Yes! This would be great! These new iPhones are beautiful but they are too big.
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Yes! This would be great! These new iPhones are beautiful but they are too big.
It's a pity there isn't a 5.5" XR and a 6.1" XR Max, in which case I'd probably get 5.5" XR which would be the equivalent of the current XR but in an iPhone 6/7/8 body. They could have priced the 5.5" XR the same as the current XR while XR Max would cost $100 more.
Maybe I change my mind when I see the XR but anything larger than XS is a surfboard to me, never mind the specs.
Maybe I change my mind when I see the XR but anything larger than XS is a surfboard to me, never mind the specs.
Yes.
In standard mode, everything is the same size, so you get more on screen.
In zoomed mode, you get the same amount of info on screen, but it's larger to take advantage of the screen size.
Actually it sold quite well and outpaced newer iPhones in some sales quarters. You might not like smaller iPhones but many of us do.
I think some of this are design choices from Apple:
- You want a smaller device? Tough nuggies - 5.8" screen and up
- You want no notch? Nothing to see here - not even a software option to cover it up.
- Let's take away features (headphone jack, 3D Touch) yet raise the average selling price.
These are very good phones with some impressive features, but you either like what they're doing and can get excited about them, or you don't and keep what you have.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe OLED uses less juice than LCD, if for no other reason than it doesn't need back lighting and blacks are pixels that are literally turned off.
And in this case, it's that the LCD is "720p-ish" vs the "Quad HD-ish" screen of the XS/Max that negate the power savings, since there are more pixels being driven.
This in spades.
My SE is the bee's knees.
Love the form-factor: One-hand use for the win!
And, btw, it has the same pixel density of the "new flagship" XR -- 326ppi
And, what about its battery?
My coconuBattery app running on my MBP says:
- Manufacture Date: 2016/04/11 (Ancient on the iPhone calendar)
- Current Charge: 1585 mAH 99.9% (Full Charge Capacity: 1586mAH)
- Design Capacity: 1624 mAH 97.7% (Cycle Count: 140)
I would think the speeds would be the same. Didn’t they use the same LTE chips in both devices?
Update: I just realized they did not... That would be interesting to find out... I don’t think there is anywhere that could support the XS gigabit LTE chip. Anyone know of a place that has LTE at this speed?
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Was trying to decide if it would be worth the upgrade from my current iPhone 7+. This chart convinced my that there was not much reason to do so.
https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-xr-vs-iphone-xs-vs-iphone-8-plus-vs-iphone-7-plus/
https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-xr-vs-iphone-xs-vs-iphone-8-plus-vs-iphone-7-plus/
Go find somebody with an XS and tell me if they get anywhere near a 1GB speeds. I will bet you my paycheck for the month, that on LTE they won't, it won't even be close. The average across all of the carriers in the U.S. is around 30-35mbps. Even living in a large city, like San Fran or NYC and I bet you won't come close to it. Is is capable? Yes. Will yous see it? Nope. That's like looking for a car that can go 180mph, but you don't live in Germany, and instead live in L.A. and travel the HWY 1 every day where you average like 20mph if you're lucky with the traffic. I'll worry about 5G when I get LTE advanced speeds, and even that doesn't remotely happen yet. You're probably looking at 2 years for an Apple 5G phone anyway. My guess is it will be an Apple engineered chip at that point, since Intel isn't innovating much anymore, and Apple can engineer some fantastic chips.
Yeah, that's the only downside for me, too. I have zero portrait mode photos of people; I have an infinite amount of my dogs. I never used 3D touch. I'll wait to see one in person, but I'm leaning toward trading in my X for the XR once my 12 month upgrade kicks in after xmas.
I think the biggest problem is how much of the market Apple now controls... I mean think about the features such as iMessage or the iCloud platform in general... All my contacts... in Apple. All my photos.... Apple. The biggest one would be iMessage for me though. I rely so heavily on iMesseage, as do many others. I would try a new phone in a heartbeat if iMesseage was available on that device. The way it syncs to my computer and iPad so seamlessly makes it game changing. I have not seen any other alternatives out there to this that work in the manner iMessage does.
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I was thinking "I bet you can get a 3rd party app that does it". Google does it with one lens so apple should be able to as well.
I was thinking "I bet you can get a 3rd party app that does it". Google does it with one lens so apple should be able to as well.
I would have bought an SE sized iPhone 8. In a heartbeat. I’m not alone. Can’t buy what’s not in the stores.
One thing to note, though: the iPhone XR has 3GB RAM, while the XS has 4GB for the OLED display.
What does RAM have to do with the OLED display(?)
What does RAM have to do with the OLED display(?)
I would just stick with the X. The camera isn't going to be much better on the Xr (and only then in certain situations) and the X can do portrait pics of everything you want. Sure the A12 is faster than the A11, but the A11 is faster than just about any chip on the market still. Unless you want a little more size or sweet color. I'll probably be getting the red Xr. My wife has the Xs Max and it's beautiful and huge, and great, but not worth the $450 difference for the 128gb Xr/256gb Xs Max.
Do you happen to know where GB LTE is even offered? The carrier maps don't seem to point it out.
How small would you want an SE2 (I don't think Tim Cook woudl approve of the SE X) to be? 5" 5.5"? Honestly I think a screen the size of the original Pixel which I have in my hand right now, which stands at 5" wouldn't be bad at all.
I can't find much either. Just numbers of markets that supposedly have it, which isn't helpful. I saw where Verizon could get up to 1.2 gbps in a test in NYC. That was with a specific handset that they probably somehow prioritized however. It's only in the largest cities for sure, and even then you won't see it.
The evidence is what Apple built. This Xr, XS, and XS Max.
If people buy them, Apple was right.
Apple has built small phones before. They can do it. Most people want bigger phones, the end.
Part of the issue is that the annual improvements you’re seeing are incremental and not earth shattering and part of it is likely that your expectations have been set too high.
Instead of thinking about why the newest iPhone or Android devices look similar year after year, try thinking about what ground breaking change you think should be developed.
I think what you’ll find is that the things you think should be possible just are not yet feasible. And some things like device shape is part of function, so doing something like a round iPhone will just never make sense, unless we change everything about how we interact with devices.
There's still an emerging market in wearable friends.
Since you're coming from a 6, consider returning your Xr for an 8 Plus. The Xr is better in most ways, but it sounds like the dual camera setup is important to you, and the 8 Plus is still a great phone. (On a side note, how did you not notice the absence of a second camera on the Xr? I mean, it *obviously* doesn't have a second camera to support depth perception. Not trying to harangue you, I just don't understand.)
I get that they'll enhance the phones capabilities but I'm thinking purely from a physical design perspective. I wouldn't imagine the manufacturers will settle for all building identical black rectangles.