Yes, the XR is using brand new cutting edge screen tech, only this year we saw bezel free LCD screens due to the cutting edge back lighting techniques they’ve made. OLED has been out for a while even in bezel free form, and anyone could bend the screen like Apple, they don’t do it because it costs more.
The XR screen is more high tech then the XS and XS Max screens are.
And facts and opinions are LCD works with True Tone, have no burn in, and produce better shadows, they can adjust their levels much more then OLED can.
Just wait for Micro LED panels to be big, OLED will be ditched in no time.
And FYI you proved my point by giving your ‘opinion’ on OLED screens.
You're confusing opinion with fact here. OLED as a technology has pros and LCD as a technology has other pros. Both are mature tech now a days, and the limitations of each have been minimized to a great degree. Modern day OLED technology has come a long way. What do you mean by better shadows? Are you talking about brightness? What levels are you referring to? Do you mean Contrast?
Consider: Apple is not using LCD displays in their high end smartphones or smartwatches for many reasons. If LCD was the superior form of display technology then they would use it in the XS and XS Max. It is cheaper and more affordable. They could have an LCD equipped apple watch. Why would they even adopt OLED tech in the watch or with the iPhone X which they claimed as their best display ever. They would have just put in a Liquid Retina screen across their lineup from the get go. They would have put it in the iPhone X last year. The tech was still there, but apple chose not to go in that direction.
It is not an opinion that OLED has better contrast. It is not an opinion that the screen tech is thinner and malleable in a way LCD is not. It is not an opinion that apples OLED screens are higher resolution and thus have more PPI than their LCD screen. None of that is opinion. Apple hasn't introduced OLED into their iPads or iMacs because of how expensive it would be. The BOM reflect that. It's not just apple, many companies have tried and considered it. It's why OLED TVs are so much more expensive than equivalent LCD counter parts. The tech is more expensive for a reason and it is not because it is worse.
What is opinion, is if you prefer LCD to OLED or if you prefer OLED to LCD. That is an opinion. That is your preference and that is ok. I do not dispute your own opinion, if you prefer LCD that is fine, but downplaying OLED is not fair nor is downplaying it in the context of the XR LCD as a superior display technology to Apple's OLED screens. It's a great LCD yes, I don't disagree, and I enjoy my XR screen without issue - but make no mistake the *core* technology behind LCD screen on the iPhone XR is no different from the LCD on the iPhone 7. Yes, there are new techniques apple and japan display are using to fit the all screen design to the edge of the frame and to accomodate the curves and the edges of the display is a very smart engineering feat but It also is unable to incorporate 3D touch and it still doesn't stretch to the same dimensions one can with OLED.
Apple went with LCD for the XR because they needed a cheaper tech so they had a more affordable product, not because it's better. It's still a DCI-P3 lcd screen from Japan display with the same core display technology as the iPhone 7 (more accurately, the 9.7" iPad pro)
And yes, Micro LED is the next step up from OLED; not just apple but everyone will move on to it once it becomes financially feasible to do so. Samsung is at the forefront of developing the tech for mobile purposes and I'm sure Apple will be one of their first customers. What point were you trying to make by bringing micro LED into the discussion? I only ask because it doesn't have an impact for or against your points regarding the XR display. I don't disagree at all about it likely being the next thing. But that is still a few years off. It will certainly be brighter than even the best amoled displays.
PS You mentioned a pro for LCD being true tone; Apple's OLED phones support true tone. True tone is enabled by separate sensors and adjusts the screen accordingly, it has nothing to do with the technology of the display