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Apple Releases Updated Version of iOS 12.1 for iPhone XR
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There are camera apps that have already been beta testing doing it, so they should...it just doesn't have the same depth mapping info that a 2-lens does, but the samples I saw seemed fairly promising.
Wow it removed all that Photoshop work you did to make yourself beautiful.
That would actually be interesting—an AI that could tell if something had been altered and attempt to change it back. Then unleash it on Instagram…
Yep, iTunes offered up an update when plugged in device. Interesting OTA isn't appearing.
LMAO, aside from the sometimes funny and salty comments, these gifs are still definitely the reason to click on any article and scroll down.
Wow... I don't think I've ever seen build numbers that are only a single digit change.
Probably an update to throttle and drain the battery faster.
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I love my XR so far. The screen is amazing in 95% of the situations: crisp, bright, with really accurate and eye pleasing colours. I'm really addicted to the screen. If you're watching a 21:9 movie, you only lose about 13% of the pixels (less the notch) compared to an old Plus phone despite the fact the XR has 28.5% less pixels because of the super wide 39:18 aspect ratio.
Camera is excellent as well. The single lens portrait photos are surprisingly good if you can get past the wide angle subjects. Low light photos are good. I've never had a dual lens iPhone before but I thought I should take that money I save to buy a DSLR. The XR is $330 cheaper than the XS in Canada but I thought 64GB would be too small but didn't think I would need 256GB as I pay for the 2TB of iCloud storage, so I thought 128 GB would be a good size, so really I saved $460. $460 will go towards getting an entry level DSLR and superzoom lens. I want to get into some sports photography and no dual lens camera will do it.
Would I buy it again? Absolutely.
I love everything about the phone except that the wireless charging has not worked on multiple wireless chargers since I updated to 12.1. The chargers work fine on my wife’s XS.
Outside of the charging, I absolutely love it this far.
I switched from an original Pixel XL. This is my first iPhone ever and I couldn't be happier. The camera has been fine so far. I haven't noticed any loss in quality compared to the Pixel, and the portrait mode is excellent.
The display is really nice. My only complaints are some apps, mainly a couple of games that I play, that do not appear to be optimized for the XR's screen resolution. Certain parts that looked fine on my Pixel now have letterboxing or funky aspect ratios.
I really enjoy the convenience of wireless charging, especially for my car mounts, and the battery life blows the Pixel out of the water.
Realized a little bit ago that the bolded part of my post might have seemed like I was referring to the XR's body, and should have clarified better that I was referring to the screen's color accuracy, which I'm sure can't compare to the X, XS, or XS Max, but is more pleasing than the 7 Plus' screen.
I am very happy. I came from a 7+ which I gave to my daughter. I love the battery life first. I see no difference in screen quality although I do miss the extra width of the 7+ screen. Can’t imagine what a standard X or Xs would be like.
I do not miss the dual lense at all. Only rarely would I use the zoom lens, and I hated portrait mode on the 7+ as the pics were always too grainy. I have also never needed to use portrait mode on a non human so I’m not missing anything.
Man I hope so. The battery on that thing is crazy long and needs to drain some. geez.
Plug into iTunes and it will offer the update (if you want it) No idea what was fixed though.
Nope, Itunes will offer the update if plug it in. No DFU required.
So any advantage to update?Man I hope so. The battery on that thing is crazy long and needs to drain some. geez.
Plug into iTunes and it will offer the update (if you want it) No idea what was fixed though.
Nope, Itunes will offer the update if plug it in. No DFU required.
I have had a few times of an unresponsive screen also.
I was already at 12.1 so I didn't get this separate update.
I starting to be concerned that there is a problem with the display. I noticed a few times what seems to be brief unresponsiveness to touch in addition to complete screen freeze.
Also, I definitely have had several instances when the screen image completely distorts; it is pixelated and monochromatic.
I would guess there is some little something they wanted/needed to fix or wouldn't have released it. So I guess there is some advantage to updating just not sure what it is at this point. Clearly its not major since they are not offering it OTA to all users who already have the previous version.
Yeah, if it ain't broke don't fix it and since mine is acting fine, I'll just wait for 12.1.1.
Yeah, the Portrait mode on the 7 Plus needs lots of light. Very good results outside or indoors in a place that has lots of sunlight and/or bright lights. In low light situations it is grainy and this is true if flash is used outside of Portrait mode. For this reason I usually avoid smartphone flash in favor of getting the right street lighting at night.
I am glad you're enjoying the XR! I still have yet to see it in person. I do like the width of the 7/8 Plus but I guess compromises have to be made and the XR is an overall better phone. Thanks for your comments.