hi everyone Aaron here for ZolloTech and the iPhone XR has been out for a
little bit over a month I've been using it on and off throughout that time and
mostly it's a really nice experience now recently there have been some news
stories saying that this isn't selling really well and Apple has never said
that themselves now there were stories saying that they've cut back production
because they're not selling well but Apple may have just made a bunch of them
and needed to pull that production for the holidays this has happened in the
past and they still had record sales now we don't know that for sure but then
Apple just recently said they've sold more iPhone XR's than their XS or
XS Maxes so I guess it's their best-selling iPhone of this generation
right now anyway since it's been out and to back that up a little bit where I
live in the Charlotte area I've seen more and more of these in fact I know
five people or so personally that actually upgraded to this so they've
upgraded from things like the 6s 6s plus and are really happy with it and I know
a lot of people are going to say that's crazy because of its display the 720 to
1080p display somewhere in the 820 resolution and I honestly could say that
I've shown this to about I don't know quite a few people side by side with the
XS Max it the same brightness and everything right now true tones off just
for this video so you can see this and night shift is off and honestly there
are very few people in fact there's only one person that has said that they
noticed anything the bezels a little bit wider and it's a little fuzzy on the
edge other than that not one person said it looked worse in fact this is the best
looking LCD on the market right now it has great viewing angles it's a nice and
bright it looks great overall and I think a lot of people that say it's
fuzzy they're either looking at something I'm not sure what they're
looking at but this one that I have has just as sharp as the XS Max you really
can't tell the pixel per inch density is the same as an iPhone 8 and no one
really complained about that screen and the pixel density is higher than the
iPad that's right here so it's something that I think people see a number and get
concerned about personally I have no prob
with now the overall design is really nice I think it's the perfect size as
far as using it in my hands you'll see it's it fits nicely in my hand it
doesn't feel like it's gonna fall out the XS Max it's a little bit too large
as far as that goes it's the same as the 8 plus I do like using a larger screen
but as far as the comfort of holding it and things this is the better phone for
me is at least that way the design is nice the durability is great in fact I'd
say it's built a little bit better than the XS Max on the XS Max this is a
little bit sharp on the XR it's not at all so that's that's one nice benefit at
least here now I do have a couple light scratches here I can't really see them
now but in the right light actually there we go right there in the right
light it's just from setting it down on a table and picking it up and of course
that could be avoided if I used a case but I like the durability test them for
videos like this and also I like the feel of it so I don't drop phones I've
never broken an iPhone screen now I might after saying that but I've never
broken one and I do have a couple light scratches on the display and again that
could have been remedied by using a screen protector but I don't like to use
those regularly I do have a scratch right there and that's to be expected if
you're not using a screen protector some light scratches in the coating this one
I can actually feel and I get that on multiple phones right there I don't know
why but again if you're concerned about that just put a screen protector on it
you'll avoid all of that there's no scratches or chipping of the anodization
yet or anything like that or on the edges not a single scratch it's holding
up really well it is aluminum and it doesn't show scratches like the XS Max
does even though this is stainless steel it it doesn't scratch as easily on the
aluminum aluminum so far as as far as this goes for me anyway now the
battery's been pretty good this is probably the best iPhone in my opinion
for battery it's a toss-up between this and the XS Max in the way I use it and
if you do a direct test side-by-side and just run video and things usually this
won't come in first but the way I use it it seems to last easily a day and a half
or so if I wasn't charging it at night so I have left it off the charger just
to see what it would do it's about a day and a half or so just
by the way I use it watching some videos on YouTube checking social media
checking email maybe listening to some music taking some photos it really lasts
quite a long time for me and speaking of photos the camera and this is really
great it's got the same sensor as the XS and XS Max with a little bit
slightly or slightly different lens arrangement and some people say this
might be a little bit better because of that lens arrangement now as far as the
video is concerned I would argue that these are the best these meaning this in
the XS and XS Max are the best video cameras of any any camera phone period
you can do 4k 60p all day long and basically until you run out of storage
so they're really great that way now the speakers on the XR are really great
they're just as good as a XS or XS Max they're nice wide stereo speakers it's
hard to go back to a phone without stereo speakers once you've had one and
they did a great job on it with this now not having touch ID might bug some
people but at this point I'm used to face ID either way is fine it's nice and
fast for me and it has been over the month I had no issue with it and then
speed is great in fact this might be a little bit faster to use then the XS
and XS Max because you're not pushing as many pixels so that's an advantage
with battery as well because it's technically a lower resolution you can
make it smoother it's not using as much power from the graphics processor and it
just works really well everything's nice and fast no issues switching between
anything it's just super fast and I've had no issues there now as far as your
cell phone signal goes this one I've had no issues with I find to have more that
I have more issues with the XS and XS Max I don't know if it's the difference
in the antenna arrangement or what that is but I have two bars here at my home
and it's holding out well I have no issues whatsoever now this doesn't have
gigabit LTE but I don't really know any place that can do gigabit LTE at least
around me anyway so I don't see that on the XS or XS Max either so should you
buy one of these I would say if you're in the market for a phone you don't want
to spend $1000 and you want a phone that's going to
ask you throughout the day have all the modern touches on it it's great but if
you miss 3d touch and you're used to that you definitely want to try this out
because this has happening touch so if you 3d touch an icon you're not going to
get that feedback that you would be for that's probably the thing I found I
missed the most when using this phone so if you push here nothing now you do get
it with some of the notifications you can peek and pop and they will pop open
but you don't get it on the homescreen here with certain things you will you
don't there either but you can go in here and push on the flashlight and
brighten it just like you could on on any other 3d touch enabled phone it's
kind of a long press it's kind of sensing your finger flattening out as
you're pushing it so you get the same feel and you've got that same shake of
the phone when you do it but it's not the same it's not exactly the same so if
that's a big issue for you keep that in mind otherwise I have no issue with it
whatsoever so you get it in pretty much everything in here with your display
brightness and everything else so it is there and it's just not on the icons yet
and that's actually where I used it the most but it's not a big deal for me so
that's it for this I've really enjoyed using it over 30 days and this display
being that it's an LCD doesn't bother my eyes as much because it doesn't flicker
like an OLED even though you can't see it with your eyes
this one is flickering all the time especially below 50% brightness and as
far as this goes it's less straining on my eyes that's true for some people
either way I've been using this when I do like using larger display sometimes
but this one I find I get less eye strain with either way they're both
great phones but let me know what you think about the XR and the comments
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thanks for watching this is Aaron I'll see you next time