At the iPhone conference nearly two months ago, Apple announced its time on the XS mainly and in detail, and at the end of the conference it revealed the iPhone XR (colored) relatively quickly, as if it was intended to deliver the message that it was a side event, as it caught the attention of not a few. For a number of reasons, including that Apple does not usually release color devices, and also because of its low price compared to the XS. Now, after nearly a month of the availability of the XR in the market, a lot of news started talking about the decline in popularity of this device as well as its manufacture. Does it end with fate as the iPhone 5c?

Does the iPhone XR meet the fate of its colored predecessor?

Specifications that live up to the adults

In terms of performance, although it comes with only 3 GB memory compared to its siblings, performance tests indicated that it closely matches the same speed results for the XS and sometimes surpasses the XS Max. The XR is also the best battery performance iPhone ever, by a noticeable difference from any previous sibling in the iPhone family. The phone includes internally the same processor and graphics card. The iPhone's color camera is also similar to its iPhone XS counterpart (it has a wide-angle camera only) and the camera, front sensors and facial recognition technology are identical. In short, Apple has not cropped much of the internal specifications of this brother. See this link To get to know it more accurately.

And some special specifications

In addition to the above, there is being colorful! This is something Apple might only do in the lower tier. Most companies may export colors from their most expensive device in order to sell it to color lovers, but Apple kept the colors that are described as "upscale" for larger devices and left the bright colors for this device. It is not only the colors that are different in the structure, as Apple uses aluminum for the outer frame instead of stainless steel in the more expensive devices, which is considered better.

Screen and its primary vulnerability

Perhaps the screen is the bottom line for many people and for Apple as well, it is the biggest factor that enabled it to "reduce" the price of the iPhone from $ 1000 to 750, it is not of the type OLED as the iPhone is the most expensive, but rather of the type of LCD and with that Apple It is called Liquid Retina because of the modifications it added to it that made it better, and although Apple has been producing the best LCD screens in the market for years, it is still less than its OLED counterparts. Especially when the comparison comes to contrast (the difference between colors) and their saturation, LCD screens have a color contrast of 1: 1400, while OLED screens have a difference of 1: 1000000 (do you see all those zeros? It's a ratio of one to a million). And what will be said in the market actually is not ”Is the screen good?"It will be said."How do they look compared to the larger iPhone?That is, in fact, the XR screen will not be compared with the 8/7, but rather with the XS, and here you will lose the screen. Our article on the screen can be reviewed in this link.

The screen also loses a feature that was taken for granted in the world of the iPhone, which is the three-dimensional touch. Of course, soon Apple will offer the vibration feature as an alternative - see this link- But of course, this feature is not the same as XNUMXD touch, as you will not be able to press with different forces to do things, and you will not benefit from the XNUMXD touch features in games, to name a few.

Is it really the same as the 5C?

The iPhone XR is colored, and this is wonderful, which is also the main similarity with the iPhone 5c. But is he similar to his younger brother in many respects? The iPhone 5c came with an older processor than the iPhone 5s that was released next to it, and it also came with a camera similar to the iPhone 5 without a fingerprint. Actually, the iPhone 5 was colored, and this, of course, despite its low price, led to its unpopularity, especially among iPhone users who usually want the latest and best. The iPhone Xr has many of its attractive older brother's features, such as the processor, the camera (although it lacks one), and the body made of high-quality materials.

Yes, all of this is true, but there is a major similarity. Is that the iPhone XR, despite its relatively high price ($ 750/2767 Emirati dirhams), Apple is promoting it as the cheapest and least capable alternative, and this is an image that sticks in our minds. A similar promotion method for iPhone 5c, when it was $ 750 as the base price and now Apple has decided that $ 999 should be the base price.

However, the ability of the iPhone XR to sell will be much better than the 5C because it contains excellent properties and it loses properties that some can give up, but its choice will often be based on the desire for bright colors of the device, not at the best price.

Apple user is indifferent to the price

Here is one of the most important factors, although the price is important to many users and that there are already those who will buy the XR for its best price, but the vast majority of Apple users around the world fall into the financially able category. They buy the most expensive phones and then attach the most expensive smartwatches, whose sales overshadow traditional watches. Then they complete the collection with the most expensive tablets and one of the most expensive computers on the market. Of course, they have to spend more to buy apps and services and that is really what they do so the app store wins more than any other store. Does this sound like a user making a complete decision based on the $ 250 difference between two devices, the cheapest of which is still expensive? ($ 750 is no small amount.) There are also old hardware exchange programs and Apple software in the United States that allows you to get the latest devices for a small monthly price. Also, in many countries, including our Arab countries, you can get discounts in the price of phones or purchase in small installments if you get them from network providers.

Usually an Apple user strives for the best features available and wants to make sure that when he pays he is getting the quality he deserves for what he paid. Also, when shopping in Apple stores, they will directly compare the XR and XS, so if the difference is only the price, most users will go to buy an iPhone XS or XS Max. As for whoever will buy a colored iPhone, his decision will be largely due to the love of color and indifference to the loss of some of the characteristics, as mentioned earlier.

Conclusion

The iPhone XR comes in attractive colors and many attractive advantages that will make it better to buy than its color predecessor 5C, but it also comes at a price that is not an understatement and a specific purpose of Apple is not mainly sales, but rather imposing a new market philosophy, which is that the new basic category for its smartphones starts at $ 999. .

You tell us, what is fate IPhone XR Stained? Do you expect it to last for several years or will Apple cancel it in the next conference call?

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