iPhone XR XR screen quality v competitors

[Alphazoid]

It's a decent LCD display, but it's not in the same league as a premium OLED display as found on the Xs.

For 99.9% of people it will be fine, especially those weirdos who wrap the phone in a case/screen protector and all that other junk.

How are they weirdos? if they go naked and drop their phone and crack the front/back glass are you gonna pay for their replacement?

Yet I would guess most homes own a 1080p TV in 40-70 inches, under 50PPI (even a 4k TV over 40 inches is under 100PPI, 1/3rd of an iphone) yet complain about "only" 828p 326PPI on a tiny 6 inch phone display The irony.

Poor argument. TVs are placed farther away than phones are.

 

[DNichter]

It’ll be fine for most people. Not as good as the XS of course, but most wont notice the difference.

 

[JBGoode]

For reference (and for those that seem to insist that the Xr is 720p when it very clearly is not.)

720p = 921,600 pixels
Xr = 1,483,776 pixels
1080p = 2,073,600 pixels

 

[Garemlin]

For reference (and for those that seem to insist that the Xr is 720p when it very clearly is not.)

720p = 921,600 pixels
Xr = 1,483,776 pixels
1080p = 2,073,600 pixels

I don't think the argument is that the XR isn't higher than 720p. It is that many people think looking at the XR vs the XS or other OLED phones would be the equivalent of watching a high end 4k set and then going to a 27" RCA CRT.

 

[JBGoode]

I don't think the argument is that the XR isn't higher than 720p. It is that many people think looking at the XR vs the XS or other OLED phones would be the equivalent of watching a high end 4k set and then going to a 27" RCA CRT.

Look around and you can see that many people think this is a 720p screen and this is the entire basis for their negative view on this phone. I threw these specs into another thread because another poster mentioned it and just threw them into this thread too in case anyone was wondering.

 

[Garemlin]

Look around and you can see that many people think this is a 720p screen and this is the entire basis for their negative view on this phone. I threw these specs into another thread because another poster mentioned it and just threw them into this thread too in case anyone was wondering.

Oh I fully understand. But the only thing most of these spec chasers are worried about is that it isn't a 1440p OLED. If it doesn't look good on paper there is no way it will look good in person.

 

[mrex]

Yet I would guess most homes own a 1080p TV in 40-70 inches, under 50PPI (even a 4k TV over 40 inches is under 100PPI, 1/3rd of an iphone) yet complain about "only" 828p 326PPI on a tiny 6 inch phone display The irony.

im sure people wont sit in front of their tvs close to their nose either

when i got my 6s+ i didnt got 6s because 6s+ looked much sharper. im sure when you use them daily on the street you wont probably notice the difference but when you are laying on a sofa and the phone literally is on your face, you can see the difference.

 

[est1738]

Having a 6s and looking to upgrade to a XR, I was growing more concerned about the new phone’s screen. I was in a Costco today and was able to compare my 6s against a XS, putting both screens on the same Apple News article with fonts about the same size. I was pleased with how well the 6s LCD compared with the XS OLED.

To be fair, I did prefer the XS screen but not for $250 more (really it would be $350 because I want more than 64GB storage, so $799 for a 128GB XR vs. $1149 for a 256GB XS). Unless the reviews bring up negative issues with the XR that haven’t been anticipated, the XR will satisfy my needs at a price I can live with.

This... Exactly this.

 

[Raist3001]

It is an entry level phone. Apple will never come out and say it's there for customers who want a cheaper option. It also is there to make people consider stepping up into their more premium option when you compare the two side by side...

No, the XR is not an entry level phone. Not when the 7 and 8 are still being sold. Anyone wishing to enter apples ecosystem without spending money on the premium X series can purchase the 7 or 8 at a much lower ‘entry level’ price. The XR is positioned in the premium tier of the X series which is why it carries the name X.

7+
64/256 is $569/$699

8+
64/256 is $699/$849

XR
64/126/256 is $749/@799/$899

 

[Nickpausw1092]

Someone told me today @ my local vodafone store Liquid retina display on the XR is better than OLED technology.

