Dissecting the Apple iPhone XR: what you gain vs what you lose
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- BiyoBiyo JunJun
- IV$
- 14 Sep 2018
i gain nothing , but i lose touch id , 3d touch & jack & adapter .... good job apple !
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- thatasianguy
- tuf
- 14 Sep 2018
for americans, it probably affordable but in most asian country, it would take a couple of months of working hour to get one
- Kingslayer
- IbE
- 14 Sep 2018
XR likely won't get a successor like the 5c and SE. Apple wants high profit margins. Not selling us budget phones. That only cannibalizes their top ends.
If earliest, during when the s-models drops. R & S need to be together. If iPhone 11R is released next year, what will 2020 have? 11RS?
This could be a one-time deal, folks. But it's still going to be one of the best selling iPhones ever as it targets Asian countries with dual-sim.
iPhone 5c = no successor
iPhone SE = no successor
iPhone Xr = no successor?
Again, you need to think like Apple. Not as a consumer. All about profit margins. Not really about volume sales.
iPhone 5 - discontinued after a year for to the 5s/5c
iPhone X - discontinued after 10 months for the Xs/Xr
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- Bat88
- 8Ft
- 14 Sep 2018
Shen G, 14 Sep 2018Same old Apple. Selling phones with specs that mid-range An... moreSpecs that other mid range smartphone have? The most important things in a smartphone (in my opinion) are both the CPU and the GPU and the camera. Today, the competition can´t beat the A11 Bionic, imagine the overpowered A12 chip. The camera is also fantastic. I think that the mid range are far far behind of the specs that the Xr has. Yes the screen resolution. The only downside, but the other factors are not beaten even by the Note 9 or similar.
You are very wrong with your argument.
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- Anonymous
- vMf
- 14 Sep 2018
Affordable freaking laughable 720p smartphone for almost $1000? LOL Apple is shameless and nuts. And those who buys those silly things maybe deserve it.
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- Anonymous
- vMf
- 14 Sep 2018
AnonD-120291, 14 Sep 2018this wont affect apple in the slightest, if anything it wil... moreHow is $1200 budget lol Noeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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- AnonD-120291
- JiG
- 14 Sep 2018
this wont affect apple in the slightest, if anything it will make them even more cash, they offer a "budget option" but its not available for a couple of weeks, they discontinue the iphone x after only 12 months only to replace it with the Xs, most apple fans will rush out to buy their latest offering, which is a minimum $1000/£1000 for base model, most phones sales from most companies come in the first couple of weeks so this is a golden nugget for them, its all good as well boasting about its camera skills, yet RAW isnt even an option out of the box, it requires a 3rd party app to work, laughable
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- AnonD-120291
- JiG
- 14 Sep 2018
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2018I'm sure the cameras on the X's and max will hammer most An... morethey probably will, but most android cameras cost £300-400, they are competing against the mid rangers, we will see how the big boys do, apple should do well given that its the last big flagship of the year vs sony, huawei, samsung, with googles phone a matter of weeks away so time will tell
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- Rex Tech
- 04R
- 14 Sep 2018
That's what they said about iPhone X and during the drop tests between iPhone X and Samsung Note 8 and 9 the note series outbeat Apple by a large margin and were even working.Please,you can lie to others but not me.
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- ithehappy
- X%D
- 14 Sep 2018
Anonymous, 13 Sep 2018I'm sure the cameras on the X's and max will hammer most An... moreI am not. Because the iPhone X camera still doesn't match the quality of the OG Pixel camera
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- Henock
- fCT
- 14 Sep 2018
force touch too?? wth! for god sake, that makes this device garbage! $749 for something which does not have one of apple’s main feature! was looking forward for this but now damn!
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- Anonymous
- dM}
- 14 Sep 2018
Ugly bezels all over the place.
- Geric.770
- uSQ
- 14 Sep 2018
Kingslayer, 13 Sep 2018One thing that was annoying in last year's X was the band a... moreIf there's only one phone of 2018 he rate it perfect, that would be the Galaxy Note 9.
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- Shen G
- mPv
- 14 Sep 2018
Same old Apple. Selling phones with specs that mid-range Android phones have, and which you can buy for much much less.
If I had to choose between any of the 3 new iPhones, I'd go for a Zenfone 5z, even if it has no IP protection certificate....
- Lunarwolf
- Qy}
- 14 Sep 2018
so basically if you want to get all the bell and whistles,
get the Iphone eXceSs or eXceSs Max
- Kingslayer
- cUU
- 13 Sep 2018
One thing that was annoying in last year's X was the band around it was very easy to scratch. Micro-scratches galore on both color options.
The XR might have the weaker aluminum but it won't scratch as easily around its band. I'm not the type to drop my phones, so I'm not worried about dents.
Every time I see a pic or video of that RED 10R, I think FERRARI. "Gingers are beautiful. They're kissed by fire." And that RED 10R is SIZZLING like Joan Holloway.
MKBHD: 9.5/10
https://youtu.be/mgOQgciWLlg
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- Furiounx
- P$W
- 13 Sep 2018
Less improvements have been made than from the Note 8 to the Note 9. People gotta stop complaining about that......But of course no one will complain about this because it's and iPhone.
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- qky
- TnS
- 13 Sep 2018
Without reading further than the headline: i know what you will loose: a buttload of money.