iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Battery Size and RAM Revealed

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If you’re an addict for smartphone facts and figures, you were likely annoyed by Apple’s avoidance of some specific iPhone 11 battery and RAM specs. 

Knowing the cell in the iPhone 11 Pro lasts 4 hours longer than the iPhone XS is all very well, but it’s not the same as being able to make a direct comparison between phones of different brands. Happily for us, government regulators have ways of finding these things out.

From these listings, we can see that the three versions of the iPhone 11 have 3,046mAh, 3,110mAh and 3,969mAh respectively. That makes for a 168mAh, 408mAh and 695mAh increase respectively over the equivalent iPhone XR and iPhone XS/XS Max models from last year, which range from a minor boost in the iPhone 11’s case, to a substantial raise for the 11 Pro Max.

In comparison to other phones, Samsung’s Galaxy S10 got 10 hours and 35 minutes, the S10 Plus managed 12 hours and 35 minutes, and the Note 10 Plus lasted 11 hours and 9 minutes. So while the increase to Apple’s battery sizes is kind of small, it’s still managing to stay competitive with its major rival.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus or the top version of the OnePlus 7 Pro come with 12GB RAM, and many other Android phones come with 6GB or 8GB RAM too, but raw power isn’t everything. Apple is clearly capable of making excellent phones with small amounts of RAM

The iPhone 11 hits store shelves and ships to those with pre-orders this Friday (Sept. 20), but we’ve already been lucky enough to try out all three versions already. You can read our reviews of the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max here, and see why it may be worth a last minute trip to the nearest Apple Store on Friday after all.

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Richard Priday
Assistant Phones Editor

Richard is based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, tablets, gaming, and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Creative Bloq. When not at work, he's likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.