IPhone XR

The iPhone X R  (pronounced ten-R) was a smartphone announced by Apple in September 12, 2018, with the iPhone X S and X S Max. The device served as a lower-priced alternative to the expensive iPhone X. The phone came in 6 different colors: Yellow, Blue, White, Coral, Black, and a special edition. Though it remained available as a budget model after the introduction of the iPhone 11 line in September 2019, it was finally discontinued on September 14, 2021 with the introduction of the iPhone 13 line.

Release
The iPhone X R was available for pre-order on October 19, 2020 and it was released on October 26. It was larger than the iPhone X with a faster Apple A12 "Bionic" chip, despite its lower price. However, it was positioned towards customers of the iPhone 8 Plus who wanted a larger screen and longer battery life at a lower price (starting at 749 in the United States).

Features
Cost-cutting was made possible through the use of a more conventional LCD "Liquid Retina" display instead of an OLED-based Super Retina HD display. Instead of dual rear-facing cameras like the iPhone X and X S, the X R had only one rear-facing camera. The X R also uses a 2x2 MIMO 4G antenna, like the preceding iPhone X, but with less maximum cellular bandwidth than that of the 4x4 antennae in the more expensive iPhone X S and X S Max.

Specifications

 * 6.1-inch Liquid Retina display with 326 pixels-per-inch
 * Apple A12 Bionic chip with all-new Neural Engine
 * Up to 256 GB of storage
 * 12 MP camera with optical image stabilization
 * 7 MP front-facing camera with Face ID
 * Built-in stereo speakers
 * Fast wired and wireless charging
 * IP67 water-resistant
 * Dual-SIM capable
 * 2942 mAh battery (25 hours of talk time, up to 15 hours of internet use, up to 16 hours of video playback, and up to 65 hours of audio playback)
 * 6 color options

Lawsuits
A lawsuit was filed in California in April 2020 on behalf of plaintiffs upset that the 2x2 MIMO antenna array of the iPhone X R was "inferior" to the 4x4 version in the more expensive iPhone X S  and X S Max. However, this antenna configuration was noted as part of Apple's published technical specifications since the launch of the X R, and the first lawsuit was dropped in June 2020. A second lawsuit was filed in the same court alleging that Apple had profited from knowingly selling technology that was "inferior" to the X S and X S Max. In November 2020, a federal judge allowed the suit to proceed, but trimmed it by throwing out breach of warranty claims.

Trivia

 * The iPhone X R was the first iPhone to feature blue and yellow color options since the iPhone 5 C.