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iPhone XS Max
Apple's first Max: the XS formula stretched to 6.5 inches with the battery to match. It set the big-iPhone template every Pro Max still follows.
Pros
- Big, beautiful OLED
- Better battery than the XS
- A12 longevity
- First of the Max line
Cons
- 208g of 2018 heft
- Lightning and slow charging
- Out of iOS support
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the iPhone XS Max
Display
- Screen size
- 6.5 ″
- Panel type
- OLED
- Resolution
- 2688x1242
- Pixel density
- 458 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 625 nits
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A12 Bionic
- AnTuTu 10
- 720,000Top 68%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,100Top 63%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,800Top 67%
- RAM (max)
- 4 GB
- Storage options
- 64GB / 256GB / 512GB
- Storage type
- NVMe
Camera
- Main camera
- 12 MP
- Main aperture
- f/1.8
- Telephoto
- 12 MP
- Optical zoom
- 2 x
- Max video
- 4K@60fps
- Front camera
- 7 MP
- OIS
- Yes
Battery
- Capacity
- 3,174 mAh
- Wired charging
- 15 W
- Wireless charging
- 8 W
Design
- Weight
- 208 g
- Thickness
- 7.7 mm
- IP rating
- IP68
- Frame material
- Stainless steel
Connectivity
- 5G
- No
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- Lightning
- eSIM
- Yes
Software
- OS at launch
- iOS 12
- OS update pledge
- 6 years
Audio
- Stereo speakers
- Yes
- 3.5mm jack
- No
Quick answers
Is the iPhone XS Max good in 2026?
The iPhone XS Max earns an Inno Score of 33.9/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Apple's first Max: the XS formula stretched to 6.5 inches with the battery to match. It set the big-iPhone template every Pro Max still follows.
What is the iPhone XS Max AnTuTu score?
The iPhone XS Max scores 720,000 points in AnTuTu 10. That puts it in the top 68% of the chips and devices we have measured in this category. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 1,100 single-core and 2,800 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the iPhone XS Max?
Chipset: Apple A12 Bionic · Screen size: 6.5 ″ · Capacity: 3,174 mAh · Main camera: 12 MP
What are the closest alternatives to the iPhone XS Max?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Samsung Galaxy A15 5G, iPhone XS, POCO M5 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
