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iPHONE 11: A HARD-TO-BEAT COMBINATION OF PRICE, FEATURES, AND QUALITY

Last year, Apple introduced the iPhone XR as the “affordable” offering in its new iPhone lineup. We liked the XR a lot, and we even said that it might be the best iPhone Apple has ever made. The follow-up to the iPhone XR is the new iPhone 11, and the fact that Apple decided to bless this model with the “iPhone 11” title—and not call it something like the iPhone 11R—says a lot about where the company positions the phone.

But can this phone carry the burden of being known as the iPhone 11? As a matter of fact, it can. The satisfying speed boost, dual camera setup, and long battery life combine to make the iPhone 11 even better than last year’s iPhone XR. And given its relatively low price tag, it’s probably the best new iPhone for most people.

CAMERA IMPROVEMENTS

The marquee feature of the iPhone 11 is its 12-megapixel dual camera setup. It seems as though Apple decided that with this year’s phones, they would make the camera bump deliberately eye-catching. The iPhone XR’s single camera is barely noticeable, and the iPhone XS’s dual camera bump design doesn’t make you think twice about what

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