Report: iPhone XR made up 32% of iPhone sales in its first month

26 December 2018
The new entry-level iPhone had a 2% higher market share compared to the iPhone X’s 30%.

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Anonymous, 31 Dec 2018'1440p' pentile with 2 subpixels ~= 960p full color pixels.... morehmm interesting so basically ppi on oled pannels isnt all that important it doesnt show the full story

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    IDontKnow1717, 27 Dec 2018Well the issue I have with the screen and I think probably ... more'1440p' pentile with 2 subpixels ~= 960p full color pixels. Vs. 828p full color pixels on an XR, there really isn't nearly as much in it as some people like to think.

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      • 31 Dec 2018

      Mailman, 27 Dec 2018Sales already proved that most of the people are choosing l... moreManufacturers pushed large screen phones for the profit increase. They intentionally made more compact models less attractive by skimping on features and performance. Would you also claim that the approaching extinction of headphone jacks was driven by the market?

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        Anonymous, 27 Dec 2018But it doesn't worth the price as is not OLEDIn general, LCD displays will still look great long after most OLEDs will have dimmed, color shifted, and unevenly worn. LCD is a wiser choice for a long term phone. When grading refurbished handsets, LCDs are measured by for function and scratches. OLEDs are graded by the amount of burn-in.

          IDontKnow1717, 28 Dec 2018How so? If I understand you correctly a 720p Oled panel won... more"If I understand you correctly a 720p Oled panel wont have the same sharpnes as a 720 LCD one?"

          That's true, 720p is bad for OLED when with LCD it looks very sharp. That's why AMOLED screen resolutions are so high compared to LCD to compensate the Pentile screen tech.

          Here is photo of LCD vs AMOLED 720p screen https://us.v-cdn.net/6030075/uploads/userimages/gs4-vs-one-macro.jpg

            I have literally no idea who and why buys someone an iPhone XR. This junk is a backward to 2012. If I’m a hardcore Apple fan know as is...p i would definitely go for iPhone X over iPhone XR.
            A dual camera, Samsung AMOLED over LG’s trash LCD, dual camera, 2k Display, HDR10 display, 3D Touch. Much smaller bezels and it’s even cheaper these days.
            I really can not understand some people!?

              Anonymous, 27 Dec 2018"notice the difference in resolution but for the price they... moreHow so? If I understand you correctly a 720p Oled panel wont have the same sharpnes as a 720 LCD one?

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                • 28 Dec 2018

                Android Fanboys are obsessed with Apple..

                  Anonymous, 28 Dec 2018"Well my old phone had a 294ppi and in many instances I cou... moreLol I'm hysterical at the fact that you based paragraphs worth of text on a fact you assumed. And no, it wasn't Amoled. It was IPS. I've lost count how many times I've said that I'm not complaining about the resolution, rather how absurd the price is for that resolution. And once again, you've assumed incorrectly. I'd take an XS or XS Max in a heartbeat. At this moment in time I'm quite neutral between the 'sides'.

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                    • 28 Dec 2018

                    Furiounx, 28 Dec 2018Well my old phone had a 294ppi and in many instances I coul... more"Well my old phone had a 294ppi and in many instances I could certainly see the pixels."

                    Then it was very likely AMOLED phone. i just explained this, AMOLED screen needs better ppi to look as sharp as LCD, edge of texts are biggest problem with pentile AMOLED which makes the screen look unsharp.

                    "For a given size and resolution specification the PenTile screen can appear grainy, pixelated, speckled, with blurred text on some saturated colors and backgrounds when compared to RGB stripe color.[35] This effect is understood to be caused by the restriction of the number of subpixels that may participate in the image reconstruction when colors are highly saturated to primaries."

                    here are more about the subject https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Mobile/Google-Pixel-Review-Life-after-Nexus/Display-Analysis-Diamond-PenTile-Problem

                    "The Pixel's AMOLED panel uses what is known as a PenTile layout; a pattern where some of the subpixels are shared, so actual RGB resolution is lower than the rated 1080x1920 if you are comparing to the RGB stripe layout of LCD displays. This sub-pixel layout creates (to this purist, anyway) a worst-case scenario for text clarity at all but the highest resolutions - particulary as all subpixels in this particular display panel are diamond-shaped"

                    see Pixel phone has 441 ppi, so people really need to stop looking numbers without understanding them or comparing two different tech. But this really doesn't surprise me, android boys are paper specs people and always going to be.

                      Anonymous, 28 Dec 2018Pixel wars are pretty much over. We have pixel dense sc... moreNot to mention my old, old phone had a 200ppi display. It was absolutely, di-abolical. Ugh.

                        Anonymous, 28 Dec 2018Pixel wars are pretty much over. We have pixel dense sc... moreWell my old phone had a 294ppi and in many instances I could certainly see the pixels. The average user won't care but picky people like me would love to see a 1440p screen. In this case it's not about just specs, but about the price:specification ratio.

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                          • 28 Dec 2018

                          "just say no, people"
                          *you feel better

                            tc better to get galaxy s9+ coz idon't care about benchmark.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 28 Dec 2018

                              Furiounx, 27 Dec 2018Wtf I said that I could tell the difference, not that it wa... morePixel wars are pretty much over.

                              We have pixel dense screens that are above human eyesight. Your eyes can't see beyond 300 ppi at normal viewing distance so having a 326ppi screen is perfectly fine and you will have a hard time being able to tell any difference in sharpness.

                              most 2k screens (especially OLED) have much better colour accuracy and more importantly, contrast, and that's where we can still see the difference

                              iPhone XR has a great screen. It's one of the most colour accurate for an LCD. The phone is overpriced though.

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                                • 28 Dec 2018

                                Anonymous, 28 Dec 2018LOL.. The test is skewed.. He should have used just a still... more"Try again with photo and people will go for 1080p.."

                                No they won't, you can't spot the difference from photos any better, only thing where you can spot the difference is text, but LCD screen always do great with text, AMOLED tend to make edge of text not sharp, that's why AMOLED screen has to have very high resolution to compensate pentile tech. This is the reason why XR screen looks so good.

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                                  Anonymous, 28 Dec 2018It's still an excellent device for gaming tho. Lower res = ... moreAlong with one of if not the best SOCs

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                                    • 28 Dec 2018

                                    yee, 27 Dec 2018Main stream stupid buyers! How stupid someone has to be to... moreIt's still an excellent device for gaming tho. Lower res = better frame rate and battery

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                                      • 28 Dec 2018

                                      Anonymous, 27 Dec 2018Watch EVERYONE pick the iPhone XR over a 1080p Screen https... moreLOL.. The test is skewed.. He should have used just a still photo or a slide show instead of a moving video - video makes low resolution pictures look higher because your brain interpolates the images seen.. Try again with photo and people will go for 1080p.. If 1080p is useless why Apple put it in their Xs/Xs MAx??

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                                        • 27 Dec 2018

                                        yee, 27 Dec 2018Main stream stupid buyers! How stupid someone has to be to... moreThe fact that it barely managed to outsell the older and much more expensive models speaks a story that the consumers are wake up.

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