Not much would get me to upgrade my XR to a 2019 iPhone, but this would do it. Just make sure Product Red is an option again.
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Next-Generation iPhone XR Said to Feature 4x4 MIMO Antenna Design Enabling Faster Data Speeds
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So on this topic, I came across some articles about 5 G being a serious health hazard. We may not want mobile phones to move to that after all. Personally I really don't have any complaints with my LTE speeds as is. If this 4x4 MIMO can improve speeds a little more than I'd be fine with that.
Lol, how is the XR cheap? Aluminum body, glass back, great LCD display that admittedly only suffers from the resolution (although I haven’t noticed from the 7+), best battery of any iPhone ever, A12, I fail to see how the XR is ‘cheap’. It’s no 5C.
Come on Apple, at least bump up the resolution to support 1080p!
My XR outperformed my former XS Max by leaps and bounds, and still beats my husband’s XS Max at capturing and retaining the best signal and speeds and has given me no issues on WiFi that my Max did.
(So they clearly need to do something else to the XS series design to improve modem performance besides upgrading the modem itself.) Meanwhile the improved modem on the Xr should be pretty impressive.
But I would not upgrade on this basis alone. My Xr is good enough for rural and suburban use. It’s a good enough phone, period. I just want them to keep improving iOS. The hardware is fine. It’s iOS that had me wanting to throw the phone through a window for a long while. I’m relieved the last update fixed a lot of my complaints.
Just bring back 3D Touch please. And slash that egregious price point as well as those fat bezels.
Just because it’s not laughably overpriced that doesn’t make it “cheap”. At this price it’s anything but, especially out of the US bubble.
Well I’m a little confused about the health risks...is it the phones (receivers) that are a concern or the emitters that pose the risk? Or both? Or factually neither?
So you are UNHAPPY with your XR because it wouldn't take much to make you move on from it?
Interesting.
Ir's still just lipstick on a pig. What you get is Tim Cook telling you how it is priced based on the great user experience it affords. Not on how much it costs to make. And where is the mMac Pro? It's 2019. Please tell me you aren't waiting for the POWER 10 (APPL will call it POWER X) chips to be released.
I really like my XR. I went from a 7 and it's better in every way. The battery life is great (I am rarely under 40% at the end of a day), it's fast, the screen is lovely (pixels are noticeable if I look at it closely), FaceID has been nearly flawless and is a major improvement over TouchID. I don't miss the home button. My cell connectivity is slightly better than what I had on my 7. The camera is noticeably better too.
What? No, I like the XR, but if the next version had 4x4 for better reception, I would consider upgrading to XR 2. It was the only feature that tore me between XR and XS, and I ultimately decided it wasn’t worth the premium. How did I convey that I was unhappy with it whatsoever?
Interesting? Lol, okay?
Why do another XR? Just do a small, medium, and large model with three levels of memory. And call it something simple, like the 11. I'm pretty sick of all the shenanigans with names, models, and screens. Oh well. I'm old. 