iPhone XR now available

Apple's cheaper, more colourful iPhone is now in stores! While the iPhone XR will cost you around $400 less than a comparable iPhone XS, it shares most of the same features. You get the same A12 processor, the same 12MP rear-facing camera (although without the second lens), and a very similar design. 

There are however a few differences. It's 6.1-inch display is LED rather than OLED (and runs at a lower resolution), you don't get 3D Touch, the build is aluminium rather than stainless steel, water-resistance is IP67 rather than IP68, and you can't film video in 4K. But hey, you can get it in a choice of six colours: black, white, coral, blue, yellow, or red. The hardest part is deciding which.

Here's how the new models compare:

If you're after an iPhone XR outright, you're looking at:

• $1,229 for a 64GB iPhone XR
• $1,299 for a 128GB iPhone XR
• $1,479 for a 256GB iPhone XR

And here's a few iPhone XR plans.

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Alex Choros is the Managing Editor of WhistleOut Australia and an award-winning journalist. He's been writing about consumer technology for over a decade and is an expert on the Australian telco sector, to the point where he knows far too many phone and internet plans by heart. In addition to leading the WhistleOut editorial team, Alex is responsible for ruining the office Sonos with his troubled taste in music.

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