Came with a 92% maximum battery capacity, no visible scratches on the screen or back of the phone, tiny bits of dirt built up around the camera lenses but was easily cleaned, small scratches around the charging ports but not visible once a phone case is equipped. If you’ve applied and been declined for a contract phone within the past 6 months and apply again to the same network, you’ll likely be declined again unless your credit score has improved.

You're considering getting an iPhone with a single camera anyway, and the performance delta between the 8 and the XR isn't actually so huge. Like the blue and yellow colors it’s quite bright, and it will definitely attract attention - and possibly shoals of clown fish bobbing past looking for a snack. The XR also lacks LAA, a system that carriers are using to speed up networks in crowded downtown areas (and which the XS has).

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. Also, on the XR, portrait really means portrait: It will only kick in if it detects a human face, because it's using machine learning to figure out that silhouette. All new phones are supplied with a full UK manufacturers warranty should anything go wrong with your handset. That’s why SmartCellular is committed to reduce the negative impact on our planet by giving you Extra Cash for every unwanted phone you recycle with us. The colors of the iPhone 11 are mostly the same as the iPhone XR, but there's no blue option, as that has been replaced by lilac, and all options are a little more pastel.

If a deal includes a refurb phone then you’ll see ‘ Refurbished Handset‘ in purple text next to the offer. Our partners are electronics experts who test and verify that each product is 100% functional before it leaves the factory. Signs of wear on the body and screen, may have visible dents and scratches that do not affect the performance of the phone.Tested against a Netgear R7000 router at 5GHz, the XR got 3-11Mbps in weak-signal conditions, where the other phones were getting 40-70Mbps.

At 326 pixels per inch, it's the same pixel density as the iPhone 4 through 8; it's less dense than the iPhone XS, but it's really hard to notice unless you're really picky and have very sharp eyes. com and PC Magazine are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission.Hold it next to an iPhone XS Max, as I'm doing right now, and it's impossible to tell the difference between the XR's LCD and the XS's OLED based on the colors and blacks. We and our partners also use cookies that allow us to measure traffic and show you personalised content and ads rather than basic shiz. But since the XR has a lower-resolution screen than the XS and XS Max, onscreen frame rates on the XR are also better than its more expensive cousins —so you can argue that for gaming, this is actually the very best iPhone possible.