Thank you so much for this. I am in the small group of people who have a Xʀ, Max and X and actually PREFER the Xʀ.
People always wanna be like “but it’s inferior” or “that screen res though”. However most of the people who say this doesn’t get it. The screen res is fine. Saying inferior is highly subjective.
This phone has the best battery life ever on an iPhone and TBH it’s not even close. I got the Max on launch expecting my battery life to be much better than on my X, but it never was. When the phones were announced I kept telling myself to wait for the Xʀ ... just wait just wait... of course I didn’t and got the Max on Launch in a decision I would later regret. Here we are over 2 months since the Xʀ launch day and my Max has been collecting dust. I’m probably just gonna sale the Max, but haven’t gotten around to it. The 6.1” screen just seems to be the sweet spot for me. When I compare the 2 phones side by side the differences are negligible. Yes the Max shows deeper blacks. In some videos it’s a little more crisp, but nothing to trade off with Battery Life.
To me, and this is my opinion, but I believe the iPhone Xʀ is the best “people’s” iPhone Apple has ever made. Yeah the Max is “supposed” to be the best Iphone this year, but there’s an argument when you get 95% of the Max’s features for 70% of the cost.
