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- [Jonathan] Yo guys, Jonathan here.
The iPhone XR is here,
in all of it's colorful glory.
I've used it.
I've tested it.
And this is my review.
So this is the iPhone XR.
Isn't this a beautiful, beautiful blue.
It also comes in white.
Black yellow, Product Red
and who could forget.
- Carl.
- Now one thing I want to get out of the way
is something that I've felt the second the iPhone XR
was announced and that's the fact that I think
it's just a little overpriced.
Not by a ton.
It starts out at $749,
but I think if apple like smacked $50 off the price tag
it would have gone a long way.
You could buy one of these beautiful dbrand skins.
That marble and blue was meant to be.
Now I realize $50 isn't a ton of money but I think,
there is something about
knowing that hey,
even though it's just a dollar under $700
it's still under there,
whereas with $749
you are rapidly approaching that $800 price tag.
What's interesting though is if
you want to bump up the storage on the iPhone XR
from 64GB up to 128GB it's only $50,
but imagine if you drop that down a notch.
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Imagine if the 64GB iPhone XR started at about $699,
you then have the 128Gb option coming at $749.
And that is the bam, nailed it, home run,
knocked it out of the park give Tim Cook a fist bump,
or a high five whatever your thing is.
This is the phone you should buy.
That being said though,
there is lot of really good with the iPhone XR.
And as you'll see throughout the video
it shares a lot in common with the more expensive
iPhone XS and XS Max.
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Next, let's go ahead and talk about that
display which I can assure you
is not depressing.
First though, we gotta take trip to the schoolhouse
because my friends PPI or Pixel Per Inch
and screen resolution are two completely different things.
So because the internet
some of you out there may have heard the iPhone 4,
yes the iPhone 4,
and the iPhone XR share the same pixel density
of 326 pixels per inch and assumed wow.
The 6.1 inch iPhone XR in 2018
has the same resolution as the iPhone 4?
What the heck is Apple doing?
Fact check.
The iPhone 4, bless it's tiny little heart
has a resolution of 960 x 640,
versus with the iPhone XR,
just a couple more pixels,
has a resolution of 1792 by 828
which gives it approximately 869,000 more pixels.
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Now if you're used to an older display you can absolutely
see this looks like an LCD panel,
but with that said,
and pixels aside,
what Apple did with this
is really impressive.
It's bright, it's accurate.
The colors are beautiful.
There is no HDR which is kind of a bummer,
but again this is $250 cheaper
so there are going to be sacrifices.
The first which being after the lack of HDR,
is that bezel which is giant if you compare it to
the iPhone XS and XS Max.
Now to be honest it's not really a huge deal
unlike most things when you use it you kind of
don't really notice it,
but being used to the iPhone XS
it was one of the first things that stood out to me.
So I at least wanted to point it out.
That aside though, what Apple is doing with this LCD
and those rounded corners
is really unique like nobody is doing this.
There are some reviews at The Verve
that have a really fantastic
break down of how all that tech works
and how Apple pulls it off,
so if you have a minute definitely check out the video
and tell Nilay, Jonathan sent you.
From there the next omission on the iPhone XR
is going to be 3D touch.
I kind of talked about it in my unboxing where
Apple may get rid of 3D touch altogether
as soon as next year
so I'm not sure how big of a deal it is.
But on the flip side you do get a 3D touch like alternative
with haptic touch.
What it is essentially is
a long press with haptic feedback
that works in two places,
the lock screen and the control center.
Now with the lock screen it is worth noting that
you do have to have to wait which is awesome,
But as far as a haptic touch
you can either quickly activate the flashlight
or access the camera.
From there within control center by long pressing,
you can dive deeper into pretty every single
possible setting from Wi-Fi
to the camera, to the timer, to brightness
so it is nice having some sort of alternative.
Now, sadly this will not work on the Apps
on your main home screen.
So if you long press, you just quickly have the option
to either delete or move an App,
just like you're normally used to.
So that's a bit of a bummer but again,
I do appreciate the fact that we have at least some
sort of alternative.
From there to address a question
that I've seen pop up
everywhere, which is cool candy color Phone Bro.
But can you even watch 1080P?
So within the YouTube App
you actually do have the option to select 1080P,
and with this being technically 828P which is more
than 720, you're getting a downscaled version of 1080P
which is definitely sharper.
From there man just chill for a second.
How does it feel knowing that candy colored
iPhone that you keep making fun of
is faster than pretty much every Android phone out there?
For real though, the iPhone XR is a really fast phone.
It is worth noting though that you have 3GB of RAM
as opposed to 4 on the XS.
But with iOS 12 and that A12 Chip
it's a smooth fluid buttery experience
from day to day use all the way down to gaming.
From there though design wise
I really, really love these colors.
And it's kind of making me think
of using this over the iPhone XS Max.
You'd don't get stainless steel sides,
but I actually kind of prefer the aluminum
because that allows the color matching
which complements the phones beautifully.
If you were part of iPhone X or a launch date
your sub box might of looked like something straight
out of Power Rangers, thank you Phil.
But for real though, if you guys want to
check out the other colors Jadner had white,
Justine had coral,
Marquez had red,
Richard had black and I'm sure I'll find
one with yellow and link that down below as well.
So here is the look at the iPhone XR staked side by side
against the iPhone 8 Plus,
the XS and the XS Max.
