Apple iPhone XR hands-on: the new default iPhone

Apple iPhone XR hands-on: the new default iPhone

6 years ago
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17851768/apple-iphone-xr-specs-impressions-features

I just spent a few moments playing with the new iPhone XR, which feels like it will be the default iPhone for many people this season. Not only does it have a very similar design to the more expensive iPhone XS model, it has many of the same features for a considerably lower price.

The main thing is of course the display, which is a 6.1-inch LCD with a notch at the top. It’s very nice — as nice as any previous iPhone LCD, which have always led the industry. Looking closely at the notch and the rounded corners, you can see the antialiasing tricks Apple had to do to make the technology work, but it all looks great in person. There’s a pretty prominent bezel all the way around — other edge-to-edge LCD phones have a “chin” but the larger bezel evens all that out. It’s clever, while preserving the look of fullscreen phone.