Are you buying 'iPhone XR'? I tried to see how the performance is different from iPhone XS / XS Max

" IPhone XR " finally released on Friday, October 26, 2018, although the selling price of the top model iPhone XS / XS Max is "bullish price range of 112,000 yen" and it is a bullish price range On the other hand, it is a model that can be purchased inexpensively as "about 80, 4800 yen - tax" and about 30,000 yen. I think that it is a cheap cheap look, and actually it is as good as design compared with iPhone XS / XS Max , yet the SoC that is the heart of the terminal is iPhone XS / XS Max The same A12 Bionic chip is adopted. Then, when I actually use it, I tried various investigations by saying, "How does it differ?"

iPhone XR - Apple (Japan)
https://www.apple.com/jp/iphone-xr/

You can see how the appearance design of the iPhone XR looks by reading the following article.

"IPhone XR" haste photo review, bezeles and colorfully reborn iPhone like this - GIGAZINE

In addition, you can easily understand how iPhone XR's design differs from iPhone XS and XS Max by reading the following article. Although there are multiple differences in details, the biggest difference in appearance is that the rear camera is a single lens. It is also characterized that the bezel width of iPhone XR is slightly thicker than iPhone XS / XS Max.

I compare iPhone XR's design to see how it differs from iPhone XS / XS Max - GIGAZINE

Because the iPhone XR is a cheap low price version, there are many people who think that they are cutting down many functions. However, in practice, because it adopts the same A12 Bionic chip as iPhone XS / XS Max for SoC which is the heart part of the iPhone, it seems that there is no big difference in performance.

Actually updating 3 models of iPhone XS / XS Max / XR to iOS 12.0.1 which becomes the latest version at the time of article creation, and running the benchmark software AnTuTu Benchmark is the screen shot below.

From the left you can see that the score of iPhone XS is "351133", the score of iPhone XS Max is "375076", the score of iPhone XR is "333117", and there is no big opening.

In addition, as a result of measurement using another benchmark software Geekbench 4, "iPhone XR has reported higher score than Google's latest terminal Pixel 3 XL ", so the iPhone XR's performance aspect is It seems to be said that it is a complaint without any complaints.

In addition, the iPhone XR covers a lot of functions such as face ID of the face authentication function which enables unlocking of the terminal without tapping, wireless charging function, and even Apple Pay. While looking at the Apple official iPhone - compare models page, you can see that there are only the following differences when you see the spec differences between iPhone XR and iPhone XS / XS Max.

Display size: iPhone XS: 5.8 inches, iPhone XS Max: 6.5 inches, iPhone XR: 6.1 inches
Resolution: iPhone XS: 2436 × 1125 pixels (458 ppi), iPhone XS Max: 2688 × 1242 pixels (458 ppi), iPhone XR: 1792 × 828 pixel resolution (326 ppi)
Camera: iPhone XS / XS Max: Dual Lens Camera, iPhone XR: Single Lens Camera
Water resistant performance: iPhone XS / XS Max: Up to 30 minutes at 2 meters depth, iPhone XR: 1 meter depth up to 30 minutes
Storage capacity: iPhone XS / XS Max: 64GB / 256GB / 512GB, iPhone XR: 64GB / 128GB / 256GB
3D Touch: iPhone XS / XS Max Ali, iPhone XR: None
Battery (continuous internet use): iPhone XS: up to 12 hours, iPhone XS Max: up to 13 hours, iPhone XR: up to 15 hours

Among them, I tried to see what difference will occur when actually using each iPhone for "display" and "camera".

◆ Display
Both the iPhone XR and iPhone XS / XS Max adopt the True Tone display, and the maximum brightness is 625 cd / m 2. Turn on True Tone, maximize brightness and arrange iPhone XS (left) and iPhone XR (Right) like this. Although it may be a little confusing if it is a picture, if the background is white screen, the difference in color of the two screens is obvious, the screen of iPhone XS is yellow and the screen of iPhone XR looks blue.

iPhone XS / XS Max adopts organic EL display, while iPhone XR adopts liquid crystal display, resolution is 1792 × 828 pixels. iPhone XS / XS Max has a pixel density of 458 ppi, while iPhone XR is 326 ppi. If you are just looking at the display normally you can hardly feel this difference, shoot the iPhone XS (top) and iPhone XR (bottom) screens with photos and magnify and compare as below , You can see that the iPhone XR has rougher pixels and blurring letters.

