The most durable front glass ever in a smartphone is wrapped in an elegantly matched anodized band made from durable 7000 series aerospace-grade aluminum, and the glass back design enables wireless charging. On Geekbench, it benchmarks at 10 to 15 percent higher than the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in terms of pure CPU performance, and 40 percent higher in terms of GPU computing performance. I'm willing to make that bold claim because the shimmery colors are just so nice, and the rounded corners really give it the "river stone" feel that manufacturers have been trying to achieve with mobile phones for years now.

You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. Because the XR lacks the XS's 4x4 MIMO antenna capability, its LTE speeds and reception quality track significantly behind the XS at pretty much all levels.iOS is the world’s most personal and secure mobile operating system, packed with powerful features and designed to protect your privacy. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility, and learning, you can fully enjoy the world’s most personal device.

The big difference is that the XS uses the 2x camera to take those portraits, resulting in a more tightly framed, headshot-like image at arm's length that is far more flattering. iOS 12 changes the way iOS users see the world using augmented reality, helps people rediscover and share photos, and makes communications more expressive and fun with new Animoji and Memoji.The 8, X, XR, XS, and XS Max all support EVS, a new voice-quality codec that Verizon and T-Mobile have implemented, for sharper HD Voice than previous generations. With the A12 and Apple's Face ID camera, the XR runs everything iOS 12 has to offer, and iOS 12 has a lot to offer in terms of a smartphone OS. A portion of proceeds for iPhone X R (PRODUCT)RED purchases will go directly to Global Fund HIV/AIDS grants that provide testing, counseling, treatment and prevention programs with a specific focus on eliminating transmission of the virus from mothers to their babies. For the first time the Neural Engine is open to Core ML, empowering developers to build apps that utilize this highly efficient machine learning engine.

Since it's pushing 1,792 by 828 pixels as opposed to 1,334 by 750, actual onscreen frame rates are really more like 12 percent better than the iPhone 8. This enables new capabilities like faster plane detection for ARKit and new features that use real-time machine learning. It's the same main camera as on the iPhone XS and XS Max, and took identical pictures in testing, even in poor light. Farther from the router, we got 12Mbps on the XS, 31Mbps on the Pixel 3, and nothing on the XR, which reported that it had signal but simply couldn't connect.And of course, unlike all Android phones, it runs iMessage, so you'll never have to worry about your messages appearing in a green box. More importantly for the fashion crowd, it can do portrait mode selfies and things like weird 3D Snapchat masks that only work with the Face ID camera.

Precision-milled glass, advanced pixel masking and sub-pixel antialiasing allows the display to follow the curves of the device, while a new backlight design enables the display to stretch into the corners. Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear.

The XR also lacks LAA, a system that carriers are using to speed up networks in crowded downtown areas (and which the XS has). Cellular technology support is based on iPhone model number and configuration for either CDMA or GSM networks. Face ID is quick and accurate, and you can do silly things like use 3D Snapchat masks and Apple's Animoji and Memoji, which require the face-tracking camera and thus aren't available on the iPhone 8. Apple claims 15 hours of internet usage, which in our experience is about halved when the screen's brightness is turned up to max, as compared with 12 hours (read 6) on the XS and 13 hours (read 6.