In my last blog post, I covered the pros of the iPhone 11. That post was written one week of use. Although I did use my phone for 3 weeks, the cons that I thought of after my 1st week of use still remain and there were no more that were added. For sure, the negatives do not outweigh the positives because I have been enjoying my use so far.

1. Weight

I owned the Note 9 previously which had a 6.4 inch screen. This phone has 6.1 inch screen, which is smaller than that of the Note 9. The iPhone 11 (194g) does have a lighter weight than the Note 9 (201g) by a few grams. However, because the screen is smaller, the phone seems much heavier than my Note 9 did. In addition, since iPhones cost a lot to repair, I put on a more protective clear case, which added more bulk and weight to the phone. This makes it very inconvenient to carry around.

My mom owns the Galaxy S10 and my dad owns the Galaxy Note 10+. First, the S10 has the same screen size as the iPhone 11. However, I was so shocked when I carried her phone because it was so light (157g). She also has a bulky case on her phone yet it’s not a burden to hold it. In addition, the Galaxy Note 10+ has a 6.8 inch display, which makes it an entire 0.7 inches bigger than the iPhone 11. However, it weighs 196 grams, which only 2 grams heavier than the iPhone 11. The heavy weight of the phone was actually very noticeable during my day-to-day use.

2. Display

My Note 9 had a QHD+ display with an OLED display. I didn’t notice the quality of the display when I owned the phone because I didn’t have anything to compare it to. Honestly, I do prefer the LCD display over the OLED because LCD is more comfortable for my eyes. And to be honest, I can’t really tell the difference in the screen resolution on a daily basis. I noticed a significant difference, however, when I was watching certain Youtube videos.

When I watch normal Youtuber’s videos that are not filmed with a very high resolution, I can barely tell. However, when I was watching MKBHD’s video, which is filmed with a very high quality camera, I was able to see the pixels. The screen definitely did not seem as crisp as it did when I watched his videos on my Note 9 previously. After realizing this, I am quite disappointed in the screen resolution, but it’s okay because I normally use my iPad Pro to watch videos.

3. Bezels

I am not very sensitive to thick bezels, so this wasn’t as big of a problem. When I use my phone and don’t really pay attention to the design, I can’t even notice the bezels. However, whenever I do pay attention to the design and the bezels, it does seem very wide. It seems especially wide when I see my friends’ Note 10s, my mom’s s10, and even iPhone 11 Pro. This doesn’t bother me too much, though.

4. 5g

This issue doesn’t really relate to me as of this moment, but it may after 1 or 2 years. Now that 5g is rolling in, the next models of iPhones are probably going to have 5g capability. This means that if I choose to use this phone for a couple of years, this will be very dated, not only because of 4g, but because of its screen resolution, bezels, etc. I personally feel like Apple should’ve at least included 5g and made improvements to the screen.