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Apple's New iPhones Have An Unfixable Problem

While they hide some great secret features, even Apple has been forced to admit its new iPhone XS (details) and iPhone XS Max (details) were shipped with problems. The good news is Apple fixed most of them, but new tests confirm there is one it can do nothing about… Putting to bed questions about real-world performance, popular YouTube site PhoneBuff enlisted the help of robotics and discovered that for all the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max’s incredible CPU performance, battery life is a mess. Particularly the bigger model. What PhoneBuff discovered is the iPhone XS Max, the largest and most expensive iPhone ever made, couldn’t get close to the battery life longevity of its primary rival: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9. In fact, when the iPhone XS Max died the Note 9 still had a massive 37% battery life remaining. This is a shock for several reasons. Firstly, while the Galaxy Note 9 has a larger battery, it’s only 20% larger (4,000 mAh vs 3,174 mAh). Secondly, the Note 9 has a higher r...