Want to buy my mom the XR to upgrade her from the 7Plus. Will the screen resolution and quality be an upgrade on the XR or am I better off getting her the XS Max? She doesn't use the phone camera often, just messaging, reading and some social media.
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iPhone XR How will the quality of the XR screen compare to the 7 Plus?
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Personally I’d take her to the store and let her chose, tell her price doesn’t matter because of a “promo”, get her something.m nice 
The XR is liquid retina. So you’re going to get wet when you touch it. Who wants that?
The Xr screen will probably be more fuzzy than that of the 7+. My 6s 326 ppi (same ppi as Xr) screen is most definitely not as sharp as that of my wife’s 7+. Whether that matters enough to you, you have to decide for yourself.
If it’s just messaging, reading and some social media, I wouldn’t upgrade at all. The 7+ does all those things brilliantly. Reading is probably better on the 7+ because of the higher 401 ppi.
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If it’s just messaging, reading and some social media, I wouldn’t upgrade at all. The 7+ does all those things brilliantly. Reading is probably better on the 7+ because of the higher 401 ppi.
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Apple says the Xr has the most advanced LCD in any phone. Sure the PPI isn't the best, but it has "best in class color management", and tap to wake. I also think people are forgetting about the faster touch tracking. Maybe that's not something people actually notice when they use it, but apple made a point to mention it in the keynote.
I went from the 6+ to the 8 and honestly, during normal use, I don't notice the lower PPI. Sure, if I put my 2 phones next to each other and go in my analytical mode, I can see the text on the 8 is slightly fuzzier. But normal use, the text on the 8 is still sharp.
One option is just keep your mom on her 7+ if she's still happy with it. Otherwise have her try both the XR and XS Max and see which one she likes better. Depending on how techy/nitpicky your mom is about phones, she may or may not even notice the ppi difference. And see if she can get used to losing a home button to go back to home screen. (My mom is super not techy so I shudder at having to teach her how to use the newer phones..)
One option is just keep your mom on her 7+ if she's still happy with it. Otherwise have her try both the XR and XS Max and see which one she likes better. Depending on how techy/nitpicky your mom is about phones, she may or may not even notice the ppi difference. And see if she can get used to losing a home button to go back to home screen. (My mom is super not techy so I shudder at having to teach her how to use the newer phones..)
If that were the case, people would have noted that during the Apple event when they were allowed to go hands-on with the device. Instead what we heard about was how great the screen looks despite being an LCD with 326ppi.
I'm not saying it won't look great, im sure it will, all iPhone displays do. But I would be very surprised if it isn't noticeably lower res than the 7/8 Plus. Happy to be proved wrong when the phone comes out as would make the decision to get one over a XS Max a lot more tempting.
It will be exactly as noticeable as the difference between the 8 plus and the 8. Which is to say, some people see it and others don’t.
I agree, to me its very noticeable but to others it may not be. I went from a 6 Plus to a regular 6S (cost saving exercise I later regretted) and found the screen difference very noticeable and i missed the sharper display of the Plus model so went back to the Plus when I got my 7. The XR could potentially be more noticeable as the display is larger than that of the regular size 6/7/8.
so why u wanna upgrade? speed doesnt matter, screen is smaller. photos shes not using. screen resolution less?
do u have too much money? donate
Another day another XR PPI thread based on nothing more then hysteria at present..
And the XS Max would be a complete waste of money for that usage anyway.
And the XS Max would be a complete waste of money for that usage anyway.
Screen is bigger, genius. If you're going to troll it helps to not also show yourself to be stupid.
Curious about your reasoning here. If the 6/7/8/XR are all 326 ppi, why would the difference (as compared to Plus phones) be more noticeable on the XR’s larger display? If anything, I figure the XR would generally be viewed at a slightly greater distance than the smaller 6/7/8, which would lead to an apparent increase in sharpness (because individual pixels are harder to resolve/perceive the further they are from one’s eyes).
They are the same pixel density. I have the 6S right now and I'm looking to get the XR. Screen quality will be the same if not better due to the "liquid retina" on the XR. My 6S is perfectly clear and readable to me so I know the XR will be just as good. I don't understand the people who make a fuss about Apple not making the XR at least 1080p. But then again I don't watch movies on my phone. That's what I have a 4K TV for.
They are the same pixel density. I have the 6S right now and I'm looking to get the XR. Screen quality will be the same if not better due to the "liquid retina" on the XR. My 6S is perfectly clear and readable to me so I know the XR will be just as good. I don't understand the people who make a fuss about Apple not making the XR at least 1080p. But then again I don't watch movies on my phone. That's what I have a 4K TV for.
I don't get it either. Apple makes the best LCDs in the business. The screen will be gorgeous. Not as good as OLED, but most people won't notice.
This is just marketing crap. It will be a decent LCD screen, but miles behind the quality of decent OLED display.
Easy tiger...
The screen is not as wide so shows videos 11% smaller than on the 7plus.
Yes its overall area is a bigger but it will show less text in portrait mode due to the narrower display and smaller ppi.
Looks like the XR screen is narrower and therefore effectively smaller than the 8 Plus. And fuzzier because of the lower ppi.
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