Apple’s New IPhones a Slight Notch Above the X: Reviewers

Apple’s New IPhones a Slight Notch Above the X: Reviewers
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaks about the iPhone XS and XS Max at an Apple Inc product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2018. (Reuters/Stephen Lam).
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The absence of a striking new feature left major tech blogs and newspapers lukewarm on the new XS range of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the first batch of reviews on Sept. 18, although most praised the improvements to a wide range of standard features.

The new iPhones have subtle additions to last year’s reimagined iPhone X, the tenth-anniversary phone, and do not look very different aside from the ginormous size, several reviewers said.