IPhone XR: Amazing Power And Style

iPhone XR Design

The iPhone XR is the most beautiful iPhone ever. I’m willing to make that bold claim because the shimmery colours are just so nice, and the rounded corners really give it the “river stone” feel that manufacturers have been trying to achieve with mobile phones for years now. The colour is anodized aluminium under glass, but it looks sort of like automotive paint on ceramic.

Size-wise, the XR is just a touch smaller than the XS Max, which is in turn the same size as the iPhone 6/7/8 Plus. The 6.1-inch screen is in the newer, super-tall 19.5:9 aspect ratio, giving you 14.16 square inches of screen as compared with the 12.92 square inches on the old Plus models and 16.08 on the XS Max. The XR’s “liquid retina” LCD is really, really good.

Like all recent iPhones, the XR is IP67 water-resistant and supports wireless charging. It has a single Lightning port, and no traditional headphone jack, but comes with Lightning earbuds and works just fine with Bluetooth headphones.

Wireless Capabilities

The iPhone XR, like the XS and XS Max, has Apple’s innovative dual-SIM system that uses one physical SIM and one virtual SIM. The phone supports all possible US carriers on the main SIM slot, including T-Mobile’s new Band 71. The secondary slot, right now, is mostly for roaming.

Performance, Storage, and Battery Life

Apple’s A12 processor is one of the more powerful mobile chips available today, and one of the XR’s big benefits is that it gives you access to all of that A12 juice.

On Geek bench, it benchmarks at 10 to 15 percent higher than the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in terms of pure CPU performance, and 40 percent higher in terms of GPU computing performance.

On GFXBench, a graphics benchmark, it’s similarly 40 to 45 percent better than the iPhone 8 on offscreen tests, which don’t take screen resolution into account. CLICK HERE for more information on this monster.

Camera

The iPhone XR has a single, f/1.8 12-megapixel main camera that records 4K video at 60 frames per second. It’s the same main camera as on the iPhone XS and XS Max, and took identical pictures in testing, even in poor light. It’s very good—good enough that any debate between it and other top-notch mobile cameras is really just at the bragging rights level.

The iPhone XR is water resistant to IP67 standards, with wireless charging. The Face ID is quick and accurate, good and lasting battery life, and it offers a good camera. The iPhone XR is that model that offers something subtly different too. The 6.1in LCD is colourful and relatively crisp with excellent viewing angles. The body is aluminium and glass, rather than having stainless steel sides, which makes it a little less slippery and easier to grip.

That’s all with the main camera. Since the XS and XR have the same front camera, with its 3D infrared sensor, front-facing photos (and front-facing bokeh) are the same on the two platforms. Face ID is quick and accurate, with the A12 processor, they’re just as fast and fluid on the XR as on the XS.

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