iPhone XR review: Keeping compromises to a minimum
Steve Jobs famously believed the devices his company produced would bring technology to the masses, but he was rarely willing to make the compromises necessary to bring that vision to fruition. Apple has only sometimes released products that were priced for everyone.
That trend continued in late September with the release of the flagship iPhone XS, a compelling, envelope-pushing product that is nonetheless priced out of range for many consumers. Enter the iPhone XR, a close sibling to the XS that trades the latter’s expensive OLED display for an LCD and a dual-camera system for a single camera among other things—all to bring the price down just enough so more people can buy it.
The iPhone XR is still not cheap—it costs about as much as Apple’s flagships cost at launch a couple of years ago. But the iPhone XR is an excellent handset that offers most of the iPhone XS experience for a price that customers were used to before things started getting a bit more expensive. (And, of course, the iPhone XR offers customers a bigger screen than they ever got for this price before.)
