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iPhone XR vs. XS: Which Apple Do You Pick?

10/23/2018, 11:37:24 AM
The new $750 iPhone XR is so much like the $1,000 iPhone XS that it's hard to see why you'd pay more. WSJ's Joanna Stern reviews the key differences.



iPhone XR review

10/23/2018, 10:01:12 AM
Finally, an iPhone with a decent battery ✔ Apple has managed a marketing masterstroke with the iPhone XR: not only has it delayed the launch of the third of its trio of 2018 iPhones, thus creating some mystery around it, it’s also managed to make this seem like this year’s ‘cheap’ iPhone ✔ You can still take a portrait shot and have the background attractively blurred to keep the focus on the subject, but unlike with the iPhone XS, you can’t take pictures of objects and animals in the same way



iPhone XR review: Answers to your questions on Apple's least expensive new iPhone

10/23/2018, 11:23:01 AM
The iPhone XR is the least expensive of the new iPhones. It has many of the same features as the pricier iPhone XS. What are you giving up? ✔ On both the XR and XS devices, you can also adjust the depth of field inside an image shot in Portrait Mode after the fact ✔ Email: ebaig@usatoday.com or tweet USA TODAY Personal Tech Columnist Ed Baig at @edbaig ✔ Baig is co-author of iPhone For Dummies, an independent work published by Wiley



With both style and substance, the ‘budget’ iPhone XR is the iPhone to buy

10/23/2018, 10:14:04 AM
Apple’s iPhone XS and XS Max are its flagship smartphones that do everything and anything. The iPhone XR is more interesting, because it looks futuristic like its siblings, but it’s cheaper, and more stylish. It comes in a range of colors like blue, red, coral, and yellow, and we can’t stop staring. ✔ It can shoot 4K 60 frames-per-second video, can record stereo sound, packs Smart HDR, and for the first time you can use Portrait Mode without the need for the secondary lens ✔ The iPhone 5S, which released in 2013, is the oldest iPhone capable of running iOS 12, so you’re getting a good deal of longevity out of your device



iPhone XR Review: You Don’t Have to Spend $1,000 for the Best iPhone

10/23/2018, 10:12:11 AM
The iPhone XR has a few price-cutting compromises, but great battery life, Face ID and a colorful design make it the best iPhone to buy, writes Joanna Stern. ✔ The main reason many will prefer the XS’s 5.8-inch screen ✔ Given that it’s glass, I’d still stick a case on it ✔ OK, maybe animal portraiture artists and screen obsessives ✔ Anyone else willing to spend up to $1,450 for the top-spec iPhone XS Max is putting status over substance



Review: Apple’s iPhone XR is a fine young cannibal

10/23/2018, 10:14:05 AM
This iPhone is great. It is most like the last iPhone — but not the last “best” iPhone — more like the last not as good iPhone. It’s better than that one though, just not as good as the newest best iPhone or the older best iPhone. If you’re upgrading from an iPhone 7 or […] ✔ See the two maps compared here, the iPhone XR’s depth map is far less aware of the scene depth and separation between the ‘slices’ of distance ✔ Whether you help Apple boost its average selling price by buying one of the maxed out XS models or you help it block another Android purchase with an iPhone XR, I think it will probably be happy having you, raw or cooked



What’s the difference between the iPhone XS and XR?

10/23/2018, 10:47:10 AM
Apple says it wants to reach a broader audience with its $749 iPhone XR. The Post's Geoffrey A. Fowler examines the new iPhone XR and compares it to the more advanced iPhone XS.



iPhone XR makes the right trade-offs for a cheaper price

10/23/2018, 10:33:56 AM
Apple offers you a simple trade-off with its new iPhone XR, the middlebrow cousin to the top-of-the-line iPhone XS. ✔ Apple says that with LCD screens, higher resolution drains the battery faster, a trade-off that's minimal with the XS because its screen doesn't need a backlight ✔ Perhaps Apple will one day design a smaller XR and revive a trend of offering both standard and larger versions for each major model



The iPhone XR Is Good, Which Means Choosing An iPhone Right Now Is Confusing As Hell

10/23/2018, 10:21:54 AM
The XR is an iPhone under $1,000, with the features of an iPhone over $1,000. ✔ Most days, I went to bed with about half of the battery left, with Saturday as the exception because, by the time I had gotten home, it was Sunday ✔ Ultimately, when it comes to buying an iPhone: Upgrade only when you must, and (obviously) buy only what you can afford



Surface Laptop 2 review: Microsoft's sleeker answer to the MacBook Air

10/23/2018, 6:15:35 AM
This slim, powerful machine is the finest example of what a Windows laptop should be. If only it came with USB-C ✔ Old ports The left side of the Surface Laptop 2 has a full-sized USB-A 3.0 and a mini DisplayPort sockets ✔ All our journalism is independent and is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative ✔ By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that Skimlinks cookies will be set



iPhone XR review: Power, price and colourful design makes this a very tempting upgrade

