It would break my heart a little bit to tuck the Coral iPhone XR in a case, even though it would probably be the right thing to do. But the more beautiful the hardware inside the case, the more frustrating it is to use one. I’ve been carrying my iPhone in a case since the iPhone 6 arrived on the scene, with its curved edges that made it feel like a very expensive bar of soap, and I’ve gotten used to it. I didn’t find the XR particularly slippery to hold, but the fact is, if you drop it and the glass on either side shatters, it will be a costly mistake. (And, funny thing, Apple’s not making any cases for the iPhone XR, at least not yet.) The problem is, like its other iPhone models, the iPhone XR is an ice-cream sandwich made of glass. So once again, Apple has created a beautiful design, a phone that’s crying out to be carried without a case. The colors aren’t quite the same (and the pebbly finish of the aluminum is itself a contrast to the ultra-smooth glass back), but in most cases I think the combo works. Apple has tried to apply complimentary colors to the anodized aluminum bands around these phones, and you’ll need to judge how your like that two-tone approach for yourself. The iPhone XR Apple provided to me for review was Coral, and it’s beautiful-a bright orange skewed a bit toward pink. Choice is always a good thing.)Īll the back colors are pretty great. (There are also black and white models, if bright color isn’t your thing. All of a sudden, here’s the iPhone XR, with four bright color options-Red, Coral, Blue, and Yellow. Apple of late has felt stuck in a metallic coloring rut, and adding some gold and pink-tinted gold to a collection of light silver and dark silver products didn’t really make it feel much less monochromatic. And there’s a glass back with a multi-layer color process that’s similar to the attractive effects found on the iPhone X and XS.īut the iPhone XR embraces color in a way that’s more reminiscent of the iPod. The sides are ringed with Apple’s go-to material for many years, anodized aluminum. The front is straight out of the iPhone X playbook, an expanse of screen with curved edges and a notch containing the TrueDepth camera and sensors. Let’s start with the industrial design of the iPhone XR: It’s bold and striking and I pretty much love it. Unless you have some very specific needs that the iPhone XR can’t fulfill, it’s an incredibly appealing combination of features and value. Though it lacks a few features found on the higher-end iPhone XS models, the iPhone XR is so good that the choice of which 2018 model of iPhone to buy might be a lot simpler than we all expected. And then there’s the iPhone XR, which at $749 isn’t quite a bargain, but is by far the best value you’ll find in an iPhone today. There are still some appealing older models at relatively good prices. At the top of the line, Apple’s got small and large phones packed with the latest technologies, starting at $999 and increasing rapidly in price from there. (Back in the old days, it was even simpler: there was one iPhone and you could buy it or not.) You could buy this year’s model in large or small sizes, or you could buy an older model. In the past, choosing which iPhone to buy has been pretty simple. Note: This story has not been updated for several years. IPhone XR review: Bright colors, best value
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