The latest Apple iPhone X family has been officially rolled out. For some people who prioritize after-sales and tranquility in making transactions, of course this is good news. Although for some others this is considered to be less profitable.
Apart from the price controversy that is relatively more expensive than imported products, the presence of these products officially in Indonesia is a kick off whistle for us at Kellytech Tabloid to be able to review more in these products. That's official!
This time it's the turn of the iPhone XR that goes to the Kellytech editorial desk. This product is the cheapest variant of the new iPhone X family, accompanying iPhone XS and XS Max. But don't be surprised if officially the price of the brand-new iPhone called the cheapest starts to sell 15 million. Not a cheap definition for everyone, even though it is cheaper than the iPhone XS and XS Max, each of which starts at 20 million and 22 million.
As expected, many things were trimmed. Starting from the camera, screen, to a number of contemporary features that were previously present in the XS and XS Max variants must be sacrificed for a more affordable price. But is it worth the money we spend?
Premium Fixed Design
The Apple iPhone XR that we got is an official Indonesian warranty product. We can find a number of documents in Indonesian and of course charger plugs that fit our region. Is a product with a blue color variant with the smallest memory capacity, which is 64 GB.
Besides 64 GB, the iPhone XR has other variants, namely 128 GB and 256 GB. But does this iPhone look cheap? The answer is definitely not. With the size of the body in the middle between the iPhone XS and XS Max, the iPhone XR may be the right product for those who have not yet upgraded from the iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus. Dimensionally, yeah. In addition to still comfortable in the grip, the top right and left top can still be accessed easily.
The glass part that protects the back cover will immediately remind us of iPhone 8 products and beyond. Makes it feel a little slippery and often makes users feel excited in the first few weeks of use.
The body frame is one of the parts that has been downgraded. If the iPhone XS is made of stainless steel, then the iPhone XR frame of this cellphone is made of Aluminum. But even so, with a larger size of 5%, this phone actually feels heavier than the iPhone XS. And compared to stainless frames, the surface of this aluminum frame feels more tight so that it helps grip, when held.
The problem that might disturb our mind at the beginning of use is the width of the bezel distance from the edge of the body to the edge of the active screen. Like it or not, because the iPhone XR screen is an LCD, this bezel must be present. In contrast to XS, which already uses OLED technology, so it can close to the edges, even removing distance from the frame. But what the iPhone XR shows is good. This is the minimum distance that an LCD configuration can provide. This means that it is not disturbing when used.
Because most controls use the screen sliding method, either from the bottom to the top, from the side, or slide down in the two corners that flank the notch, we can say that the presence of a wide enough bezel proves not to interfere with this control.
Apart from black and white, the iPhone XR is available in several striking colors, namely blue, coral (somewhat orange like that), and red. Without casing and additional stickers, your iPhone XR will look cute when used. But, it seems that the casing has become a necessity that iPhone users cannot avoid.
This color will fulfill not only the back cover but also in the frame. While on the front there is only black, which is also coated with protective glass.
Notch and Full Screen
Like the iPhone X generation that began in 2017, the iPhone XR carries a full screen design, removes the home button and leaves one bangs for the front camera and sensors for the Face ID.
6.1-inch screen with the type of LCD used has a resolution of 1792 x 828 pixels and a density of 326 ppi. Apple called it the Liquid Retina HD Screen. The contrast value is far below the OLED screen used by the iPhone XS. The iPhone XR is only 1,400: 1, while the iPhone XS is 1,000,000: 1. Understandably, it's OLED. Then what does that mean?
When paired, the two screens will display different sharpness and brightness. As per your guess, the iPhone XS screen will certainly look more striking. But is it thus the screen of the iPhone XR is not exactly good?
Before the iPhone X, the iPhone screen used the same type of screen as the iPhone XR. That is LCD retinal display. From starting an old iPhone until when reviewing the iPhone XR, we could see that the screen it carries is a standard Apple product that provides comfort, without losing the sharpness of the displayed object. Likewise in color, which can still be used as a benchmark when creating.
