Out of interest what made you decide on XR over the XS Max?
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Out of interest what made you decide on XR over the XS Max?
In short the features didn’t justify the price for me. You can search my previous post where I laid out specific reasons.
Honestly, I may have gotten the Max had a comparable Max not been $450 more than a 128GB XR. The Max is a great phone, but I couldn’t justify the difference for my needs and budget. I might have gone a couple hundred dollars more, but I like the XR so much that I’m not sure.
Like you said, Apple is giving us options, which should make more people happy.
I hear ya, but with the way we pay for phones these days in monthly payments a few extra dollars a month was no big deal to me for the Max.
I plan on keeping my phone for at least 2 years and I felt the XS Max is more future proof and I won’t regret not getting the biggest and best display.
Similar reason here. Money isn't the issue for me but value is.
That is the beauty of having a choice. If you keep the phone 2 years, then you'll end up paying full price for it. Usually the scenario is that you only keep it a year so you are just paying $780 or something like that, so that makes it worth it. $1500 for 256gb phone is just hard to swallow for a lot of people and it isn't because they don't have the money... it's a value thing. OLED screen and a telephoto lens just don't add up to paying $450 more vs 128gb XR and 256 Max. But again that is me... you've made your decision that spending that much more is worth it and that is all the really matters.
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I got the silver and white as I like that the silver is the colour of the aluminium and will wear better over time and look newer longer.
XS and XS Max were way out of my price range, so I "settled" on a red XR. A huge leap from an iPhone 6+...
Good choice. I wouldn’t call it “settling” haha. The XR is a great phone.
But some will tell you otherwise because the screen is “sub 1080p in 2018” which makes them physically ill.
I hark back to the days of Nokia 3200. I think I can manage with a 'sub 1080p' 6.1" screen...Good choice. I wouldn’t call it “settling” haha. The XR is a great phone.
But some will tell you otherwise because the screen is “sub 1080p in 2018” which makes them physically ill.