Time to upgrade to iPhone XR or XS? Is one that much better?

[SMRTSS1]

SAVE THE ANDROID CRAP FOR SOMEONE ELSE, WE’RE NOT SWITCHING OPERATING SYSTEMS!!!

Wife’s iPhone battery is giving up and it’s time to upgrade both of us. What’s the difference between the iPhone XR and XS, anyone have experience with both? We primarily use our phones as phones but with the little guy we take a lot of pictures and videos. Normal internet usage, I game on mine, she does not and we both keep our phones past the uprgrade dates until something goes wrong with them.

I like the camera abilities of the XS, other than that is there really a difference?

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[Mook]

We got my sister an XR...she likes it so far. Its a lower resolution screen apparently tho I doubt you'll notice the difference.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Differences between the XR and XS are the screen, LCD vs OLED, and the body material, aluminum vs stainless steel, both respectively. The XR is slightly bigger.

Processor is the same. iOS is the same. Cameras are the same.

XR is $400 cheaper because of the different materials.

 

[taws697]

My wife and I just got the XR 128g. We are real happy with them and are most impressed with the battery life. I’ve been going 3 full days on a charge believe it or not. I’m not on it all day, but my previous iPhone would not last a full day without a charge.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Xr here, it’s big but I got used to it :heyo:


If you’re cool with the size I think it’s a good buy. The screen honestly doesn’t look any different unless you’re using both side by side compared to the XS

 

[bnr32]

Differences between the XR and XS are the screen, LCD vs OLED, and the body material, aluminum vs stainless steel, both respectively. The XR is slightly bigger.

Processor is the same. iOS is the same. Cameras are the same.

XR is $400 cheaper because of the different materials.

Only the front Cameras are the same, the XS has a totally different setup in the rear than the XR

 

[bnr32]

If you don't mind the larger size and less "hard drive" size get the XR. If you want the somewhat better camera, larger available drive safe (up to 512 for XS, 256 for XR) smaller size get the XS. XR will also get better battery life over the XS due to a bigger battery inside too, but it's a bigger and heavier phone over all.

 

[SMRTSS1]

Thanks guys. That helped a lot.

 

[FESTER665]

Im going to be going with the XR myself. My friend here at work has the XS Max and the thing is beautiful, but I don't need the OLED on a phone so it's not worth the extra money to me....

 

[SMRTSS1]

Wife wants the XS (shocking!) I don’t really care other than being able to take better pictures. I’ll see if walking into a corporate store with a company truck while wearing company clothes gets me a deal.

 

[Spivitz]

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[Stink Star]

I look at it like the XR is 95% as good as a XS for 70% of the price. It’s probably the best deal in cellphones right now

 

[Gamble]

I have an XR and love it. Battery life is amazing

 

[EmersonHart13]

I'd pick the XR over the XS because of what Stink Star said....

 

[SMRTSS1]

I can’t wait to do the switch to the new phone and find out I lost half my music, pictures, notes..........Good times.

 

[Marko]

I love my XS. It’s really fast.

The only things I complain about is I miss the thumbprint to unlock it. My previous phone was a iPhone 8. The face recognition is a little slow sometimes. Especially in the dark. But it has the 6 digit code to unlock it too.

 

[Stink Star]

I can’t wait to do the switch to the new phone and find out I lost half my music, pictures, notes..........Good times.

I’ve had 10 iPhones and that’s never happened. You literally just take a picture of a weird screen on your old phone and in an hour your new phone is EXACTLY the same settings and content of your old phone. The only people who have problems with this stuff are the people who are like “I dOnT uSe IcLoUd BeCaUsE tHe GoVeRnMeNt Is SpYiNg On Me”

 

[SMRTSS1]

I’ve had 10 iPhones and that’s never happened. You literally just take a picture of a weird screen on your old phone and in an hour your new phone is EXACTLY the same settings and content of your old phone. The only people who have problems with this stuff are the people who are like “I dOnT uSe IcLoUd BeCaUsE tHe GoVeRnMeNt Is SpYiNg On Me”

For some reason my iCloud backups are fucky. It gets halfway through the backup and then freezes and my photos are nowhere to be found on my PC.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I don’t use iCloud because it costs money


But a backup on a computer and then transferring that to a new phone is easy. We did have an issue this time with my wife’s phone but that was carrier related.

 

[Stink Star]

I don’t use iCloud because it costs money


But a backup on a computer and then transferring that to a new phone is easy. We did have an issue this time with my wife’s phone but that was carrier related.

If you have a shit ton of photos and music yes, it costs- but people are crazy if they don’t use the free iCloud for storing contacts and settings. I’m sure everybody here had that one friend on Facebook that doesn’t really have their shit together, and they post up “phone broke, lost all my contacts! Message me your number”. It’s about a 50/50 split with android and iOS people usually, but the constant is always that they are always living some kind of fucked lifestyle

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

If you have a shit ton of photos and music yes, it costs- but people are crazy if they don’t use the free iCloud for storing contacts and settings. I’m sure everybody here had that one friend on Facebook that doesn’t really have their shit together, and they post up “phone broke, lost all my contacts! Message me your number”. It’s about a 50/50 split with android and iOS people usually, but the constant is always that they are always living some kind of fucked lifestyle

I do use it strictly for contacts, notes, home and wallet. No way I’m paying to pictures and music though.