Without being juxtaposed with the iPhone XS, the iPhone XR's screen feels better than the standard LCD other phones that carry HD resolution. Unfortunately, at 15 million, we did not find other products that still carry this resolution.
Another disadvantage that we might feel is the loss of 3D Touch capabilities that are usually present on the latest iPhone since the 6S. In addition to being unable to "peek" on the application, some applications that require the presence of this feature can no longer be enjoyed. For the author, this feature is not widely used on the iPhone 8 Plus, so its absence is not too missed. But as one of the luxury features, its presence will certainly add value to the cellphone itself.
Easy to Learn UI
The loss of the HOME button on the iPhone XR forced all controls to be done with gesture. If on Android this is still an additional option instead of the virtual button, then on this iPhone will be the main control. So inevitably you have to get used to it. And to get used to this, we won't need too long.
This convenience, besides being supported by the design as mentioned above, also appears because iOS characters are easy to learn by new users.
All applications will be installed on the mobile screen, which can be tens of pages depending on the number of applications you install. If it's too much, you can collect it into folders that are tailored to the theme and needs. As simple as that. All applications can be downloaded from one channel, eliminating the possibility of installing applications from outside links. This is done so that the iOS ecosystem is always gated.
Starting with the iPhone X which was launched a year ago, Apple began removing the fingerprint sensor on the HOME button, replacing it with a Face ID. This technology utilizes the TrueDep camera sensor that is placed on the front of the cellphone. Able to recognize the user's face even though using additional accessories, such as glasses, hats or long mustache that are always changing.
When reviewed, our Apple iPhone XR has been updated to iOS 12.1.2. At this point, we did not feel there was a deterioration in the quality of the Face ID, either when we just woke up, in an atmosphere of inadequate light, or during normal times.
The ability to recognize a user's face to a certain depth makes it reliable for translating the user's facial expressions into animation. After succeeding with Emoji on iOS 11, we now get an update in the form of Memoji, which comes from the words ME and eMOJI. This means that you can create characters that you really like with this feature. We think this is a realistic version of the AR emoji of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note9.
Contemporary Hardware with the Latest Neural Engine
As with iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, the iPhone XR carries a brand-new Apple chipset called the A12 Bionic with a 7nm chip design. Bring a six core CPU. Two of them are used for performance with a speed of 2.45 GHz, and four others are referred to as the core Efficiency with a clock speed of 1.7 GHz.
This chipset also brings GPU Metal 2 which has four cores with claimed 50% performance better than the GPU on the previous chipset (A11 Bionic). Then finally there is the chip Neural Engine which has eight core architecture, is responsible for real time machine learning to improve user experience.
Cropped Camera Features
The camera has become one of the trimmers. Reminds us of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 products that carry a different camera configuration with the Plus version. When the Plus version carries a configuration of two cameras, the two phones only carry one main camera.
Approximately that is the Apple iPhone XR compared to the iPhone Xs and Xs Max. Instead of being accompanied by a lens with telephoto capabilities, the main camera of the iPhone XR is a single status alone. However, it does not mean that the single camera on the iPhone XR is worse than the more expensive version. It could be precisely you do not need additional features that are made possible by the presence of a second camera on the iPhone.
In fact, the camera carried by the iPhone XR is the same camera as the iPhone XS, especially in its lens configuration. With an aperture sensor with f / 1.8, 12 MP resolution, with a focal length of 26 mm and also supports optical image stabilization, the iPhone XR camera on paper will produce the same image as the iPhone Xs camera.
iPhone XS and XS max do have advantages. With the addition of a telephoto camera, the iPhone Xs camera can automatically use these two lenses to capture images in certain modes. One of them is a more dramatic portrait feature. When used using portrait mode, the iPhone Xs will take a narrower image, utilizing a telephoto lens that performs optical zooming. While the iPhone XR will feel more wide, because it does not have additional optical support.
