Roundup on the iPhone XR: the best LCD screen to date, a good single-lens camera, excellent performance and battery life

The first iPhone XR reviews were published this morning by the media. You will find below some of the main recipes of the Web in anticipation of the official launch day of Apple's iPhone XR, this Friday.

Starting at $ 749, the iPhone XR is Apple's cheapest flagship iPhone. It is available in several colors. It features Face ID, an edge-to-edge LCD, a single-lens camera, a glass case for wireless charging, and an A12 Bionic processor.

On the LCD screen Liquid Retina of 6.1 inches:

The display on the iPhone XR is … correct. That's good! It has lower resolution and pixel density than OLEDs in new flagship phones such as the iPhone XS, the Galaxy S9 and the Pixel 3, but these are the same 326 pixels per inch as the previous LCD iPhones Apple's other than Plus. Anyone who arrives on this phone from any iPhone backs iPhone X will not notice a huge gap in resolution.

The screen is one of the best LCD screens I have ever seen, but it is not as good as the other models. Specifically, I think the OLED's ability to display true black and deeper colors (especially in images taken with new XR cameras in HDR) easily distinguishes it from others.

That said, I have a huge advantage in that I'm able to keep screens side by side to compare images. In simple terms, if you do not use them next to each other, you get a great screen.

On the single lens camera of the iPhone XR:

The XR's unique camera is very good: it's exactly the same 12-megapixel wide-angle camera that Apple uses in the XS and XS Max, and it always produces beautiful pictures. You will get many details and excellent colors in the resulting images. It was surprisingly practical in low light thanks to its f / 1.8 aperture and its sensor with deeper slices between these pixels.

Since the iPhone XR only has one back camera (it has a wide-angle lens, but not a telephoto lens), it does not capture as much depth information as the # 39, dual lens camera of the iPhone XS.

This means that when you switch to Portrait mode in the Camera application, the Background Softener effect will only work if you take a picture of someone because Apple has decided to train the machine in the automatic learning of human forms. Try to take a portrait photo of your food, or your cat, or a pumpkin (because it's pumpkin season) and "No People Detected" will appear at the top of the photo frame. Plus, the iPhone XR only has three light options in Portrait Mode, versus five for the iPhone XS.

With regard to Haptic Touch:

When and where it works, it feels like enough in 3D Touch to make me forget that it is not 3D Touch. Until I try to use 3D Touch elsewhere, which I have been used to using quite often in recent years. Yes, it's me. You are welcome.

It uses a system closer to the MacBook Trackpad, but with the Taptic engine that still gives a rude look to most competing haptics, it only works on the lock screen icons for Flashlight and Camera, control center icons offering other options. and the keyboard when you long press the spacebar to switch to touchpad mode.

All the rest, live photos on the lock screen to the home screen shortcuts, by browsing and jumping … are just not there. You might as well use an iPhone 6 or an iPhone SE or, yes, an iPad, not there.

On the performance of the A12 Bionic processor:

Since we have the phone in the office, we play Fornite and Asphalt 9 to test it, without any problem. Having widely used the iPhone XS before testing the iPhone XR, it is clear that there is no difference in terms of processing power or capabilities. The experience has not been mastered in terms of power or performance.

On the battery life:

Apple thinks you'll be able to get 90 minutes more battery life on your iPhone XR than on your 8 Plus, which is a big step forward in real terms.

Well – and we do not want to spoil the surprise a little later – we would say it's even better: the iPhone XR finally realizes the Holy Grail of the battery of an autonomy of all days in an iPhone.

In Tom's Guide battery test, which involves continuous web browsing at 150 nits of screen brightness, the iPhone XR lasted 11 hours and 26 minutes. This beats the times of the iPhone XS Max (10:38) and the iPhone XS (9:41) by a significant margin. The Pixel 3 XL only lasted 9:30, while the Galaxy Note 9 also stood for 11:26.

In everyday life, the endurance of the iPhone XR also impressed. After unplugging the device at 100% at 7 am, I used the phone intermittently to play games, check Facebook and e-mails, broadcast Spotify and capture photos and videos . I still have 24% battery left at 9pm.

Be sure to check again, as we will add more links below to online reviews of Apple's iPhone XR throughout the day.