[dkonieczek]

XR user here that switched from Android after leaving the iPhone 4. The battery life is amazing. With my minimal use, it's lasting me 3 days with about 20% before I plug it in again. Great app ecosystem too. It's the little things like LastPass just being so much better on iOS. Widgets and notifications have come a long way but I still wish I could have widgets for email instead of having to manually open email. The screen often feels a bit large but gestures make it usable.

[wlesieutre]

There are rumors about a homescreen revamp for iPads in iOS 13, I wonder if that will finally allow widgets mixed in with app icons.

I also wonder why it would be iPad specific given that the phones are so damn big, but that's what the rumors say.

[misterprime]

Oh man, I'm having a much harder time with LastPass on iOS than on Android.

What's an easy way to generate a new complex password when a dumb old site forces you to set a new password? It was very easy for me on Android, but feels quite difficult on iOS.

[SlowRobotAhead]

>It's the little things like LastPass just being so much better on iOS.

Preach. They killed it. So very pleasant to use.

[kofejnik]

I second this, after 4 years with Android, I found system-level adware and analytics components in my Xiaomi and switched to iPhone XR the same day. Couldn't be happier. Everything is just nicer

[sexyrouter]

Please enlighten me.

Which one is worth buying iPhone X or iPhone XS Vs iPhone 8?

- Writing this with an android phone attached to a powerbank in park.

[NaOH]

I recently went from a 6S to an XS (non Max). I am not a heavy phone user and have been disappointed with battery performance in comparison to the 6S. It doesn't seem to hold up as well, nor does it charge as quickly. From what I've read, the XS Max and XR do better.

[zdwolfe]

I just got an 8 and wish I had gotten an X-series (X or XS). Spending a bit extra on something you use for hours every day is OK.

[dirtylowprofile]

I'm an iPhone 8 user and I prefer the size and form on this one. It has better resolution than Xr and it has 3d touch.

[Matthias247]

I went from an 8 to an Xr. The resolution in terms of dpi is the same on both. In terms of overall pixels it is higher on the Xr, due to bigger display size. Both displays are excellent.

I thought I might miss 3d touch, but with the iOS 12.1.1 update the biggest issue had been fixed: Accessing the context menu for notifications on the home screen. That one now actually feels nicer than on the 8, since the feedback is stronger with haptic touch. Scrolling in notifications with long press on spacebar is slightly worse, since it doesn't allow to mark things via light-release-and-press and doesn't react in some situations. But it's still very bearable. Don't miss the peek&pop functions of 3d touch at all.

The biggest advantage and disadvantage of the Xr: It has a lot bigger screen, is bigger, and feels heavier. It's a tradeoff. I still find it more inconvenient to carry around, and to swipe in from the left side of the screen in order to go back. But the large screen also has it's advantages.

[raydev]

The XR has a greater number of pixels at the same PPI, so I'm not sure what you mean by "better resolution".

[bjoli]

That is not amazing battery life, that is "low end smartphone with a decent battery" battery life. My moto g6 plus delivers that kind of battery life. So did my previous phone. Granted, it is not the iOs experience, and the performance is not that of a phone for 3x as much, but I am over all very satisfied.

Not only that, Motorola has pledged to provide official parts when the devices become older.

[jvzr]

So, amazing battery life?

You are saying it gets the same battery life as a low-end smartphone, with 1/10th the performance and 1/50th the experience (numbers mine). If it's better at all those things, and still has that battery life, then it's much much better than that other thing...

[bjoli]

I wanted a high end phone, but looking at my use case I didn't need one. I chose one that can be repaired down the line.

It lags slightly in the app tunable,but other than that a phone for 9k SEK would be waste of money.

[romwell]

>1/10th the performance and 1/50th the experience

>(numbers mine)

Yeah right, they better be.

For a car analogy, you're saying that a supersized SUV getting 25MPG is "amazing mileage".

It's not.

[tirant]

Low end? the iPhone Xr is using the fastest Apple SoC available for Smartphones, which is probably the fastest Mobile Phone SoC available out there. Same as the iPhone Xs. That's not low-end in my book.

[bjoli]

No, I meant that that is comparabable to a low end phone with a decent battery. Of course, performance sucks, but I don't really do anything processor intensive.