Honestly, it's kind of like if three of those did some stuff
I'm not really allowed to talk about on camera
and out came the iPhone XR.
I'm kind of really sold on the form factor
which sits right smack in the middle
of the iPhone XS and XS Max.
Yes, you lose the OLED display.
Yes you lose some resolution,
but with those colors and how many features it does share
with the iPhone XS,
I'm kind of leaning towards using this phone.
So with that theme of shared features
on the iPhone XR, you also get Face ID,
which for me, has always worked really well to the point
where I don't really ever miss having
a fingerprint reader.
You have true tone display.
You have stereo speakers which honestly
sound just as good as the iPhone XS and XS Max.
You have wireless charging.
You have water resistance although it is worth
noting that the iPhone XR is IPC 67 rated.
Not IP 68 like the iPhone XS and XS Max.
But it is nice knowing
that you're not gonna have to stress
about getting your nice shiny colored
phone a little wet.
The one interesting element with the iPhone XR
for sure though is going to be the camera on the back.
You have a single lens as opposed to the
dual set up on the iPhone XS and XS Max.
It's actually the exact same wide angle lens
found on the iPhone XS and XS Max,
you're just missing that telephoto lens,
but the good news is,
you still do have portrait mode on both the rear end
and front facing cameras.
What's up guys.
Ty Lopez here at the Hollywood Hills flexing knowledge
in my, I'm kidding it's not mine.
I'm actually just showing off the front face on the camera
on the iPhone XR,
with which I'm recording so let me now what you guys think
of the quality of he video and audio.
Put the comment down below.
From there hop on over to the camera samples.
If there was any doubt about this camera
put those away because it performed really well.
This shot in particular is a really good example of
the smart HDR with the background and the sky
exposed properly,
but we still have the foreground looking punchy,
saturated and really sharp.
Same thing here with Mr. Pumpkin.
It's bright, it's punchy, it's saturated.
But we also retain a ton of detail
so if we zoom in we can see
that sticker shows up.
This pumpkin was from Pumpkin Pampered farms.
It's a lot of p's.
But it looks good.
From there hop on over to Mr. Ty Lopez's whip.
Kidding, I have no idea who's this is,
but it's a good example again about smart HDR
where the sky is exposed perfectly but,
we have that really punchy foreground,
especially with that Caro Conrad orange.
This shot is also really a good example
of how much detail is retained.
So if we zoom in we can read the text right off those laces
Now, portrait mode in the iPhone XR is a little different
than the iPhone XS because you're using that singular lens
and everything is done through software.
Because of that, it will unfortunately only work
when a person is in and detected in the frame
so sorry Mr. fire hydrant no portrait shot for you.
The other interesting thing is because the iPhone XS
and XS Max uses a telephoto lens,
the iPhone XR is going to be significantly wider.
Now, it doesn't mean that you can get shots
like this on the iPhone XR,
it just means you have to treat it like a prime lens
and then move closer to your subject.
That aside though,
portrait mode on the iPhone XR isn't perfect
but more often than not it works really well.
Some people are going to want and need that
telephoto lens, but honestly for the majority
of people out there,
you're going to be really happy with this single camera.
What absolutely is awesome is just they have from XS
you also get adjustable aperture on the iPhone XR.
From then hop on over to the front facing camera
before we hope into portrait mode,
here is just a regular front facing shot.
I kind of talked about it where I still wished
the iPhone front facing camera was a little bit wider.
That's where I think the Google Pixel 3 excels
but over all great quality and shot out
to Ricardo for saying hi.
Naturally though we gotta talk about those portraits
selfies which again,
the iPhone XR does a really good job.
Again, just like the iPhone XS
and the rear facing camera
you also have adjustable aperture
on the iPhone XR, front facing camera so.
Here is an example of no blur all the way to crank
that baby wide open.
Now I've talked about with the iPhone XS,
it's not a beauty filter that's applied to your face
but rather it's noise reduction
over the entire image,
so if you don't have the ideal lighting conditions
you're definitely going to see that here was well.
The good news is like I also mentioned in that video
is that it's software based
and actually Apple is working
on a fix to reduce that very soon.
Overall though the cameras on the iPhone XR
definitely deliver.
Smart HDR is awesome.
Again the camera isn't perfect every single time,
but the majority of the time
you're going to be extremely pleased.
Now in an area where I don't think the iPhone
can be touched right now and this
applies also to the iPhone XR is video.
The iPhone XR does continuous 4k 60 frames per second
video which is super fun to slow down.
You can also do 1080p video up to 240 frames per second
which is awesome, but really
even that classic 4k 24 or 30 frames per second
with a stabilization,
with an HDR is amazing
and here is a montage of some of the best
stuff I caught.
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So yeah, iPhone XR has a great camera.
Takes great video.
It's fast.
It's fluid.
The speakers sound great.
Yet, you definitely sacrifice a little bit
with that LCD panel versus OLED,
but honestly I think it looks great,
and really I think this is the iPhone that most people
should buy.
What is probably the secret sauce,
the underrated feature of the iPhone XR though is gotta be
the battery life.
It is actually better than the iPhone eight Plus
which was a monster so yeah.
You lose a few pixel but overall
for what you get
and if you're about that all day battery life,
again, this is the iPhone you should buy.