hello everyone and welcome back this is paul from techlink and the iphone xr is
over three years old now and with the recent release of the iphone 12 line i felt like
it was a good time to review this amazing device so to answer the question is it still worth buying
first of all i'm really happy to say that apple decided to keep the xr in the lineup
even after the launch of the 2020 iphone 12. now a lot of people are skeptical as to whether they
should buy the iphone xr or not this does comes from a common notion that the iphone
xr may not really be that high tech to take on the newest generation smartphones of 2020
this is not quite correct though if we go to the apple store you can see that the price
is 499 pounds and if you trade in an older iphone you can get up to um 170 pounds off which makes it
an amazing deal and that's just apple price you know if you're going to look elsewhere for like
secondhand or refurbished devices you are probably going to find this even cheaper and for what you
are getting it's a really great value for money also if we are to compare it with the 2020
iphone se beside the a13 chipset is just a better phone the build quality feels a bit more sturdy
while the more expensive iphones frame are made with stainless steel the xr has a thick
piece of aluminium around the edge like its older generation iphones the aluminium is still durable
however it has a less premium feel compared to the stainless steel nevertheless this is not a deal
breaker for most people us it's still comfortable for use another important thing that made it so
attractive was the color choice unlike most of the previous models you now have six different colors
to choose from the white black blue yellow coral and product which was the red model the display
is a 6.1 inches lcd which is big enough for most content it has a 1792 by 828 pixel resolution with
326 pixel per inch now i know a lot of people were saying that the iphone xr is not the best
choice because of the display but those are people who look too much into numbers and tiny details
the oled display might be a superior technology with bigger pixel density deeper blacks and high
contrast ratio however all these doesn't necessarily translate into real world
experience as this display still performs better than a lot of budget android phones that have
oled displays the resolution is below 1080p but if you go on youtube and let me give you my previous
ios 14 video as an example you still get the option to choose the 1080p resolution
so it doesn't really compromise your experience the only the only thing
worth mentioning is the contrast ratio which is a lot higher on the newer devices the fact is this
was actually the best selling phone of 2019 you notice i said phone and not iphone that means
it's all better than any other smartphone out there and despite what the critics were saying
this was a massive success since the regular buyer was looking for something cheaper than the top of
the range without compromising what they really wanted in an iphone and i'm talking here about
the face id the gestures the larger display with a notch everything that gives you the
modern iphone experience the battery of the 10r is another exceptional feature when it comes xr
battery capacity the xr surpasses the xs and xs max in all segments of talk time internet use and
video or audio playbacks what i can say from my personal experience is that after over a year of
intensive usage and with the battery health that shows the maximum capacity decreased to 92 percent
this iphone still manages to take me through a whole day beside this you also get the wireless
charging but in the box you still get the lightning cable so you will have to buy the
charging pad separately the a12 bionic chipset might be two generations older now but it still
flies even with the new ios 14 he runs through the apps and does different tasks in no time
no matter if you're editing videos or playing video games everything is so responsive
even heavy games have pretty quick load times and can be paused resume instantly with zero lag
um i did a test on the pubg mobile to see how it would work on different settings so make sure to
check out that video i'll leave a link in the description down below all i can say was just
amazing and all this i think is still going to be the same for years to come since iphone hardware
doesn't get outdated that easily when it comes to the camera there's obviously better options on the
newer devices but you still get a 12 megapixel wide camera with digital zoom uh smart hdr and
optical image stabilization for photos and videos you can also record videos in 4k with up to 60
frames per second the main problem is that since it doesn't have the telephoto camera when you are
taking photos in portrait mode the software has to do some fancy tricks to compensate and give
you that blur background and sometimes it might not be that effective while there are many reasons
to consider stepping up to the iphone 11 or the iphone 12 like the more durable design the faster
a13 and a14 chipsets or the more sophisticated camera system the iphone xr still offers a
great value if you don't want to spend that 100 or 200 pounds extra you still get wireless
charging you've got fast charging ability as well a great camera a good display great battery life
and in general you don't have any issues when it comes to the way it works the usability
overall the iphone xr packs a lot of features for the price it comes xr and can easily catch up
or even surpass a lot of the newest smartphones which makes me feel like it's a good sweet spot
of modern iphone but what do you think of the iphone xr at this point do you agree with me
do you think it's still worth buying let me know in the comments down below and that's it for
today's video if you would like to see more tech related content please subscribe to the channel
and press that bell icon so you will be notified whenever i post new videos also if you enjoyed the
video please give it a thumbs up and like always thank you for watching and i'll see you next time