iPhone XR was introduced in 2018 and was kept around alongside other expensive iPhones up until 2021 when it was discontinued by the company. iPhone XR was one of the best-selling iPhones due to its price and its availability in diverse set of colors. Apple offered iPhone XR in six colors, white, black, blue, coral, yellow and red. iPhone XR was a popular phone for years after its launch so let’s have a better understanding of what it can offer the users.

It is no secret that the battery life plays a huge role when it comes to smartphones. iPhone XR had the longest battery life of any Apple smartphone introduced until 2019 and of course this is no longer the case. However, at that time iPhone XR from Apple’s 2019 iPhone lineup had the best battery life.

The iPhone XR comes with a 7000 Series aerospace-grade aluminum frame and the same durable glass used in the more expensive iPhone XS. The device features IP67 water resistance that keeps it safe from spills and splashes. It also supports, QI-based wireless charging and has a full glass body. iPhone XR has a smaller body that falls between the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max but it comes with larger display than the previous iPhone 8 Plus.

iPhone XR comes with a “Liquid Retina” display which is 6.1 – inch LCD that has minimal bezels and spans from edge to edge and top to bottom with a 1792 x 828 resolution. Just like the iPhone XS models, the iPhone XR does not have a Home button and works with a swipe-based navigation system that Apple introduced in the iPhone X generation. According to Apple, the Liquid Retina display iPhone XR has is the most advanced LCD ever in a smartphone that supports 120Hz touch sensing, wide color and Tap to Wake. iPhone XR has great color accuracy and supports True Tone.

The LCD display on iPhone XR does not support 3D touch, but as a replacement it has Haptic Touch feature which according to Apple is similar to the haptic trackpad in the MacBook Pro. This feature allows the device to make haptic responses to certain gestures. Instead of the Touch ID, the iPhone XR comes with a more efficient Face ID which enables facial recognition for unlocking the device making Apple Pay payments and many easier. 

iPhone XR comes with a 7-nanometer A12 Bionic chip that has two performance cores that make it 15 percent faster than the A11 chip and four efficiency cores that make it 50 percent more efficient. The A12 has a four-core GPU that makes it 50 percent faster than the A11. The 8-core Neural Engine allows to complete up to 5 trillion operations per second to all features and apps that use AR and machine learning. This allows more actions to be done in real time like photo search, Face ID and etc.

Talking about the camera system, the iPhone XR comes with a single-lens rear camera unlike the iPhone XS models and iPhone 11 which have dual-lens camera system. However, for iPhone XR, Apple has made the software advanced to make the camera as functional as in the more expensive models of the iPhone X line.

iPhone XR comes with a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens which is the same wide angle camera used in iPhone XS. It as a 32 percent larger sensor which makes pictures in low light more detailed and sharper. iPhone XR camera also has improved True Tone Flash, optical image stabilization and twice as many focus pixels. With an improved software the iPhone XR also has the portrait mode enabled in its camera system, even though it is the feature that was available only in dual-cameras. The portrait mode allows users to take pictures with blurred background that focuses on the subject of the photo. The camera also has Depth Control and Advanced bokeh that make better blur and adjust the depth of the field of the phone after it is captured.

The Smart HDR in iPhone XR makes the photographs colorful and rich even in the environment with poor lighting as well as brings out more details in shadows. With iPhone XR, users will take the best selfie ever with the 7-megapixel True Depth camera that enables all of the features that are available in iPhone XS. The selfie camera has the Depth Control, Portrait Mode, Portrait Lighting, and many more features useful to take good selfies.

With the True Depth Camera system iPhone XR supports “Animoji” and “Memoji,” features which are animated, 3D emoji characters that you control with your face. Amimoji are emoji-style animals, while Memojis are personalized avatars that you can create on your own.

The other feature the iPhone XR has is dual-SIM support one of which is physical SIM-card and one eSIM. As it has already been stated before, the iPhone XR is water and dust resistant which means the device can withstand immersion in water for about 30 minutes and it is impervious to dust. Although the device is resistant to dust and water, Apple warns that intentional exposure to them should be avoided as the water and dust resistant condition is not permanent and can be decreased over time. The iPhone XR comes with 3 GB of RAM which is 1GB less than iPhone XS models, but it is the same as the iPhone X. The iPhone XR comes with 64 and 128 BG capacities.

iPhone XR has been a popular smartphone for years and although the company has officially discontinued the iPhone XR you can still obtain it from third-party retailers. Companies like Phone Daddy that specialize in selling high-quality new, renewed, and used tech at discounted prices, offer iPhone XR and many other devices at an affordable price. By getting an iPhone XR from Phone Daddy not only you will acquire your desired smartphone, but you will also contribute to their mission of reducing e-waste and decreasing the negative impact that technology can have on the environment.