CNET:
Apple launched the wallet-friendly iPhone XR last fall and now it’s got a rival.
The most affordable iPhone kept most of the features of the iPhone XS, but it was $250 cheaper. On Wednesday at its Unpacked event in San Francisco, Samsung launched the Galaxy S10E — its answer to the XR. The S10E has most of the features of the Galaxy S10 but costs $150 less.
Both the Galaxy S10E and iPhone XR are natural competitors: Both cost $750 and offer quite the flagship value. But there are many differences including screen size, processor power, number of rear cameras and headphone jack.
Compare these specs and more.
Would these specs convince you to switch phones?
You’d have to pay me that $150. Every month.
The specs of… the “entry-level phones”? On The Loop? 🙂
The answer is no. If I had to pick up a phone today, I’d pick the XR—it’s good enough for my needs and lets me stay in the Apple ecosystem, in which I’m deeply invested. (If for no other reason, I have an Apple Watch I use as much as my phone, if not more.)
I suspect the answer in terms of switching is similar for most of the readers of this blog.
No way!
Specs, smecs. There is some nice Samsung hardware out there but you’d have to run Android with One UI or Samsung Experience or TouchWiz or Android Skin or whatever the hell they are calling these days.
Or you could use iOS and some world class third party apps.
Specs, smecs. There is some nice Samsung hardware out there but you’d have to run Android with One UI or Samsung Experience or TouchWiz or Android Skin or whatever the hell they are calling these days.
Or you could use iOS and some world class third party apps.
How did $750 for a base model become “wallet friendly”? In the ancient time of 2 years ago, that was the price of the base storage of the top end phones.
iPhone XR is not wallet friendly.
Nope.
Is it a Samsung? HARD PASS at any price. I don’t want that thing on my wifi network.
Sadly, the term “wallet friendly” has superseded the more objective term “cost-reduced.”