Apple iPhone XR Review

November 5, 2018 | Amy Davies | Rating star Rating star Rating star Rating star

Introduction

Announced at the same time as the iPhone XS, but not made available to the market until a few weeks later, the iPhone XR is intended to be a more affordable option for those who want an iOS device.

In order to make it more budget-friendly, there a number of sacrifices to be made when comparing it to the more expensive iPhone XS.

The biggest differences which are likely to be of interest to photographers come down to the display and the camera. The iPhone XR has a bigger display, however it’s a lower resolution LCD screen, compared with the high resolution OLED of the iPhone XS.

Meanwhile, unlike with the iPhone XS, the iPhone XR has just a single camera. It uses a 12-megapixel f/1.8 wide-angle camera, leaving you without the telephoto optic found on the iPhone XS. You do get optical image stabilisation, Portrait Mode, and 4K video recording at up to 60fps, though. On the front of the phone is a TrueDepth 7 megapixel selfie camera.

You can pick up the iPhone XR in three different size capacities (64GB, 128GB and 256GB), while it’s available in six different colours. At the time of writing, the iPhone XR retails for £749 for the minimum storage capacity, up to £899 for the largest. You can also buy it as part of a contract, with varying prices.

Ease of Use

The iPhone XR may well be the “budget” offering (for an iPhone), but in its outward design it still feels like a pretty premium offering.

It’s available in a range of different colours – including the bright blue model we’ve been using for this review. One of the cutbacks for this phone is the fact that it uses an LCD, rather than an OLED. It also has a larger bezel around the display, so although the 6.1-inch screen is physically larger than the iPhone XS’s 5.8-inch screen, the screen to body ratio is actually worse.

Like the iPhone XS, the iPhone XR has the controversial “notch” at the top of the screen. These days, a notch is a much more common design element, but if you hate them, there’s not really a way to get around it with any of the modern iPhones.

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Rear of the Apple iPhone XR

Despite the fact that its an LCD screen, the display is still bright and detailed, and certainly when viewed in isolation, you’ll be hard pushed to spot too much of a big difference between it and a standard iPhone XS screen – so you better hope your best mate doesn’t leave theirs lying next to yours regularly.

There are several ways to unlock the iPhone XR’s screen, including using Face ID or a PIN. There’s no fingerprint sensor, as is common for current iPhones. You can access the iPhone XR’s camera directly from the lock screen, with a firm press on the camera icon. If accessing the camera this way, you’ll only be able to see the images you’ve taken in your current session, needing to unlock the phone completely to see older pictures. You’ll also need to unlock the phone completely to access certain camera settings.

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Rear of the Apple iPhone XR

The iPhone’s native camera app is extremely simple and straightforward to use. This can be seen as both a positive and a negative, depending on how you look at things. Little has changed in the past few years of iPhone camera apps, so it’s also very familiar to anyone coming from an older model.

Launching directly in the standard Photo mode when you start up the camera, there are also a few other modes which can be accessed by swiping left or right on the screen. For stills, in addition to the standard Photo mode, you’ve got Portrait, Square and Pano. For video, there’s standard Video, Slo-Mo and Time-Lapse.

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Front of the Apple iPhone XR

In the Standard photo mode, you don’t have a whole lot of control over camera settings. Good news for keeping things simple, you can point and shoot and feel assured of getting a good shot most of the time. If you want to adjust exposure compensation, you can tap an area of the screen, wait a split-second for the sun icon to appear, then run your finger up and down the screen to adjust brightness.

The other stils shooting modes are fairly self-explanatory. The Square mode shoots photos in a 1:1 ratio – the only difference being that you can’t use Live Photos if you shoot this way. A Live Photo is a short video clip which accompanies an image. Pano requires you to sweep the phone across the scene in order to capture an ultra-wide angle shot.

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Front of the Apple iPhone XR / Image Displayed

If you want to take greater control over settings, it’s possible to download third-party apps. With such apps, you might also be able to shoot in raw format, but you can’t do that directly from the native camera. Speaking of image formats, by default, the iPhone XR shoots in the “HEIF” format – High Efficiency Image Format. These days, this is a format which is more widely compatible than ever before, but you might prefer to switch to shooting in JPEG for more confidence that your images can be read by other machines, or via email.

The iPhone XR has the same Portrait mode that the iPhone XS has, but with a couple of crucial differences. As the iPhone XR has just one lens, it will create a shallow depth of field effect using software online. Additionally, while you can use the iPhone XS to create bokeh behind any kind of subject, with the iPhone XR, portrait mode is exactly that – for human subjects only. If you try to use it with non-human subjects, you’ll be greeted with a “No person detected” warning – bad news for pet lovers.