However, I felt that there was hardly any difference between Internet browsing and using the application as usual.

Besides this, iPhone XS / XS Max's display has a contrast ratio of 1: 1: 1, whereas the iPhone XR is 1400: 1.

◆ Camera
Another major difference between iPhone XR and iPhone XS / XS Max is in the main camera. The iPhone XS / XS Max has a dual lens camera, but the iPhone XR adopts a single lens camera. However, until now, the portrait mode which has been adopted only for the iPhone equipped with the dual lens camera can be used even with the iPhone XR single lens camera. Furthermore, the latest 3 models, iPhone XR and iPhone XS / XS Max, are equipped with "the ability to adjust the strength of the blur effect by the user's own hand" which did not exist in the past portrait mode. In addition, the pictures taken with the iPhone that appeared below are those that only resized without correction.

The portrait mode is a mode used when a person is a subject. When switching to the portrait mode, the following frame is displayed and when the terminal recognizes the person who is the subject, you can take pictures with a yellowish frame and a blurred background as shown below.

However, if the camera does not recognize it as a person, "Nobody was detected" is displayed as shown below and you can not take pictures with blurred backgrounds.

When taking pictures in iPhone XS / XS Max portrait mode with dual lens, angle of view changes as the lens used to switch to portrait mode changes. When iCEO is shot in the portrait mode of iPhone XS / XS Max from the following position ......

You can shoot the following pictures. It is surprising that iPhone can easily shoot portrait with a flaky background.

On the other hand, in the case of iPhone XR with a single lens camera, switching the camera to portrait mode does not change the field angle. Therefore, even if you shoot iCEO from the same position as iPhone XS, the picture will be as follows. Also, person detection in portrait mode seems to be considerably inferior to iPhone XS, and I did not detect iCEO or did it.

To take pictures similar to iPhone XS / XS Max with iPhone XR, you need to get close to the subject, or you need to trim and shoot the pictures you have taken. It is like this when trimming it.

To use "the function to adjust the strength of the blur effect by the user's own hands", display the photographed picture with the album application and tap "edit" at the upper right of the screen.

Then, the photograph taken in portrait mode displays the dial which adjusts the depth of field in the red frame part. However, if you do not detect a person even in a picture taken in portrait mode, the dial for adjusting the depth of field will not be displayed here.

The minimum F value is 1.4

The maximum F value is 16. It is possible to produce my favorite blur by adjusting this F value.

Note that iPhone XS / XS Max can select lighting effects of 5 types (portrait mode, natural light, studio lighting, outline emphasizing lighting, stage lighting, stage lighting (mono)), but the iPhone XR has three effects , Studio lighting, contour emphasis lighting) can only be used, and there is also a slight difference here.

Besides this, I tried shooting landscapes and things with iPhone XR camera.

One corner of a shopping street

A shrine

flower

shaved ice

Ibaraki Taji

IPhone XR and iPhone XS / XS Max have a distinct difference in the performance of the main camera, but. Since the TrueDepth camera (in camera) is equipped with exactly the same thing, self-shooting with a beautiful background blur than the previous iPhone series becomes possible.

As for other camera performance differences, iPhone XS / XS Max can double optical zoom and up to 10 times digital zoom in the case of still images, but iPhone XR only supports up to 5 times digital zoom Is not ... For movie shooting, iPhone XS / XS Max can double optical zoom and up to 6 times digital zoom, but iPhone XR only supports up to three times the digital zoom.

◆ Summary - When you actually compare iPhone XR and iPhone XS / XS Max, there are certainly differences in design and functionality. Whether to judge this difference depends on whether you purchase iPhone XR or iPhone XS / XS Max will change, but the iPhone XR is pretty well-balanced overall and it is quite powerful considering the price side It is a premonition that is likely to be an alternative.