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- iPhone XR unboxing and initial thoughts,
is this the iPhone XS killer?
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Here's my trustee Swiss Army knife.
This is how I start off most of my unboxings these days,
but not when it comes to Apple products.
Upon examining the box,
Apple has matched up the color of the Apple logo
with the color of the device.
I went for the baby sky blue color.
I picked up the 128 gig version.
Compared to the 64 gig,
I couldn't pass up all the extra storage
for just 50 bucks more.
After the plastic removing ceremony is over,
we take a closer look at the device itself.
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It feels great in hand,
and has matching aluminum on the sides
and outside edges to match the color of the phone.
Glad to see the reduced price didn't mean that
we were losing on some of our basic hardware features,
like the volume slider.
Based on a quick overview,
this device is not missing anything,
looks amazing and feels great to hold.
Again, in typical Apple fashion,
we've only received three things in the box.
First, is our charging plug.
Next, is our USB to lightening cable.
Last are Apple's earbuds,
not to be mixed up with Apple AirPods,
which at first glance, you might actually think
Apple gave you some AirPods, but they didn't.
When moving over from another iPhone,
setting up the iPhone XR is a breeze.
Apple's Quick Start requests that
I bring my iPhone closer to the XR,
and we get that magic Apple love.
This is where other manufactures need to step it up.
No one does integration like Apple does.
Makes setup of a new device extremely easy and fast.
Good job, Apple.
Big thumbs up there.
A lot has already been said about the 10R, or is it the XR?
I don't know. I'm going to screw this one up too.
Some say the sales are going to be good
right from the very beginning of this device dropping,
an instant success for Apple.
Based on my experience at the Apple store yesterday,
the jury is still out on this.
The screen on this device has caught a lot of attention,
and is the biggest downgrade,
or compromise, compared to the other models.
The question is, can you tell the difference?
I just sat my 10S Max
and my 10R side-by-side
and watched a full 14 minute video in 720 resolution.
To be fair, if we're doing an honest comparison,
we have to compare 720 to 720.
We can't compare 720 to 1080, that wouldn't be fair.
I couldn't tell the different between the two.
That's right, the more expensive OLED device,
compared to the Liquid Retina display,
on a side-by-side comparison, no difference at all.
That means the argument that the lesser quality device,
and the lesser quality screen,
isn't as good is out the window.
For pushing the 720, it sure is a beautiful display.
So, if you want the Apple phone with the OLED screen,
you got to bump it up to the 10S or the 10S Max.
That's how most products work.
If you want something better, you have to pay for it.
No difference here.
I think the big splash is that Apple typically
stays consistent across all devices with the screens,
but not this time.
I appreciate you watching the video.
The 10R is a new model for Apple all together,
and I'm glad you're here with me experiencing it together.
Head down to the comments section
and answer this question for me,
who is this device for?
Is it for the kids with the fun colors?
Is it for the person that wants an iPhone,
but doesn't want to pay the $1000 entry 10S,
or even the more expensive 10S Max price tag?
Is it for the businesses that want to put
all their employees on iPhones,
and save some money while doing it?
Is it for people that say the 10S is too small,
but the 10S Max is too big?
This one's right in the middle.
In the comments, let me know what you think
the target market is for the 10R and why.
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All-in-all, after spending most of the day
with this device in my pocket, I'm impressed.
It's just as smooth as my 10S Max,
and just as responsive as my Note 9, with far more Ram,
so it's definitely holding up.
But what about that camera?
Here are a few shots I took in my yard.
Can you see a difference in these photos?
I spent some time looking over them,
and I don't see anything that would suggest these photos
didn't come from the same camera.
We got a killer camera, but a screen that limits us.
We take a photo with this awesome camera,
but the screen isn't capable of showing us
the true resolution of the photo we just took.
This may sound bad,
but we've been doing this with 4K video for years now.
Not many phones can display 4K footage,
but they do record in 4K,
and we watch them back on our devices,
and we haven't been complaining.
Well, now the same goes for photos, as well,
with the iPhone 10R.
The next question that we need to answer this time,
but it does take a little bit more time to figure out,
does it matter?
Based on the short period of time
I've spent with this phone today,
I'm gonna say no, it doesn't matter that much.
It would be completely irrelevant if this price tag
started with a six instead of a seven.
If this phone started at 649,
I don't think anybody would care,
but, it starts at 749.
We are in the entry level flagship price bracket.
There is a reasonable expectation that this phone
should have at least 1080p, and it doesn't.
That is what all the buzz is about.
I think whoever buys this phone
is gonna be happy with the screen.
I'm spoiled, so for myself,
I guess I would say, all-in-all, I'm happy with the screen.
I don't have any complaints.
I had to think about it, and I would give it a thumbs up.
Thanks for watching the video.
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