iPhone XS reviews are starting to come in, and there's not a lot of complaining

Of note, it seems the major improvement can be found in the camera, especially with portrait mode and the new Smart HDR feature that Apple introduced during its keynote event last week. Reviewers were also smitten by how iOS, apps, and videos looked on the large 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max.

Apart from that, there's seemingly little about the iPhone XS and XS Max to complain about.

As enticing as the iPhone XS and XS Max might be after reading the reviews, there's still one more iPhone that reviewers need to check out. The $750 iPhone XR, which shares many of the same features as the iPhone XS, will not be released until October and yet to get a thorough hands-on examination. Waiting for the iPhone XR reviews could save you a minimum of $250.

Check out a few review snippets from CNBC, The Verge, Mashable, and TechCrunch on the design, camera, battery life, performance, display, and speakers:

The cameras

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CNBC

Battery life

TechCrunch: "T

Design

Performance

The Verge: "

Mashable: "Snapdragon 845

The displays

CNBC:

The Verge on XS Max: "

Face ID

Tech Crunch: "

Mashable: "

The speakers

Mashable: "

The Verge: "T

Price

CNBC: "

All rounded up in a neat little package.

It's clear from the initial reviews that the camera on the iPhone XS and XS Max impressed the most.

Otherwise, the iPhone XS design should be familiar to iPhone X owners, and the XS Max should be comfortable in the hands of iPhone Plus users. The battery life, displays, and performance are slightly better, but the improvements are harder to notice.

Reviewers were universally impressed with the iPhone XS Max's large 6.5-inch display, but as The Verge noted, Apple didn't really make better use of the larger screen real estate, like making space for more icons on the home screen.

My biggest disappointment after reading the reviews would be lackluster improvements made to Face ID. It might be faster, but not much seems to have been done to improve its accuracy or versatility. It seems you still have to enter your PIN code at times, which is something I rarely ever had to do when Touch ID was around.

As for the price

iPhone XS reviews are starting to come in, and there's not a lot of complaining

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