Apple is introducing and releasing three phones at once for the first time this year – the iPhone 11, the Pro and its Max version – and we are priming you with all the major differences between the three new 2019 iPhone models.

Despite the trio of phones, the “tick-tock” design cycle that Apple introduced with its bi-annual “s” marks after the iPhone number is still going strong, and this year is a “tock” one. Well, without the “s” notation, so there is a new naming paradigm but the principle stays the same – no radical design changes but enhanced photography aided by new processor will be in store, as usual. 

Apple iPhone 11 vs Pro vs Max design and displays

Apple iPhone 11 vs Pro vs Max specs, battery, memory and chipset

Under the hood, however, a powerful A13 chipset makes the phones tick, and you can imaging the benchmark scores of the iPhone 11 with its HD display resolution, coupled with Apple’s scorching new processor made with advanced second generation 7nm process. By advanced we mean that analysts peg Apple A13 as being slightly larger than the A12 yet managing to cram 10 billion transistors, a whopping 40% increase.

All in all, the A13 will likely decimate everything out there in terms of performance benchmarks. Again. Apple is also upping the RAM amount in the iPhone 11, even though there will be no 5G connectivity needing more memory and battery to operate in the 2019 iPhones. 

A slight bump in battery capacities is warranted, though, and the iPhone 11 battery pack orders are reportedly granted to China’s ATL (Amperex) which are the same guys that got the order for non-exploding Galaxy Note 7 packs after the infamous Samsung SDI batteries started catching on fire. The new battery capacity is 3110 mAh, which makes the iPhone XR’s successor with the largest single-cell battery pack in an iPhone ever. Here’s the full rundown on the specs differences.

Apple iPhone 11 vs Pro vs Max cameras

Apple added one extra camera on the back of the iPhone 11, Pro and Max compared with their predecessors. Besides the obvious advantages of having “optical” telephoto zoom trickle down to the cheapest 2019 iPhone, the ultra wide-angle 12MP cameras on the more expensive ones is a first for Apple, and allows it to do its computational photography magic in a three-pronged manner. 

This has allowed Apple to introduce better low-light, zoom shots and straightened-up wide angle shots, avoiding the Achilles heel of each scenario if it only used one of the sensors at a time. Needless to say, you need an incredible computational power to do this on the fly, and the new Apple A13 chipset couplet with the dedicated ISP deliver.

This raw processing power also allows Apple to offer real-time video editing, background-ing and effects adding for a formidable photo- and videography package.

Apple iPhone 11 vs Pro vs Max prices and release

Apple’s business model has never been “at cost,” but it was masking the prices of its iPhones well while US carriers were eating the difference. Well, the subsidies days when you could get the new iPhone for $200 are long gone, and carriers kept the pricing, so people are much more hesitant to upgrade than they were before, keeping their handsets for three instead of two years on average now. 

That’s precisely why Apple circled the wagon around all price points, and its iPhones are now starting from $749 which seems only a bit more than the previous low point, but has expanded the price bracket northwards, and this year won’t be any exception. If you want all that wonderful computational photography with main, wide and zoom lens, as well as the brilliant OLED displays, darling, you’ll have to pay for it.