On the iPhone XS and a number of iPhones with other dual cameras, we seem to have two separate lenses. Like a DSLR. When used for photographing portrait mode, the iPhone XS will switch to using a 52 mm telephoto lens (the second camera from this iPhone), while the iPhone XR only relies on one lens, which is 26 mm wide angle.
Which portrait photo is better, will return to your taste. But when it comes to color quality, image sharpness, and lighting displayed, the iPhone XR and Xs will produce more or less equivalent photos.
In short, the iPhone XR will lose telephoto lenses, 2x optical zoom, more realistic image depth data, more portrait modes, and the possibility of more dramatic framing. Besides that it's the same. If you don't need the one I mentioned above, the iPhone XR is enough.
Color Enhancements
Before writing the iPhone XR, Kellytech had been using the iPhone 8 Plus. And what we first felt was an increase in the ability to take low light images and more striking colors.
When used for photographing the morning and evening skies, which are actually quite dark, the iPhone XR camera is capable of producing bright images with a contrast value that is maintained. Does not make it over exposure, while removing a number of dark shadows. This applies to photos and videos.
The iPhone 8 Plus, at the beginning of the use of it managed to amaze us with the results of a fairly low light photo. An increase from the previous product. Well, on this iPhone XR there is additional quality.
Macro and outdoor photos generally produce satisfying photos. It's uploadable without needing to be tampered with. The resulting color is able to burst, without having to be too wide, while the image also remains sharp. Okay, I found there was a change in character compared to the previous cellphone camera which tended to be natural. Here, the iPhone tries to slightly improve the color aspect so that it looks more brilliant. But as I mentioned earlier, this increase is not to the extent of being late, or making it up.
This is not a bad thing. On the contrary, with this newer generation of iPhone XR and iPhone X (XS and XS Max), we can reduce the need for photo editing applications.
Plus the smart HDR mode, some outdoor capturing successfully satisfies us. The photos we take rarely produce artifacts, even if objects with colors tend to be the same and back to the light.
Although it doesn't use two camera lenses, the iPhone XR is capable of producing capable portrait photos. We can immediately assess that the portrait photos taken succeeded in increasing the value of the photos produced. In accordance with the purpose of this mode, one object image will look more striking than other objects, or in this case it is background, so it is more focused and artistic.
The iPhone XR is not assisted by an additional lens, so smart camera sensors must recognize the main object and separate it from objects in the background. The resulting depth information will not be as accurate as a double lens camera. But the iPhone XR did it well.
The edges of the main object of the photo look smooth and do not do strange shifting. We saw this in several experiments. And everything shows the same results.
Selfie Cameras Different Approaches
The iPhone XR and the new X family were complained by the user because their selfie camera was trusted to do beauty mode secretly. A plausible explanation emerged from Sebastiaan de With on this blog stating that the iPhone XR, iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max took a different approach to the front camera.
Where now the iPhone tends to concentrate to reduce noise, thus lowering the dark level in the shaded area. Maintain photo details, but impact on reduced sharpness due to contrast values that also decrease. The naked eye is not too disturbing for us. The immediate effect is that we look better on the iPhone XR selfie photos.
Fixed Camera Neat for Mobile Videography
In the video sector, the iPhone XR camera is still a reliable camera. This camera can record videos up to 4K resolution in 60 fps frame rates and slow mo options up to 240 fps at 1080p resolution. Also by bringing OIS technology and cinematic video stabilization, we can expect more steady videos at 720p and 1080p resolution.
Conclusion
Although it is often called the cheapest brand-new iPhone series, this phone is not very cheap. And inevitably it will always be compared to the flagship of other vendors who in fact have injected all the best features they have. But, actually the Apple iPhone XR is still a brand-new iPhone with all its advantages. The loss of dual cameras and HD screens without 3D Touch is a bitter reality that must be swallowed up, but the rest of the performance and camera capabilities of this phone are above the average flagship cellphone.
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