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Front of the Apple iPhone XR

It’s possible to shoot at a variety of different frame rates and resolutions for video with the iPhone XR. To choose between the different options, you have to head out of the camera app and to the main settings menu in the phone. It’s a bit of a long-winded process that’s not hugely user friendly, especially if you want to quickly change between options. Although it’s possible to shoot at up to 4K at 60fps, bear in mind that the fairly low resolution of the phone’s screen means that you can’t take advantage of such high resolutions. You may also find that you want to shoot in a lower resolution to save space on your device.

As with all iPhones, it’s not possible to expand the storage for the iPhone XR once you’ve already bought a model. If you’re somebody who is going to take a large number of videos and pictures, it’s probably a good idea to buy the largest capacity phone that you can afford.

Image Quality

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 12 megapixel JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 6Mb.

As is often the case with smartphones, the iPhone XS performs at its best when the light is good, and plentiful too.

Colours in favourable lighting conditions are vibrant without being too over the top – in fact landscape shots have a very natural look to them. Detail is also well rendered when shooting at low ISOs, too.

One of the sacrifices of choosing this model over the iPhone XS is that you only get a single wide-angle lens, rather than an additional telephoto zoom optic. You could choose to use digital zoom to get closer to the subject, but image degradation is fairly obvious, so it’s best to avoid if possible.

As light drops, image quality is less impressive. Images taken in very dark conditions appear a little smudgy in places – so while they’re probably going to be more than fine for using on social media sites and the like, there are certainly much better smartphones on the market for low-light shooting, such as the Huawei P20 Pro, which you can buy for around the same price.

Another consequence of only having one lens is that Portrait mode is not quite as convincing, using computational algorithms to make a judgement on whether something should be blurred or not. It works reasonably well when your human subject is on a fairly uncomplicated background, but as soon as you bring in any kind of pattern effect, the outline is a little more obvious. It’s also disappointing not to be able to use the effect with other subjects – something which the Google Pixel 3 (and the Google Pixel 2) can manage, despite also only having a single lens.

Focal Length

The Apple iPhone XR's fixed focal length lens is equivalent to 28mm in 35mm camera terms.

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Macro

The Apple iPhone XR will focus accurately for close-up shots down to around 10cm from your subject.

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Shallow Depth of Field (Portrait Mode)

Here is an example photo taken using the portrait / shallow depth of field mode.

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Night

The following night photo was taken at ISO 1600 for 1/16th second.

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Flash

Rear Camera - Flash Off
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Rear Camera - Flash On
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Selfie Camera - Flash On
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Rear Camera - Flash On
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Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Apple iPhone XR camera, which were all taken using the 12 megapixel JPEG setting setting. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.

Sample Movies & Video

This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 3840x2160 pixels at 60 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is 73.1Mb in size.

This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 3840x2160 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is 86.4Mb in size.

This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 60 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is 46.5Mb in size.

This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 17 second movie is 31.7Mb in size.

This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1280x720 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is 13.9Mb in size.

This is a sample slow motion video movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 42 second movie is 54.3Mb in size.

This is a sample slow motion video movie at the quality setting of 1280x720 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 26 second movie is 34Mb in size.

Product Images

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Conclusion

If you’re a fan of iOS, you’ll already be aware just how expensive owning an iPhone is. With the XR, you have the opportunity to pick one up at a slightly lower price than the top-of-the-line iPhone XS will set you back.

However, for the reduction in price, you have to make quite a few sacrifices – and if you’re a photographer, or someone who is particularly interested in using your phone to take pictures, unfortunately one of them is to the camera.

While it’s still a perfectly serviceable camera, it’s something we’d be more likely to recommend to somebody who’s not overly bothered about their phone’s camera performance, or is happy to make a compromise in order to stay within the Apple family.

Despite the iPhone XR being a “budget” option, it still retails for the best part of £800. For the same price, you could pick up several of the top-of-the-line Android phones currently on the market, such as the Huawei P20 Pro. For not much more, you could also get a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or a Huawei Mate 20 Pro. It also feels like if you’re going to spend £749 on a phone, it’s worth making the additional £250 payment to pick up the much better iPhone XS.

Only having one lens makes the iPhone XS feel more like a mid-range phone. Comparable Android devices, such as the OnePlus 6 can be picked up for under £500, and perhaps makes more sense for those whom photography is important, but so is budget.

On the plus side, having a single lens hasn’t stopped the iPhone XR offering the very popular Portrait mode, albeit only for use with human subjects. It produces results which are fairly impressive considering there’s just a single lens, but it doesn’t match the Google Pixel 3, or even the Google Pixel 2 for that matter – both of which also only use a single lens.

