I upgraded from a 6 to the xR a couple days ago. I thought about the 8, but the XR was only $50 more, so i took the plunge. So far, i am happy with my choice. The XR is noticeably faster, it’s not hard to learn the new gestures, and although i worried its larger size would make it uncomfortable to hold, it is still quite comfortable to use. I have Not yet bought bluetooth earbuds or a charging pad, but the splitter gismo which accomodates charging & wired earbuds is working fine for me, and i’ll probably buy a second one of these before i invest in the charging pad or the bluetooth earbuds or headphones. The help i got at the Apple store was wonderful. Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 6, 2019, at 12:36 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Probably an OK investment although the SE is still a pretty darn good phone > and when Apple recently brought it back for $249 for 32Gb and $299 for 128Gb > people jumped all over it. > Anyhow, did you upgrade sight unseen so to speak? I mean did you not try to > go to an Apple Store and check out the XR? > I guess what you are asking with respect how comfortable it is to hold only > you can answer, it will definitely feel a lot larger than what you are used > to if you had an SE before. > Adding on a battery case will make it even that much bigger and mostly > thicker. The XR is reported to have great battery life so I would certainly > not spend a bunch of money for a battery case for a phone which already has > good battery life. > Of course I don't know what you do, if you are out and about using GPS for > hours on end it is probably a good idea, if not you may as well just recharge > the phone when it needs recharging. The XR supports wireless charging and you > may have been better off spending the money you spend on a battery case for 2 > or 3 decent charging pads which you put in the places where you are the most, > then simply putting the phone down on a pad will top up the battery. I > recently upgraded from a 6S Plus to an iPhone 8 and I find it much easier to > keep it charged with the wireless charging compared to before when I had to > plug in a cable. > As for sound it will definitely sound a bit richer. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Yohandy Rodriguez > Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 7:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: A few Iphone xr questions > > Hey all, > > So I just upgraded to an Iphone XR from the Iphone SE. Do you guys think that > was a worthwhile investment for a totally blind user? I know there are speed > improvements, better bionic chip etc, but is it really noticeable? I also got > Apple's Smart battery case. That, in combination with the phone's increased > battery life, hopefully means the phone won't be running out of juice anytime > soon! some other questions: how comfortable is the phone to hold compared to > the SE? That worries me a little as the phone is much larger. are the stereo > speakers good? that is, does it have decent stereo separation, and are the > speakers noticeably louder than the SE's single speaker? One final thing: > since this phone lacks a home button, there are probably a few new gestures I > must learn. no home button is also something I'm not too thrilled about but > nothing I can do about this. Can you guys point those out to me? If there are > any other awesome things I should know about I'd appreciate it if you guys > point them out to me. Thanks in advance for your help all! > have a great evening! > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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