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Trade in iPhone XS for XR

arc3484

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After living with my XS since September, I really hate the battery life and typing. I talked to Verizon and I can turn my XS in and start new payment on XR. Lady thought I was crazy for considering it since my XS is the “better” device. At the end of the day what am I really loosing: 3D Touch, stainless steel build, 1gb ram??? Anyone went from xs to xr and regretting it??
 

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I just made the move a couple days ago from the XS to the XR. Don’t feel I’ve lost a thing. The battery life is exactly as advertised on the XR. I never utilized 3D touch on the XS. Camera is just as awesome on the XR. Check out the side by side comparisons on YouTube. Helped me.
 

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Haven’t used an X or Xs, but have an Xr. Haven’t been able to kill the battery in a day yet since November. With the dual camera being rumored to come to the Xr2/XIr? You may want to wait. Supposedly will have a better radio which is the only minor complaint I have with this phone. Service is fine, but it does drop calls more than my old 6 plus.
 

arc3484

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Haven’t used an X or Xs, but have an Xr. Haven’t been able to kill the battery in a day yet since November. With the dual camera being rumored to come to the Xr2/XIr? You may want to wait. Supposedly will have a better radio which is the only minor complaint I have with this phone. Service is fine, but it does drop calls more than my old 6 plus.

I’m kinda thinking this. Everything Apple pro keeps reporting XR2 to have same camera as xs.
 

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Just because a Ferrari doesn't get as good of gas milage as a Honda doesn't make the Honda better....that's all I have to say about that.
 

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I am thinking about doing this with the rumored XR2 and the fact it is supposed to be getting dual cameras and 4gb of ram. Yes the OLED is nice, but man has the battery tanked the past month or so. Hopefully it improves with IOS 13, but everyone I know that has the XR has no issues with battery and holding the devices side by side, there is not a noticeable difference in screens either.
 

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