10/23/2018, 10:07:09 AM
THE iPhone XR brings a big screen on a smaller budget and with this device packing some premium specs there's certainly lots to like. Here's express.co.uk's full iPhone XR review. ✔ Tucked under the glass and metal body is Apple's turbocharged A12 Bionic processor which is currently one of the fastest chips on the market ✔ And the all-glass finish brings a quality feel to the hand and tucked under this durable case is that incredible new processor ✔ It's fast, feature-packed and that more affordable price makes it a very attractive upgrade



iPhone promotional offers help Verizon beat phone subscriber estimates

10/23/2018, 11:57:38 AM
Verizon Communications Inc on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for net new pho... ✔ REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Apple launched the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR in September, triggering heavy promotional activity in the telecoms industry ✔ [nGNXb3bkfn] Net income attributable to the company rose to $4.92 billion, or $1.19 per share, in the third quarter ended Sept ✔ 30, from $3.62 billion, or 89 cents per share, a year earlier ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Apple supplier AMS in steepest fall since 2008

10/23/2018, 8:17:20 AM
undefined ✔ If this is the last cut in estimates, then it could be time to buy post the decline, they said, according to Bloomberg ✔ As such, AMS said it had decided to de-emphasise current efforts in environmental sensing and focus strongly on very attractive mid- and long-term growth opportunities in optical technologies



Review | iPhone XR: The best $250 you ever saved on a new phone

10/23/2018, 10:17:54 AM
The $750 middle child of Apple’s confusing new lineup is the best-value iPhone in years. Here’s why you should consider the XR instead of the XS. ✔ Since 2014, Apple has not only increased the camera’s resolution, but also the size and sensitivity of the sensor that captures images, allowing it to take night photos that look much more like the eye sees ✔ Now you just have to figure out what to do with all that money you saved



What it will cost to repair screen on new iPhone models XR, XS and XS Max

10/23/2018, 11:59:59 AM
Apple's iPhone screen repair pricing chart shows a cost of $199 for the XR, $279 for the XS and $329 for the XS Max. ✔ Apple just released its pricing chart on screen repairs for the complete lineup of iPhones, and says consumers will pay $199 to fix the 6.1 inch LCD screen of the XR, vs ✔ That compares to $279 for the 5.8 inch OLED screen XS and the predecessor to that model, the X ✔ If you have an older phone, you'll spend even less ✔ The iPhone XR has what Apple refers to as a Liquid Retina display



What Very.co.uk deals shoppers can expect during Black Friday 2018

10/23/2018, 11:13:39 AM
Last year Very.co.uk teased deals hourly as Black Friday got underway - this is what we know so far about 2018 ✔ Last year Very.co.uk went big for Black Friday, drip-feeding shoppers new deals every hour ✔ With coveted appliances like the Dyson V6 Animal cordless vacuum cleaner, Xbox and Playstation bundles and Apple MacBook Air 13-inch released via a live feed on the retailer's website - customers were even able to see what deals were 'coming soon' ✔ It's also worth monitoring the brand's Twitter and Facebook for the duration of Black Friday so you don't miss anything



Turkey’s Erdogan says there is evidence that Khashoggi’s was a ‘vicious, violent murder’

10/23/2018, 10:18:21 AM
Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned by Saudi Arabian officials. ✔ The latest development highlights a series of political events that have roiled markets of late, with futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average YMZ8, -1.14% and the S&P 500 index ESZ8, -1.30% set to open sharply lower after the Dow DJIA, -0.50% and S&P SPX, -0.43% on Monday mostly ended on a downbeat note



UK Daily Deals: Free Xbox One S Bundle with Selected Virgin Media Deals

10/23/2018, 11:01:28 AM
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Samsung fans think this mysterious FOLDING smartphone is about to debut

10/23/2018, 9:46:52 AM
SAMSUNG’S long-awaited folding smartphone could be just a few weeks away. The South Korean tech giant appears to have teased a reveal date for the Samsung Galaxy X – a handset that can fold i… ✔ SAMSUNG'S long-awaited folding smartphone could be just a few weeks away ✔ Samsung Developer Conference is where you'll meet the knowledge needed to stay on tech's cutting edge ✔ Rivals LG and Huawei are also expected to launch their own folding handsets – and Apple and Microsoft are rumoured to be investigating concept folding designs, too



VR sector close to tipping point

10/23/2018, 12:14:08 AM
After going through ups and downs in the past two years, the virtual reality market seems to be near the tipping point, with tech heavyweights and startups all making progress on hardware and software. ✔ HTC's move comes as the VR industry witnesses rapid growth ✔ As more consumers and enterprises start to use VR for games, surgery and designing products, the market size is forecast to exceed 200 billion yuan ($29 billion) by 2020, surging from the current figure of around 100 billion yuan, according to a report from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology ✔ He Zhiqiang, senior vice-president of Lenovo Group Ltd, said the company has invested in more than 10 AR companies to prepare for the next big boom



Amazon.com, Qualcomm to put Alexa assistant in more headphones

10/23/2018, 1:20:12 AM
Microchip firm Qualcomm Inc is joining Amazon.com Inc to spread the use of Amazo... ✔ REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage Under the deal, Qualcomm will release a set of chips that any maker of Bluetooth headphones can use to embed Alexa directly into the device ✔ The Qualcomm partnership could expand that lineup ✔ Qualcomm has developed a pre-made circuit that headphone makers can drop into their device to imbue it with Alexa ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



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