If you must upgrade from the iPhone X, the iPhone XR is the most interesting option

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Apple’s event on Wednesday brought us three new flagship smartphones. When you consider that the phones come in three variants each, potential buyers now have a wide and nuanced (you could also call it confusing) array of options. 

But the obvious upgrade path — from the iPhone X to its direct successor, the iPhone XS, doesn’t make a lot of sense. You should look into some of the other options, though.

I know: Someone says this every other year. Apple has a tick-tock schedule of phone updates; one year you get a different look and shiny new features, and one year —- the “S” year, which is this year — you get an iterative upgrade of last year’s devices.  Read more…

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iPhone XR up close and hands-on

Apple would have you believe that it’s not beholden to such trivial things as the market — roadmaps are long and the company’s always done its own thing. But the XR feels like as much a response to the first iPhone X than anything. Last year’s flagship iPhone broke the $1,000 seal for the company. […]

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Beats releases headphone colors to match the new iPhones

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Well this is pretty dang cute. 

Immediately following Wednesday’s Apple event, Beats announced that it would release over-ear headphones in two new colors, and three bright new colors for its Lightning Connector headphones. 

The best part? Since Apple owns Beats, all the headphones match the new iPhones.

Apple debuted the iPhone XS, XS Max, and iPhone XR on Wednesday. The phones in the impressive lineup all come with Face ID technology, no home buttons, and, obviously most important of all — fancy ‘n fun colors. 

The XS models come in Space Gray, silver, and gold finishes. Correspondingly, Beats Solo3 Wireless on-ear headphones will now be available in Satin Gold and Satin Silver. Ooooh. Pretty nice, if you’re into matching.  Read more…

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Here’s how the iPhone XR stacks up against the competition

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The more affordable iPhone XR, announced Wednesday at the big Apple Event, is no entry-level device.

It has a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina LCD, a TrueDepth sensor on the front, and the A12 Bionic chip inside. The back has a single 12-megapixel camera that can capture the popular Bokeh effect. Its more expensive siblings, the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, have dual rear cameras.

The iPhone XR is colorful though – coming in more shades than the other new iPhones, including white, black, blue, coral, yellow, and red. The iPhone XR will start at $749 and will be available in 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB storage sizes. Compare that to a $999 starting price for the XS and $1099 for the XS Max. Read more…

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Live from Apple’s iPhone event

Gooooood morning, Cupertino. Today’s the big event at Apple HQ. 2018’s been a slow year for Apple hardware (including a complete no-show at WWDC a few months back). As ever, we’ll be on-hand to help make sense of all of the news as it breaks, and you can follow along with our handy liveblog below. […]

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The new iPhones will be called XS, XS Max, and XR, Apple leak confirms

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The names for Apple’s upcoming iPhones — the unveiling is today, in case you forgot — have been floating on the internet as rumors for a while, but a new leak on Apple’s own website all but confirms them. 

The new iPhones will therefore be called the iPhone XS, the iPhone XS Max and the iPhone XR. 

The names, first unearthed by ATH, appear in Apple’s product sitemap file, now taken offline. 

The iPhone XS will likely be the smallest, 5.8-inch variant of the device, while the iPhone XS Max will be the largest, 6.5-inch version. The iPhone XR will probably be the 6.1-inch iPhone, which is rumored to look similar to the other two (display notch and all) but with an LCD screen (instead of OLED) and a lower price.  Read more…

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