What is the iPhone XR?
iPhone XR
Brand: Apple iPhone
Price: Starts at $749
Release Date: October 26th, 2018
The iPhone XR is Apple’s new, cheaper, more colorful solution to their main $1,000 iPhone XS. The XR is only $749 (a full $250 below the XS) and still has the majority of the features that the more expensive iPhones have. The XR runs just as fast and has about the same size battery life as the XS despite being cheaper. In fact, the XR is even available in more colors than the XS and has a larger screen. The XR screen, however, is lower resolution and has less color range than the XS. Further, the XR only has a single camera. Below is a table breaking down the differences between the XR, XS and last years iPhone 8 plus:
Colors — White, black, blue, yellow, coral and red
Screen Size — 6.1 inches
Camera — 1 Camera on the back
Screen — Better (fills up more of the phone than the 8, however, less sharp and less color range compared to the XS)
Performance — Contains Apple’s new A12 chip (20% faster than the A11)
Battery — Up to 25 hours of talk time
Water Resistant — Up to 1 meter
Price — Starts at $749
Colors — Silver, space grey and gold
Screen Size — 5.8 inches
Camera — 2 Cameras on the back (Two cameras increases the zoom and additional features to portrait mode)
Screen — Best (Has a higher resolution screen than the XR and can display more and clearer colors)
Performance — Contains Apple’s new A12 chip (20% faster than the A11)
Battery — Up to 20 hours of talk time
Water Resistant — Up to 2 meter
Price — Starts at $999
Colors — Gold, silver, and space grey
Screen Size — 5.5 inches
Camera — 2 Cameras on the back (While it does have two cameras, the overall image quality is not as good as the XR)
Screen — Good
Performance — Contains Apple 2017 A11 chip
Battery — Up to 21 hours of talk time
Water Resistant — Up to 1 meter
Price — The base model was $799 at the time of launch in 2017
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Brand: Apple iPhone
Price: Starts at $749
Release Date: October 26th, 2018
The iPhone XR is Apple’s new, cheaper, more colorful solution to their main $1,000 iPhone XS. The XR is only $749 (a full $250 below the XS) and still has the majority of the features that the more expensive iPhones have. The XR runs just as fast and has about the same size battery life as the XS despite being cheaper. In fact, the XR is even available in more colors than the XS and has a larger screen. The XR screen, however, is lower resolution and has less color range than the XS. Further, the XR only has a single camera. Below is a table breaking down the differences between the XR, XS and last years iPhone 8 plus:
Colors — White, black, blue, yellow, coral and red
Screen Size — 6.1 inches
Camera — 1 Camera on the back
Screen — Better (fills up more of the phone than the 8, however, less sharp and less color range compared to the XS)
Performance — Contains Apple’s new A12 chip (20% faster than the A11)
Battery — Up to 25 hours of talk time
Water Resistant — Up to 1 meter
Price — Starts at $749
Colors — Silver, space grey and gold
Screen Size — 5.8 inches
Camera — 2 Cameras on the back (Two cameras increases the zoom and additional features to portrait mode)
Screen — Best (Has a higher resolution screen than the XR and can display more and clearer colors)
Performance — Contains Apple’s new A12 chip (20% faster than the A11)
Battery — Up to 20 hours of talk time
Water Resistant — Up to 2 meter
Price — Starts at $999
Colors — Gold, silver, and space grey
Screen Size — 5.5 inches
Camera — 2 Cameras on the back (While it does have two cameras, the overall image quality is not as good as the XR)
Screen — Good
Performance — Contains Apple 2017 A11 chip
Battery — Up to 21 hours of talk time
Water Resistant — Up to 1 meter
Price — The base model was $799 at the time of launch in 2017
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