iPhone 11 Pro specs, features and price

Enough about the design. This phone is a Pro model, so it's all about performance.

One of the big enhancements this time around is the screen.

It's the first iPhone to feature Apple's new Super Retina XDR display.

I won't bore you with the details, but it's a premium OLED panel with tremendous colour accuracy.

And it boasts the highest brightness of any iPhone to date, topping out at a ludicrous 1,200 nits.

Everything looks stunning on this phone. In fact, it's probably going to make your TV look a bit rubbish – so prepare yourself for that bizarre realisation.

There are two sizes available. The iPhone 11 Pro has a 5.8-inch panel, while the Pro Max has a 6.5-inch screen.

I think that a bigger screen is the better choice, but people with very small hands might want to avoid it. The Pro Max is very large, and won't suit everyone.

Powering this mobile Ferrari is an A13 Bionic chip, which is roughly 20% faster than last year's iPhone processor.

It's a nippy beast that chews through over 1trillion operations per second. That's mind-boggling for a mobile chipset, and app makers will be clamouring to harness this newfound power.

But the iPhone has been fast for years, and 20% on top of hyper-speed is hard to grasp during use.

Instead, the biggest tangible improvement the chip brings is to battery life.

Apple has managed to eke out an additional four to five hours of usage per charge compared to the 2018 models.

That's phenomenal, and in my experience takes me through a hard day's use with no bother.

Gone are the days where you're desperately scrambling for a charger every four hours.

And even if that were the case, the iPhone 11 Pro is the first model to ship with an 18W fast-charger in the box. That means zero to 50% charge in around 30 minutes.

Face ID has improved slightly. Apple claims it's 30% faster, but it was already so fast I haven't really noticed a difference.

Perhaps more important is that more extreme unlocking angles are now supported.

It means accessing your phone while it's lying flat on a desk is much easier.

I can now unlock the phone with a very slight lean forward, rather than having to pick it up completely.

It's a big win for anyone with a sore back and a tired soul.

The elephant in the room is 5G.

Apple's rivals have all doubled down on the tech, offering 5G-ready smartphones. Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus are all circling, hoping Apple has misstepped and underestimated 5G.

But 5G is still teething, with limited UK coverage and download speeds that will take years to ramp up to their maximum.

That's why it's no bad thing that the iPhone 11 Pro is missing on 5G.

However, you might start to feel left out in three or four years' time.

So if you're planning to hold on to this phone for longer than that (it's a £1,049 phone, after all), it might be worth waiting to upgrade in 2020 – a 5G iPhone is much likelier then.

The iPhone 11 Pro comes equipped with Apple's new iOS 13 software.

It's available for older smartphones too, so even if you're not upgrading, this section is still worth a read.

My favourite addition to iOS 13 is Dark Mode, which re-skins the entire user interface to a black theme.

It means using your iPhone at night (or more useful for me, in the morning) is far easier on the eyes.

There's also a new Sign In with Apple button that will soon appear on web-pages, giving you a safer alternative to Sign In with Facebook.

And the Maps app has been redesigned to look and work better than before.

Finally, Apple has improved the volume slider so it's off to the side of the phone, and appears as a thin strip. It's a welcome change from the bulky volume square that previously blocked the middle of your screen.