 

[Broadus]

Someone told me today @ my local vodafone store Liquid retina display on the XR is better than OLED technology.

If true, that would turn everything upside down. Count me very skeptical, though, as much as I would wish it true. I've heard this nowhere else.

 

[Chele]

Someone told me today @ my local vodafone store Liquid retina display on the XR is better than OLED technology.

I seriously doubt that's true. However, since my eyes are too sensitive for the Max's OLED screen and I pre-ordered a XR, I would love if it were true. Not counting on that though.

 

[mi7chy]

For reference (and for those that seem to insist that the Xr is 720p when it very clearly is not.)

720p = 921,600 pixels
Xr = 1,483,776 pixels
1080p = 2,073,600 pixels

Are you subtracting the dead area from the notch on the Xr? It's not a true 6.1" display either.

 

[PBz]

It’ll be fine for most people. Not as good as the XS of course, but most wont notice the difference.

I could make a case my 8+ screen is better than my wife’s X screen since my 8 doesn’t go through three different colors from in-hand to on-table.

 

[DNichter]

I could make a case my 8+ screen is better than my wife’s X screen since my 8 doesn’t go through three different colors from in-hand to on-table.

That’s cool

 

[PBz]

That’s cool

Three colors isn’t for a $1,000 phone but each person votes differently with their $. I’m not 100% excluding the XS/XSM but the OLED-is-god crowd ignoring some serious flaws for a ‘premium’ screen.

 

[DNichter]

Three colors isn’t for a $1,000 phone but each person votes differently with their $. I’m not 100% excluding the XS/XSM but the OLED-is-god crowd ignoring some serious flaws for a ‘premium’ screen.

It’s a preference. I liked my OLED X and XS Max over my 7 Plus screen. That’s all I can really go off of.

 

[PBz]

It’s a preference. I liked my OLED X and XS Max over my 7 Plus screen. That’s all I can really go off of.

Not saying you are wrong. Agree.. personal taste. I was just surprised this morning.

 

[DNichter]

Not saying you are wrong. Agree.. personal taste. I was just surprised this morning.

Surprised about what?

 

[PBz]

Surprised about what?

How much color shift from holding to using on a table.

 

[DNichter]

How much color shift from holding to using on a table.

Ah, I don’t notice. I’m never really looking at the screen at those angles. The colors, crispness, and true blacks do it for me. The lower res screens bug me now.

 

[Falhófnir]

At this point just 'ok' there's not a huge amount to dislike about it, but there's considerably better to be had. If it had followed the 6-8 plus playbook and rendered @3x and interpolated that to a 1080p equivalent screen, it probably would be more favourable, sub 1080p screens are really the domain of low end phones at this point in time. Of course it will have good colour reproduction, true tone, decent brightness levels, I'm sure good consistency, no PWM dimming (if that affects you), RGB over pentile, and because it's lighter on the GPU and iOS uses a lot of white it's double easier on the battery - so it has its pros and cons

 

[JBGoode]

Are you subtracting the dead area from the notch on the Xr? It's not a true 6.1" display either.

Nope-didn't think about that to be honest but the notch would remove such a minuscule number of pixels from that total that it's irrelevant.

 

[pdp1]

How much color shift from holding to using on a table.

I noticed this for the first time yesterday too. I was really surprised it shifted at as little as 15 degrees off perpendicular (I think I said 5-10 degrees in another post, that was probably an underestimate). One things to note though, it is a lot more apparent when there is lighter colored stuff (e.g. white) stuff being displayed. But still, I’d imagine this would bother me a lot and wonder why it isn’t brought up more in these LCD vs OLED type threads.

 

[rdillon2008]

This isn't a hard decision to make. You can get the iPhone X for the price of the xr. My personal opinion is that, if you are worried about the screen quality, you should just purchase 6plus, 7plus, or 8 plus. Other than that, XR is a great purchase for the prices but I would bite the bullet and go XS MAX