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XR is the cheapest smart phone people can buy, you have to consider cost of OS upgrades, free apps that Apple spends $ on (Screentime for parents is worth $5/mo
by djanogo 8y ago
XR is the cheapest smart phone people can buy, you have to consider cost of OS upgrades, free apps that Apple spends $ on (Screentime for parents is worth $5/month by itself). It amazes me how these professional reviewers ignore the fact that most android devices are lucky to get 2 OS upgrades, and have to wait several months after OS is released.
iPhone will easily last twice as long and will get all the feature updates the hardware can support.
- handzbagz 8y agoMy Nokia 7.1 has monthly updates guaranteed for two years, is fast with a decent camera and has all the apps I need. Battery life and build quality are fantastic. All for about a quarter of the price of an iPhone XR. Not sure I agree with you there.
- majewsky 8y agoI'm considering a Nokia 6.1 or 7.1 as my next phone, but I'm concerned that it's allegedly killing background processes so that IMs don't get delivered. Can you comment on that?
- Multicomp 8y agoMy sister is non tech savvy and thus loves to complain about things not working on her phone or computer. She has a 6.1 and no complaints on that regard. .
- scarface74 8y agoTwo years compared to the iPhone 5S that was introduced in 2013 and still getting updates?
- teolandon 8y agoI can buy a Moto G6 Plus at around $260, something around the same price after 2 years, and once again something at around the same price 2 years after that. That amounts up the the price of a single XR. How is $750 considered cheap, even accounting for OS upgrades and free apps?
- scarface74 8y agoHow is the XR the cheapest phone people can buy when the iPhone 7 is still for sell for $475?
- vesak 8y agoAt this point, the 7 won't probably get updates nearly as long as the XR will.
- scarface74 8y agoAt this point, if history is any guide, you are still looking at 3 years of upgrades and you’re paying $300 less.