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A third iPhone? Yes, if by chance the two already presented weren't enough, the new iPhone Xr, Apple's "cheap" and colorful smartphone, a more recent version, is official. economy that continues to have interesting characteristics.
After the new iPhone Xs and Xs Max of the which we already know all the details, a similar iPhone called iPhone Xr appears. Apart from all its technical specifications that we will tell you about shortly, you should know what iOS 12 brings.
The highlights of the iPhone Xr are, fundamentally, two striking aspects that are seen as soon as you see it. On the one hand, we have the presence of a single rear camera, the notch that couldn't be missing and above all the available colors.
iPhone Xr, technical characteristics
The iPhone Xr is equipped with a 6.1-inch LCD retina display that has a resolution of 1728 x 828 pixels and 326 ppi. Being a phone that does not have buttons since the screen occupies the entire front, it is activated by “touching” it.
That is, just touch the screen to wake up the phone and unlock it with FaceID Yes, despite being a phone with less equipment than its older brothers the iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max, the truth is that it will have this security element.
Therefore, with the inclusion of FaceID, Apple definitely shelves TouchID, the fingerprint sensor that has accompanied us in recent iPhone generations. Will it be the beginning of the end for this sensor in competitive phones?
More details. The iPhone Xr will have A12 processor, a new 7-nanometer chip, which will make this phone a very powerful terminal. It will be available in three storage modes: 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB.
The rear camera has a 12 megapixel resolution with f/1.8 aperture and features an LED flash and optical image stabilization. The front is capable of recording 1080 video at 60 fps and has a stabilizer.
Connectivity is quite complete as includes LTE, Bluetooth 5.0 and WiFi. Its battery, which can be charged wirelessly and whose exact capacity figure has not been released, will last 1 hour longer than that of the iPhone 8 Plus.
iPhone Xr, price and availability
The iPhone Xr, with an aluminum body and IP67 water and dust resistance certification, will be available in several colors, through yellow, coral, red and blue, although there is no shortage of the usual classics (black and white). The prices will be the following:
- iPhone Xr 64 GB: 859 €.
- iPhone Xr 128 GB: 919 €.
- iPhone Xr 256 GB: 1029 €.
