Tag: iPhone XR

It is most likely that the XR 2 will not be announced earlier than September 2019 and later that month or in October it will be available in shops.

As for the release schedule of Apple, we can quickly be assured that every autumn we will have a new handset. However, its availability depends. It is three years since Apple dropped an iPhone outside this period, that being iPhone SE. Due to the fact that this phone is more aimed at the budget audience, we might not get it until spring 2020.

Price

In 2018, the iPhone XR was released with the price of £749/$749 with 64GB of storage while for the 128GB and 256GB one the prices rise.

Even though this iPhone has a lower price than the iPhone XS, its features and specs are similar, so this year the price should not be too different from the previous year.

The UK pricing might be negatively impacted by the Brexit process because the pound would drop and imported products would become more expensive.

Specs & new features

In 2018 the iPhone XR was similar to the iPhone 6, but with XS’s specs and features and 5C’s colors.

The more expensive components such as the OLED screen were replaced, in this case with an LCD one, and the dual-lens camera to a single one.

Some other differences included a thicker body and larger bezels. However, many of these are not that easy to be observed so who would not buy this one instead of paying $250 more and having a slightly different aspect? At least we know that this phone is good enough for people who do not have a budget big enough to get a more professional version.

Randy Smith

It’s no secret that Apple smartphones are expensive. It’s true that they put top notch technology in their users’ hands, but a lot of people have given up the idea of buying the latest devices released by the Cupertino-based company because their price is too high.

Even if the demand rate and customers’ interest in buying the newest iPhones is lower than Apple initially expected, the end of this year comes with good news for the company founded by Steve Jobs. It looks like their lower-priced handset, iPhone XR, is convincing more and more Android owners to become Apple customers.

A report recently published by the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that 16% of iPhone XR buyers were people who switched from Android phones. This happened only in October 2018, the month when the handset was launched, but the number increased as time passed. And that’s not all! Around 32% of phones sold in the U.S during that same month were iPhone XRs.

A lower-priced iPhone made a lot of Android users curious to see what it has to offer

The aforementioned report also states that iPhone XR is actually the most popular smartphone from those released by Apple recently. This means that even the company’s regular customers preferred this variant over the more expensive ones. Let’s face it, no tech fan will miss the opportunity of having a phone that combines outstanding technology with a more affordable price.

Apple could turn the launch of iPhone XR into a habit. This means that they might consider releasing a more affordable smartphone with the same top notch features as expensive devices every year. On the other hand, the Cupertino-based company is preparing outstanding releases for next year, so they could be counting on those tech wonders for increasing their number of users.

Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.