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I'm rolling in dough but still chose iPhone XR over the XS/XS Max. Why? I've got ten reasons. Actually, nine.
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Hello, hello
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Is this thing on? Okay, just making sure, you know, don't want to record an entire episode
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without having my microphone turned on. Now look, I'm not going to dilly dolly with some long preamble
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I know what you're wondering. Why would someone go for the slightly inferior iPhone 10R
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instead of that big, beautiful iPhone 10S max, a.k.a. The tennis match
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I have 10 reasons for you why I made that exact same decision
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and I think possibly you should too. No, I'm not Leander Cainey
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I'm Arafon Elijah. You may have heard of me from a little podcast called The Cultcast
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No, you should check it out. Link in the description below. Okay, reason number one
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I wanted the 10S max so very badly. But it's just too similar to my iPhone 10
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Now that's something that you've probably heard from other iPhone 10 owners. But I probably would have purchased it
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if the price was right. It's just with sales tax, It's a $1,200 phone
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With the features that it offers, I couldn't justify the extra expense for upgrading from the 10 to the 10S max for $1,200
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Wasn't worth it to me. Reason number two, and I truly mean this, the 10R, it might be the best-looking iPhone Apple has ever created
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I mean, just look at this big, beautiful phone. The back has this multi-dimensional paint job
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You look into it and you can see through something. space and time. It looks like you're looking into a magical pool in a Disney movie. I love the
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aluminum band. Even on the white one, they color match the aluminum. It's a little bit more milky and
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white than the aluminum you'll see on the MacBook Pro or the Apple Watch. I also love the camera
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nodule on this I know that sounds silly It just small and cute stamped right on there The entire dustrial design of the phone I think looks better than any phone Apple has ever made
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Reason number three, this is a big one as well. The 10R has a wide angle camera for portrait mode
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Have you noticed that when you use portrait mode on your 10, your 10s, your 10s max, it zooms way in
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Well, it limits your field of view. I think the field of view on the 10R is much more pleasant
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It's much wider angle. You can get more into your shot. I think that's a huge
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Huge plus of the 10R over the 10S 10S max. Plus the wide angle camera on the XR has a larger aperture
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so it performs better in low light and a larger sensor. So it performs doubly better in low light
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You're going to have much more success using portrait mode and low light on this phone
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than you will on the iPhone 10S or the 10S max. Not to mention, I just love the wider field of view
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Telephonal lenses just make me feel claustrophobic. Like, we're getting too close to your face. I don't need to be that close to your mustache, Tom
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Another huge benefit. Well, maybe a medium size benefit. This iPhone 10R has a 6.1 inch screen
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So it's a little smaller than the iPhone 10S plus, and it's a little bigger than the 10S
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This might be the perfect size iPhone. It actually fits in your pocket
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Even if you wear extremely skinny jeans like I do, you can still get it in there
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It feels nice in the hand. It's easier to use than the 10S max, but it still gives you the larger screen real estate of the 10S
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iPhone 10R might have the perfect screen size. I've lost track of the numbers, so let's just keep moving on
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Oh, I have to mention this one. It's reasonably priced. The iPhone 10S, $1,000
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The 10S max starts at $1,100. This big, beautiful phone is only $750 for the 64-gigabyte model
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And $7.99 for the 128 gigabytes. That is an extraordinary value. And if you looking for something with gigabytes this is your only option and only costs you And of course I have to mention for that price you get almost the exact same internals as the 10S 10S Max
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You have the same wide-angle camera. You have the same computational photography
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You have the same smart HDR. You have the same A12 bionic
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The list goes on and on. This is like an iPhone 10S Max Mini
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Now you're missing the 3D touch, which I personally don't miss. and you have an LCD screen, not an OLED screen, which I will admit, it makes a difference
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It makes a difference. If you're talking about screen saturation, accuracy, dynamic range, if the iPhone 10S, 10S max is a 10 out of 10, I'd say this is a 7 out of 10
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It's still a good screen, but it is slightly worse in fidelity and dynamic range than the more premium phone
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But this phone is an iPhone 10S, 10S max in virtually all other important regards
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and for two-thirds the price. Ooh, I bet you didn't know about this one
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The 10R, it has the best battery life of any iPhone. And not just of any iPhone currently, of any iPhone ever made
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Tom's hardware reviewed this phone, and they said the battery life on this 10R was an hour better
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than the 10S max, an hour better. So if you're looking for a phone that will last all day and night
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and the next day and the next morning, this is the phone to get
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If you're a guy who needs battery life on his phone, this is the one that you want
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You know the other thing is it's just something new in the world of iPhone. Never before has Apple tried to pack
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all of their top tier components into what is essentially their budget phone
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Remember the iPhone 5C? Yeah, that thing was using components from like 17 years ago
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I think there were components from the Motorola Rocker inside that phone. This is using all of Apple best components Even the A12 bionic chip is packed into this phone It has the same camera module for their budget price I had to try it Okay and finally my big reason
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I'm going to be upgrading next year anyway. What the heck? For one year, I'll try a phone I wouldn't normally get it
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I'm one of those guys that's always drawn to Apple's most expensive device
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And even if the device is overkill, maybe it's something that I don't even need. Maybe it's designed in a way that I don't even like
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I still end up buying it. I find myself pulled to those devices every single time
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So when I saw this big, beautiful iPhone 10R, with almost all the same features as Apple's more expensive phone
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I love the design, I love the body, I love the price, I figured, you know what, why not just try it for one year and see what happens
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There you have it. Those are my 10 reasons for choosing the iPhone 10R over the 10S 10X max
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Maybe I've convinced you to buy one. I'll tell you what, go into the Apple store, look at them
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because the 10S, the 10s max, they are not nearly as beautiful as this phone is
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And I think if you see it in person, you're really going to love it. Okay, I'm done here
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