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  • 11 months ago
The much anticipated iPhone XR drops in Dubai this Friday. Overclocked got or hands on the device to see if it will live up to the hype. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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00:00Apple intends this to be the new cheap model.
00:03Have no doubt, this is still a 3,000 DERM smartphone.
00:07Okay, this is the iPhone XR.
00:16It's a lot cheaper though than the other phones.
00:17The new iPhone XS retails starting at about 3,000 DERMs.
00:22The Max, if you get the full version with the half terabyte storage, that's almost 6,000
00:28DERMs, almost $1,600 US.
00:30So this is a lot cheaper than the other versions, although it is still a very powerful smartphone
00:36and still a relatively expensive one.
00:38What's the difference?
00:39Because you're probably asking, well, why is it cheaper?
00:41Well, there are a couple of differences between this phone and the other phone, the XS and
00:47the XS Max.
00:48Now, the first thing is you're going to notice the screen is not maybe as crystal clear as
00:54contrasty as the other versions.
00:57On the XS and the XS Max, Apple has gone with an OLED screen, which is a much more
01:03expensive screen and is in general a pretty good screen.
01:06This isn't bad either.
01:07This is the same screen we saw on the iPhone 8, which is a serious step down, but not one
01:13that most people are going to find to be critical.
01:16It certainly justifies the price.
01:18This one starts at about 3,000 DERMs, so you're getting about 80% of the same items you got
01:24with the iPhone XS, but you're getting it for about half the price.
01:28So some of the other things that are similar, you have the same chipset in this phone as
01:33you do in the other iPhone.
01:34They're all working on the same chipset, so you're all going to have the same amount of
01:37processing power.
01:39On the back end, you're going to notice that there's only one camera.
01:42If you look at the current XS and the XS Max, you're going to see that there's two cameras
01:47on the back, which helps with things like portraits and lighting and depth of field.
01:52This has a lot of that functionality, but it's not all there.
01:56You also get a wider range of colors with this.
01:59This actually comes in six colors, and apparently they're saying that the backside, which is
02:03all glass, is a lot stronger than the previous iPhone X, the original, which is a good thing
02:09because I managed to shatter my iPhone X after about six months.
02:13Getting used to a glass back can be a little bit of a problem.
02:16There's a couple other things which Apple is pushing right now, which really doesn't
02:19have anything to do specifically with the iPhone XR, and that's this new augmented reality
02:24feature and the new series shortcuts feature.
02:28Now, the shortcuts feature may or may not be something you're really into unless you're
02:32really into the digital assistant, but you can actually go in now and set up a bunch
02:36of features.
02:37Instead of having to go through 20 steps to turn a bunch of pictures into a GIF, you can
02:41set that up by just simply hitting one single button.
02:44That is the iPhone XR in a nutshell.
02:47It's very similar to the iPhone XS.
02:50It's going to have a screen with less resolution, but you're still looking at the same processing
02:54power and a lot of the same features.
02:56So if you're interested, check it out.
02:58It'll be available in the UAE this Friday.
03:01Its starting price is about 3,100 dirhams.
03:05This is Scott Shuey for Overclocked.
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