Apple iPhone XR review
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- sanketjadhavar
- v$A
- 31 Oct 2018
Please Update your review this one is quite useless. You dont expect Gsmarena to say "based on rough calculations battery life is....", NOT AT ALL! GsmArena always has precise tests and comparisons that are consistent and can be used as a proper phone buying guide if u want to. Please make a proper review! Being your loyal reader for more than a decade I just cant get over this crappy review for a phone that is going to be one of the bestsellers of the year.
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- Bradley Lewis
- swX
- 30 Oct 2018
People are speaking a load of rubbish when talking about this screen. I have seen this in person and have compared it to the screen on the xs max and my current s7 edge and I could not tell a difference between them. The only thing that I liked more about the xs is the smaller bezel which is only really apparent when compared to a iPhone X or xs. Also in th hand for me personally I perfer the aluminium frame because i prefer the matte look and the stainless steel shows fingerprints more easily
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- Don
- IW@
- 29 Oct 2018
Please update your review to include the proprietary battery test. Thanks
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- Anonymous
- vV5
- 29 Oct 2018
Please make back a proper review.
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- PC_Kid
- mxr
- 28 Oct 2018
Anonymous, 25 Oct 2018Hahaha. Haters changing their tune again. For years Andro... moreSo true
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- Anonymous
- 3DR
- 28 Oct 2018
jtrogr, 25 Oct 2018They buy an expensive car so people notice them and they fe... moreyou are just wrong. It is your opinion, not fact, like you are trying to present.
People that have high end cars are just show offs? No, they just have a lot more money than you, so why wouldn't they spend it on a nice car?
People who buy an iPhone don't know any better? That's also just your opinion and not fact at all. I am a Phoneshop Manager, get to see and play with all of the top phones, P20 Pro, Note 9 whatever, I have an iPhone X out of choice. I could buy whichever I wanted.
iOS is not better than Android. Again, just opinion that you are trying to present as fact. iOS security, speed, reliability, iCloud backup and sync, ease of use and ecosystem is better than any out there IN MY OPINION.
People shouldn't be bashed for their choices, iOS has lots of pluses and for those reasons the iPhone XR is a great choice. No point saying "oh but get such and such android phone" when it's iOS that the person probably wants
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- Anonymous
- 7vq
- 28 Oct 2018
Anonymous, 26 Oct 2018In real life performance a phone with higher benchmark scor... moreGiven the price of XS Max, you can buy Pocophone F1, F2, F3, F4 and always have the newest flagship chip for years.
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- JackTheiPhoneKiller
- XT5
- 28 Oct 2018
What happened to that "Comparisons and alternatives" section?
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- Anonymous
- Njv
- 27 Oct 2018
Anonymous, 26 Oct 2018Was your uncle's Note updated to the latest version of andr... moreHhhh we all know that android is better . I still use a smartphone with nougat and it works perfectly . I will never get an iphone even for free . Apple doesn't make phones it make segregation between poor and rich . In some countries iphone's price is equal to 4 times the salary of a teacher . Android manufactures don't upgrade their phones with latest updates because they try to make phones accessible to all categories of people at different prices from low ends midrange and flagships. They don't sell 3 phones a year . Some produces more then 20 per year .it's not easy to update aln of them especially when they have a custom ui that try to make software as good as ios . So learn peace and love android.
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- Anonymous
- 3Jn
- 27 Oct 2018
Apple couldn't afford to put headphone jack and waterproof so they made the customers pay.
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- Chris Apple
- 0TF
- 27 Oct 2018
As I've said earlier, iPhone Xr is the new form factor (not screen) AND not the first offer this year, which means it is NOT the main flagship of Apple this year, indeed it is a step below flagships which are Xs and Xs Max, and not vice versa, unlike last year where Apple offered 8 and 8 Plus as main flagships and X as a special anniversary product. The form-factor of 8 and 8 Plus is similar to Xs and Xs Max with screens maximized and swapped for OLED instead of LCD while Xr stands in the middle.
I would like Apple to offer a smaller size Xr next year, something around 4.7-5 inch 19.5:9 sRatio to expand it's size alternatives like it does with iPads.
- Galaxy Note 10
- R5f
- 27 Oct 2018
Qwerty2018, 26 Oct 2018Smart(ass) people trying to fool sheeps, LOL Did u EVER ... moreActually, iPhone's powerful processors coupled with weak battery tech, the FA gets triggered with massive CPU activities to force battery to die down and make the mobile to go on optimal mode then slow down the performance....it is a multi-tiered step primarily triggered through very very powerful processors not required for a mobile phones that cannot take any of its computing power!
