrop file-sharing as the phone will be "directionaly aware" and able to determine which other phone it is pointing at, and so bump this device to the top of the share list when iOS 13.1 rolls out later this month.

UWB has some major advantages over Bluetooth Low Energy or Wi-Fi. It can pinpoint objects to within a 30cm range as opposed to the metre range of existing Bluetooth devices. It can transfer data four times faster than Bluetooth, operate on a wide frequency band so physical walls are less of an issue for signal, update its position every 100 milliseconds, and it doesn't interfere with Wi-Fi. The applications of such technology are genuinely exciting – and it goes way beyond sharing files.

Volkswagen and NXP have demonstrated a UWB system for unlocking cars. As UWB uses "time of flight" to ascertain location it could prevent relay thefts, where a fake radio signal is used to steal cars boosted from wireless key fobs inside homes. If Apple signs up any automotive companies, your new iPhone could potentially unlock your car as you walk towards it.

Imagine if your local supermarket or shopping centre was loaded with U1-compatible sensors. Your iPhone would know not only which store you were in, which aisle you were walking down, but possibly the exact product you were looking at or considering buying. Then imagine combining this with Apple's already impressive grasp of mobile AR for a world overplayed with contextual data just when you need it.

The U1 chip is genuine innovation in the new iPhone. Just the sort of thing to make it perform as well as the Watch relative to its market. If only Apple had spent more time talking about that.