Using the iPhone XR in 2024 - Review!

The iPhone XR is approaching 6 years old but is still supported up to iOS 18! How does the XR hold up in 2024, should you upgrade, and could it even be worth buying as a budget option?

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:39 - XR in 2024
5:47 - Design & Hardware
10:11 - Photography
12:03 - Worth it in 2024?

Music:

[Tech]

Nearly 6 years old, the iPhone XR will run iOS 18- pretty impressive for what wasn't even Apple's major flagship option in 2018.
Anyone using the XR? How's it working for you?

[xxevomusic]

remember when the xr was the battery champ

[Zero.]

The iPhone XR is my first iPhone, which I have had since November 1, 2018, and I still use it as my daily phone. It is a great phone and I will use it until it breaks or when apps no longer support it.

[Raid_io]

i actually upgraded from a XR to a 13 about a month ago. The screen was an insane different between the two phone, and the speed is noticeable too. Also went from 64gbs to 128gbs

[slyzn]

I bought XR for my mom 3 years ago.

It still performing well day to day, but expect noticeable slower performance due to ever increasing demand in resources for apps nowadays.

Battery health is at 79% and currently deciding to get battery replacement or giving her my 14 Pro instead when 16 Pro comes out.

Another issue with XR is the famous image retention issues after years of using it. I'm disappointed because my older XS with OLED doesn't have any sign of burn in on it. LCD should last longer than OLED.

[christopherhamilton]

Watching this on my XR… 😁
Edit: I did replace the battery at Best Buy with a genuine  Apple product right after I bought the phone.

[Carfan]

My dad used a 5S all the way up to 2022 🤣🤣 9 years on the same phone lol he finally upgraded and got a 13 mini as that was still on sale at the time

[B.D.F.]

The XR might not have had MagSafe but while Apple and carriers were still selling the XR and 11 some manufacturers released cases for the XR/11 with MagSafe (and later for the SE 2nd/3rd gen).

[MarsPLAYStudio]

8 (Plus) / X / Xs (Max), XR were peak iPhone design imo

[ccroy]

I had an orange one. I remember seeing reviews that all mentioned "Those Bezels, that screen!" so I went to a phone store and they had the XS, XS Max, and XR on display next to each other and the XR looked fine, so I bought one. Despite the simple camera I did get some really good photos from it, enough that a I printed and framed some. I'm an Android person though so went back when the Pixel 4a came out.

[_]

My mother has a 256 gig XR which my father used previously and it's doing pretty much fine except having a somewhat bad battery. And there was something funny happened few years back. One day out of nowhere some weird black line was slowly emerging from the display and I thought my mom probably have dropped it and she told me she haven't.. The lines grew larger day by day and suddenly after few months the lines were gone. But the edges of the screen is now starting to get greenish. The early signs of the display dying. But all I can say is that the Xr is more reliable than modern iPhones. Heck we even had to replace the display of the 13 Pro because it went off out of the blue. Which is total crap. Never happened with older iphones though..

[oddieshow]

guys lets talk about how his dog is the cutest dog on earth. my heart cant take it </3

[ktdtheskeletondrummer]

I miss having the iPhone XR but man it’s been a great phone for me before I switched to the iPhone 12 and now I own the iPhone 15, I probably get it just as part of collection but man being my dream iPhone it was decent.

[samuel-wankenobi]

It feels weird seeing this being 6 years old its the XR and not the X but i do remember that around the time a lot of people were talking about the fact they removed the home button now its quite hard to find a smartphone with one

[whose_knee]

Not an iphone user, but I have a buddy who uses the XR up until now (probably still going until Sept 2024). Still going strong, battery health at 80%, a bit choppy on the performance but manageable. The one thing that he complains the most is definitely the overheating, and I kid you not, it is pretty toasty. We live at Southeast Asia, and its all warm and damp here, no snows, just rain and sun, all year long. He had it since 2019 (a year after the release but it is still old, stg). Mad respect for this phone, still able to sustain MLBB like a champ, and probably will do so for another year or two. From his words, its not worth the "budget iphone" option, a lot of stuff XR is getting outdated, and it's pretty much an ip 11 with one camera (literally). Might as well go for an 11. He also suggested me to get the 12 if I was to have an ip as my second phone. But we'll see how, I guess. Not a fan, but definitely deserved the recognition. XR is probably the peak iphone of its era, and I stand by that forever

[steveb]

The Xr, along with the 11 and SEs are still important for the 10% of us that can’t use OLED due to PWM

[csyiphk]

XR was our first iphone. We were happy using XR until 2024. Sadly we were forced to migrate to 14 because my town and nearby cities are getting worse and worse LTE reception to a point that we may lost connection for hours. The phone is stil seeing one to two bar of signals. But, there could be no data connections when we try to access the web. We were lucky to have the 128gb version. The XR UI feels reasonably responsive even at the latest iOS today. Battery heath were 96+ we last checked. I remember during these years we moved quite a few towns and countrirs. In some places, our XR receptions were always not the best when comparing with other newer iphones or Samsung. In a lot of cases when XR temp lost connections, our other phones were still capable of receiving messages and sending pictures. If LTE reception is not an issue, XR is a very decent iphone even on 2024.

[bradugar]

Had a SE series 2 for 2 years before it cracked & caught water damage, now on the XR, it felt like a upgrade despite it being older than the SE I love the screen & curves/face ID. It lasts as long as I need for battery, with me mostly using my phone for Spotify & Texting/social media scrolling.

[itzfourpower]

Still using my XR, got it pre owned nearly 2 years ago & currently has 87% battery health

[masterduelistky]

Great video Love that Kichijoji music nod amazing soundtrack