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Glass back is a double edged sword. Wireless charging is probably worth the risk of breakage, as someone who has made the switch away from having to plug in every night. I just wish all my electronics went wireless.
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Apple Reveals 'iPhone XR' With 6.1-Inch Liquid Retina LCD Display and Six Color Options Starting at $749
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Glass back is a double edged sword. Wireless charging is probably worth the risk of breakage, as someone who has made the switch away from having to plug in every night. I just wish all my electronics went wireless.
This phone costs more then 4 other models which do have 3D Touch and two of which have a higher resolution screen
Way to just ignore all the benefits like there aren't any. This phone is using all the X 2.0 tech (A12, Face ID, Camera). The only real trade-offs are what you mentioned and LCD instead of OLED, and one camera instead of two. The PPI isn't a big deal because 326 is still respectable (and the same as the iPhone 8), and 3D touch may or may not matter to you. It's not used by most people, and even if you do use it, it's not an essential feature.
And again, these trade-offs come at the benefit of $250 less than the regular X. You just have to ask yourself if $250 is worth it for OLED, an extra camera, and 3D Touch. It may be. But if not, $250 is a serious savings.
As someone who has an OLED, I agree that it's very overhyped. I would frankly rather have a high quality LCD and not have to worry about burn in and fading. I may be in the minority, the only place I've really like OLED was outside where its brighter than my old LCD (although those have improved as well). My phone is a Note 9 for reference.
Totally agree with you about it being a hit. Almost no one is going to care about the screen tech in real life. Yes, the OLED pops a little more when it's directly next to an LCD, but it's pretty minor difference. And this is a reasonable price for a bigger, faster phone than people's old iPhone. Sure, it isn't terribly exciting, but it's a new, better, iPhone. This will sell like crazy.
I'm really glad so many of you hate this phone so I won't have any trouble pre-ordering it next month.
The XR seems like a nice transition from an iPhone 7/8. I just really hope it doesn't use PWM.
The XR seems like a nice transition from an iPhone 7/8. I just really hope it doesn't use PWM.
You know, because of the new pricing, the iPhone XR will liquidate your finances.
If you get the black or white it will look like the vast majority of iPhones out there.
And if you get a colored one, it won't make you feel like crap since it will presumably have been your choice.
For people like me, who cannot use this OLED screen, the XR is exactly what I have been hoping for - and then some. I am a bit disappointed about the missing 3D Touch, but the other features that I wasn't expecting (A12, portrait mode, better battery life, lighter weight) make more than up for that, I think. I will wait and see what the new phones' OLED PMW rates are, but I am not holding my breath that I will ever be able to use a flickering OLED display without splitting headaches.
The SoC is great. It’s everything else that is the problem. Inferior resolution, no 3D Touch, inferior camera. I have to wait for the entire specs to be released before I pass final judgment of course but it is underwhelming. I don’t see why most would choose the XR instead of a discounted 8 or 8 Plus or even a discounted original NIB X over the XR unless they don’t want to be seen with the “old” design.
Exactly. The trade-offs are mostly cosmetic and may or may not be worth the $250 premium the X has. I think people forget that this is an OPTION.
You're just seeing the Apple hater effect I think. What's not to like about this? Sure, I suppose it could have had a little better resolution, but I would bet no one will complain about it in real life. And, if I'm wrong and it has a noticeably poorer screen than other Apple LCD displays, shame on Apple for being cheap. 699 would be great, yeah, but 749 is ok for getting what will be the mainstream iPhone.
It's not an inferior camera. It's the same X 2.0 tech, there's just one camera instead of two. Still has all the new bells and whistles. Resolution is less, but still totally acceptable (same as iPhone 8). This is NOT the flagship. This is a step below. It is also priced $250 below.
None of what you mentioned are benefits, it runs a bit faster, so? So will next years model and the one after that and so in, Face ID is seen as some as a backwards step and the camera is a single lens, lacks the dual lens setup.
Still Apple seem to have removed 3D Touch from the iPhone 7 now, it’s not in the tech specs anymore:
http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-7/specs/
Perhaps they did it to avoid embarrassing the XR anymore then they needed to?
Oh and stop making flamboyant assumptions claiming ‘most people don’t use 3D Touch’... got the facts to prove that then?
I know it’s not the flagship but they sneakily jumped over an iPhone 9. The 8 wasn’t the flagship but it was the 7’s successor. This LCD XR will be offered for a little while before being killed off altogether. They will not keep an LCD phone in the lineup for much longer and I doubt they will lower OLED iPhone prices ever.
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IT'S THE 'S' CYCLE. That's literally the point of this update. Even bringing something to the table like the Xr is surprising at all in a performance cycle.
I never used the iOS 12 beta. Is 3D Touch still working as always in iOS 12 for these phones?