- [Jonathan] Yo guys, Jonathan here.
I am excited.
The iPhone Xr is here,
and I'm kicking things off with an unboxing.
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- [Jonathan] So initial impressions, I gotta say
that blue looks really good.
Or (electric buzzing) is it coral?
Now, one of the things I was most excited for with
the iPhone Xr, naturally, was those iPhone Xr wallpapers,
so here's a look at all of them.
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I will say one thing that really stood out is the
aluminum sides and how they are color-matched to
the phone is a really nice touch.
Like, it is super pretty.
So, yeah, the iPhone Xr is cheaper than both the
iPhone Xs and Xs Max, but you'd be surprised at
how many features they share.
They both feature the exact same A12 bionic chip,
true tone displays, face ID, wireless charging,
dual SIM, stereo speakers, stereo recording,
portrait mode on both the rear and front-facing cameras,
smart HDR, 4K video up to 60 frames per second,
Memoji, Animoji, and those are just to name a few.
Now initial impressions on the display, spoiler alert,
aren't nearly as bad as everyone made it out to be,
and, in fact, it is actually surprisingly good.
Now, I want to quickly state that PPI and
screen resolution are two completely different things.
So no, it does not have the same resolution as the iPhone 4.
In fact, it is much higher at 1792 by 828.
One thing that immediately stood out to me
is how bright this display is.
Like, it is crazy bright.
It's accurate; it's vivid, and yeah, you can definitely
tell it's an LCD if you're used to an OLED,
but by no means is this bad.
So with the iPhone Xr, you do get Tap to Wake,
but one of the things you're giving up in addition to
OLED and screen resolution is 3D touch.
But thanks to iOS 12, you do get
some sort of that functionality back.
So you can see in Control Center,
if I long-press, I'm actually getting some of that
3D touch-like functionality.
It, unfortunately, does not work with apps.
You can see here, if I long-press, I'm just getting
the classic delete or move an app around option.
Still though, the fact that you do get some sort of
that functionality in Control Center, and more importantly,
on the lock screen, to me, is awesome.
Next from there, like I mentioned, the iPhone Xr
features stereo speakers.
And just like the iPhone Xs and Xs Max,
they are really good.
So between the speakers and the A12 bionic chip,
you're starting to see if you're okay with an LCD display.
The iPhone Xr is shaping up to be a really solid phone.
Now, as far as the cameras go, on the back,
you have a single lens system as opposed to
the dual-end system on the iPhone Xs.
But the good news is is that lens is the
exact same wide angle lens on the iPhone Xs.
And, like I mentioned, you still get portrait mode.
I will definitely cover the camera in way more detail
in my full review, which is coming very, very soon,
so stay tuned for that.
But based off initial impressions with that single lens,
it was pretty impressive.
Here's a portrait shot right before sunset,
and just like the iPhone Xs and Xs Max,
we have that adjustable aperture.
So I can really crank down that f-stop and really
take out all that blur or really open up that lens
and get that nice, shallow depth of field.
Now, from there, hopping over to a portrait selfie,
lighting in this case wasn't ideal.
It's pretty low light, so you can see
it's definitely doing some of that noise reduction.
But what I want to point out here is how
those beautiful bokeh balls react to when you open up
that aperture, just really, really nice.
Now, from there, you might be thinking this is an unboxing,
but you really didn't talk about the accessories.
And honestly, Apple didn't really
give us too much to talk about.
If you count my iPhone Xs Max review, you know how I feel.
The fact that it's 2018 and Apple doesn't include
a fast charge option in the box is crazy,
and there's no difference here.
So with that, I kinda wanted to turn this into
some of the best accessories you can buy
when you pick up your iPhone Xr,
and also, make this awesome little package to give away.
One of my absolute favorite accessories is
this giant, monster Anker USBC battery bank
paired with a USBC to lightning cable.
It will change your life.
Now, yeah, EarPods, they're whatever, but if you're
looking for a step up, if you're looking for
a wireless option and don't want to pay
as much as AirPods, the BeatsX Wireless are
actually a surprisingly good alternative.
Before you yell at your keyboard, "Beats suck,"
they're actually not terrible.
More importantly, they carry the same W1 chip as AirPods,
so you're gonna connect super fast.
They have a lighting port to charge up,
so it's gonna work perfectly with the iPhone.
And, more importantly, they actually sound
much better than EarPods.
They're gonna be way better in terms of sound isolation.
So, yeah, let's go ahead and close this video out
with a brand new iPhone Xr giveaway.
That includes the battery bank, the cable,
the BeatsX Wireless, and more importantly,
this beautiful dbrand skin, which looks amazing
paired with the blue iPhone Xr.
Details on how to win are down below.
Hopefully, you guys enjoyed this unboxing.
If you did and you guys are feeling like being awesome,
make sure you guys smash that like button.
Again, stay tuned for the full review,
which is coming very soon.
This is Jonathan, and I will catch you guys later.
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