- Galaxy Note 10
- R5f
- 27 Oct 2018
123, 26 Oct 2018forget about iphones. mate20pro is here. there is nothing c... moreAlso, Honor Magic 2 forget iPhones ....
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- 123
- B}L
- 26 Oct 2018
forget about iphones. mate20pro is here. there is nothing close to it.
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- Anonymous
- MwH
- 26 Oct 2018
Qwerty2018, 26 Oct 2018Smart(ass) people trying to fool sheeps, LOL
Did u EVER ... moreWas your uncle's Note updated to the latest version of android each year? I guess not, because android phones are always falling behind in terms of updates.
So yeah, running a phone with older-than-current OS version, or with the original OS version will keep the phone working for longer. But there's no security, no bug fixes, no new features, it's all old stuff.
If you take some 2014-2016 phone and install android 9 on it, it will lag.
Whereas if you have a 4 year old iPhone, it will still work smoothly on the latest version. If it's a 3 year old iPhone, it's going to perform flawless. If it's 2 years old or newer, it's going to perfom perfect.
For example, an iPhone 4 will still perform perfectly today if it were running on iOS 6.
With android you get two options:
- have less lag by not updating or because you can't install the current OS version on devices older than 2 years
- experience lags because you updated to the latest available version - which is most probably older than the current one.
It's funny calling others 'sheep' when you buy products that require you to pay more money to get the latest OS version. (aka buying a new phone that supports the latest version)
How's your Android 7 going? We have Android 8 and 9 now so you will need a new phone for the latest one. Or wait one year to get an update to Android 8 by the time Android 10 comes out.
And I'm rocking my 2 year old iPhone on iOS 12 - the latest version. And it'll run iOS 13 as well. And iOS 14. The moment they will be released, I will have them installed. No delays.
Now please, let me know more about how "nice, smooth, and updated" your android phone is.
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- Qwerty2018
- ijm
- 26 Oct 2018
alski10, 26 Oct 2018Well. My father has used the Note 4 for about 3 years and a... moreEvery man-made things have faults; ur dad might be unlucky since he got the dud one which start having trouble after a year of use; but in Indonesia, MOST of Note 4 problem are burn-in screen. That's why it sold quite high even for a 4 years old device (around 150 dollars nowadays) as Note 4 here is known as robust as the old Nokia.
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- alski10
- pBC
- 26 Oct 2018
Qwerty2018, 26 Oct 2018Smart(ass) people trying to fool sheeps, LOL
Did u EVER ... moreWell. My father has used the Note 4 for about 3 years and after 1.5 year started complaining about it getting very hot. (changing the battery made no difference).
His phone also had troubles focusing from almost the beginning.
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- Qwerty2018
- ijm
- 26 Oct 2018
Anonymous, 26 Oct 2018In real life performance a phone with higher benchmark scor... moreSmart(ass) people trying to fool sheeps, LOL
Did u EVER have a Samsung Note 4, for example?
My uncle had it for 4 DAMN YEARS, and NO 'laggy' mess whatsoever albeit only having 3GB RAM!
Yes, the display got mild burn-in as it was 4 years old now, but no decrease in performance AT ALL.
Yes, the software update support was already over, but there is no "planned obsolescence" added to the last security patch.
Yes, the battery wears with time, but he can EASILY buy and change it FOR FREE even after the warranty period was over (only need to buy SEVERAL batteries while it lasts (NO repair costs)
(he owned both the SD805 version, and Exynos 5433); unlike iphails who GOT OBSOLETE after 2 years and become worse by the time it got major 'update' (pushed persistently to old iphails just to make sure the performance will decreased, so sheeps forced to buy the 'recently' available ones which cost an arm and leg))
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- alski10
- pBC
- 26 Oct 2018
Anonymous, 25 Oct 2018Yes it destroyed them in RAW processor power. But for every... moreIf you actually read the review, you would see that its camera quality is on par with the Pixel 3 which is widely recognised as the best Android camera.
Also, you can expect the Xr to remain fast and smooth for at least 3-4 years. This is what matters most, imo.
User experience must not be so terrible given that iphones have the most returning customers of any phone brand. You are gonna say they are just blind sheeps, though.
