ZDNet spends one month with the Apple iPhone XR: ‘The best new iPhone for most people’

“My Apple iPhone XR arrived on 26 October… and after a few days I figured I would keep it for the required 30 days and jump to the iPhone XS since I loved the iPhone X form facto,” Matthew Miller writes for ZDNet. “It turns out that the iPhone XR may be the perfect iOS device for me and I have no plans to visit T-Mobile to switch it out.”
“Given that the iPhone XR is $250 and $350 less than the iPhone XS and XS Max, respectively, there are bound to be areas where it lags behind these two devices,” Miller writes.
These areas include: Display technology and lower resolution, cellular reception, lack of 3D Touch, less dust/water resistance, and no second rear camera.
“We may not have expected to see that the iPhone XR actually beats the iPhone XS and XS Max in a few areas, but if these are important to you then you may want to choose the XR as well,” Miller writes.
These areas include: Lower price, longer battery life (due to lower resolution display), 128GB storage option, and colors.
Apple’s A12 Bionic-powered iPhone Xr comes in six new finishes: white, black, blue, yellow, coral and (PRODUCT)RED.
 
Miller writes, “For me personally, the enhancements outweigh the compromises and the iPhone XR is my favorite of the three new iPhones launched in late 2018.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The XR is certainly an excellent iPhone. It’s not the best iPhone — Apple’s flagship XS Max clearly offers a superior experience — but the A12-powered XR is certainly more than enough iPhone for most users.
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