Putting all other considerations aside, the iPhone XR will no doubt still sell extremely well. If you’re heavily invested in the iOS ecosystem, it’s the cheapest entry into owning a current iPhone, so is recommended for iPhone fans who are on a (slightly) restricted budget.

4 stars

Ratings (out of 5)
Design 4
Features 3.5
Ease-of-use 4
Image quality 4
Value for money 3

Main Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Apple iPhone XR.

Apple iPhone Xs

The Apple iPhone XS is the 2018 update of Apple's best ever selling phone, last year's iPhone X. Read our Apple iPhone XS review to find out what this latest version offers and if it's the right smartphone for keen photographers...

Google Pixel 2

According to DXO, the Google Pixel 2 offers the best image quality of any smartphone currently on the market, but is it really the best option for photographers? Read our in-depth Google Pixel 2 review to find out...

Google Pixel 3

The brand new Google Pixel 3 smartphone offers photographers a 12 megapixel sensor, 5.5-inch FHD+ screen, wide-angle selfies, Portrait Mode, and the clever Night Sight mode for low-light hand-held shooting. Read our in-depth Google Pixel 3 review to find out just what it's capable of...

Google Pixel 3 XL

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL are new flagship smartphones from Google. New features for photographers include Top Shot, which uses AI to help you capture the perfect photo every time, Super Res Zoom, which produces sharp details when you zoom, and Night Sight, which lets you take natural-looking photos…

Honor 10

The Honor 10 is is the new flagship smartphone from the Huawei sub-brand, featuring a dual-camera setup with built-in artificial intelligence. Retailing for under £399, find out if this is all the smartphone that you need by reading our in-depth Honor 10 review, complete with full-size sample images and videos...

Huawei Mate 20 Pro

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is simply the best smartphone for photographers that we've ever reviewed - find out why by reading our in-depth Huawei Mate 20 Pro review, complete with full-size sample images and videos...

Huawei P20 Pro

The Huawei P20 Pro is one of the most exciting new smartphones of 2018 for photographers - find out why by reading our in-depth Huawei P20 Pro review with full-size sample images and videos...

Huawei P20

The Huawei P20 is the cheaper alternative to the flagship P20 Pro smartphone that wowed us a couple of weeks ago, but that doesn't mean that it's not worth a look. Check out our in-depth Huawei P20 Pro review with full-size sample images and videos...

Nokia 7 Plus

OnePlus 6

The OnePlus 6 is the latest flagship smartphone on the block, but this one doesn't cost the earth, retailing for about half the price of the big players. Can it really take on Apple, Samsung and the rest though? Find out now by reading our in-depth OnePlus 6 review...

Samsung Galaxy Note 9

The Galaxy Note 9 is Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, boasting a 6.4-inch screen, dual 12-megapixel cameras with dual-aperture control, 2x optical zoom, 4K video at 60fps and super slow motion video at 960fps, and internal memory up to 512GB. Take a look at our in-depth Samsung Galaxy Note 9 review to find out if this is the best smartphone camera for avid photographers...

Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus

The Galaxy S9 Plus is Samsung's flagship smartphone for 2018, boasting a 6.2-inch screen, dual cameras with dual-aperture, 4K video at 60fps and super slow motion video at 960fps. Is this the ultimate smartphone for keen photographers? Find out by reading our in-depth Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus review...

Samsung Galaxy S9

The Galaxy S9 is the smaller of two new flagship smartphones from Samsung for 2018, featuring the much heralded variable aperture lens and super slow-motion video recording at 960fps. Read our in-depth Samsung Galaxy S9 review with full-size sample images and videos now...

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Apple iPhone XR from around the web.

techradar.com »

Of the three iPhones launched in 2018, the iPhone XR is the most impressive of the lot. Not because of the strength of the spec – the iPhone XS is slightly ahead in a lot of areas – but what you're 'saving' by going for this model far outweighs what you're losing. A multitude of colors, very good battery life and a lower price? If you want a new iPhone, check this one out first.
Read the full review »

theguardian.com »

The iPhone XR looks to offer most of what made the iPhone XS a knockout for £250 less – but with a colourful body and a slightly larger screen is this the iPhone to buy?
Read the full review »

digitaltrends.com »

The iPhone XR is the best iPhone of the year. Yes, the iPhone XS and XS Max have better screens and more versatile cameras, but neither of them look as gorgeous as the XR in yellow, blue, or coral. The iPhone XR (pronounced “ten-R”) is also significantly more affordable and carries many of the best features from the flagships. It’s an unquestionably superb value at $750, especially if you’re still shopping around for an iPhone and the $1,000 price tag on the XS is bringing you down.
Read the full review »

Specifications

Finish

Red, Yellow, White, Coral, Black, Blue

Capacity 1
  • 64GB
  • 128GB
  • 256GB
Size and Weight 2
Width:
  • 75.7 mm
  • (2.98 inches)
Height:
  • 150.9 mm
  • (5.94 inches)
Depth:
  • 8.3 mm
  • (0.33 inches)
Weight:

194 grams (6.84 ounces)

Display
  • Liquid Retina HD display
  • 6.1-inch (diagonal) all-screen LCD Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1792x828-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
  • 1400:1 contrast ratio (typical)
  • True Tone display
  • Wide colour display (P3)
  • 625 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

The iPhone X R display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.06 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

Splash, Water and Dust Resistant 3
  • Rated IP67 (maximum depth of 1 metre up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529
Chip
  • A12 Bionic chip
  • Next-generation Neural Engine
Camera
  • 12MP wide-angle camera
  • ƒ/1.8 aperture
  • Digital zoom up to 5x
  • Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
  • Portrait Lighting with three effects (Natural, Studio, Contour)
  • Optical image stabilisation
  • Six-element lens
  • Quad-LED True Tone flash with slow sync
  • Panorama (up to 63MP)
  • Sapphire crystal lens cover
  • Backside illumination sensor
  • Hybrid IR filter
  • Autofocus with Focus Pixels
  • Tap to focus with Focus Pixels
  • Smart HDR for photos
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos
  • Local tone mapping
  • Advanced red-eye correction
  • Exposure control
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
  • Timer mode
  • Photo geotagging
  • Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
  • 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
  • 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
  • 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Optical image stabilisation for video
  • Digital zoom up to 3x
  • Quad-LED True Tone flash
  • Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
  • Time-lapse video with stabilisation
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus video
  • Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video
  • Playback zoom
  • Video geotagging
  • Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
  • Stereo recording
TrueDepth Camera
  • 7MP camera
  • ƒ/2.2 aperture
  • Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
  • Portrait Lighting with five effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono)
  • Animoji and Memoji
  • 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps
  • Smart HDR for photos
  • Extended dynamic range for video at 30 fps
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos
  • Retina Flash
  • Backside illumination sensor
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
  • Exposure control
  • Timer mode
Face ID
  • Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition
Apple Pay
  • Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in shops, within apps and on the web
  • Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac

Learn more about Apple Pay

Mobile and Wireless
Model A2105 *
  • FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66)
  • TD‑LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
  • UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
All models
  • 4G LTE Advanced 4
  • 802.11ac Wi‑Fi with 2x2 MIMO
  • Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
  • NFC with reader mode
  • Express Cards with power reserve
Location
  • Assisted GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and QZSS
  • Digital compass
  • Wi‑Fi
  • Mobile data
  • iBeacon micro-location
Video Calling 5
  • FaceTime video calling over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network
Audio Calling 5
  • FaceTime audio
  • Voice over LTE (VoLTE) 4
  • Wi‑Fi calling 4
Audio Playback
  • Audio formats supported: AAC‑LC, HE‑AAC, HE‑AAC v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital (AC‑3), Dolby Digital Plus (E‑AC‑3) and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+)
  • Wider stereo playback
  • User-configurable maximum volume limit
Video Playback
  • Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part 2 and Motion JPEG
  • Supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 content
  • AirPlay Mirroring, photos and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) 6
  • Video mirroring and video out support: up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately) 6
Siri 7
  • Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and more
  • Get intelligent suggestions on your Lock screen and in Messages, Mail, QuickType and more
  • Activate with only your voice using “Hey Siri”
  • Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favourite apps

Learn more about Siri

External Buttons and Connectors

Volume up/down

Ring/Silent

Side button

Built-in stereo speaker

Lightning connector

Built-in microphone

Built-in stereo speaker
Built-in microphone

Power and Battery 8
Lasts up to 1.5 hours longer than iPhone 8 Plus
Talk time (wireless):
  • Up to 25 hours
Internet use:
  • Up to 15 hours
Video playback (wireless):
  • Up to 16 hours
Audio playback (wireless):
  • Up to 65 hours
Fast‑charge capable:
  • Up to 50% charge 30 minutes 9
  • Built-in rechargeable lithium‑ion battery
  • Wireless charging (works with Qi chargers 10)
  • Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
Sensors
  • Face ID
  • Barometer
  • Three‑axis gyro
  • Accelerometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • Ambient light sensor
Operating System

iOS 12
Our most personal and secure mobile operating system yet, iOS 12 is packed with powerful features that help you get the most out of every day.

See what’s new in iOS 12
Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new iPhone X R . With built-in support for vision, hearing, physical and motor skills, and learning and literacy, you can fully enjoy the world’s most personal device. Learn more

Features include:
  • VoiceOver
  • Zoom
  • Magnifier
  • RTT and Textphone
  • Siri and Dictation
  • Type to Siri
  • Switch Control
  • Closed Captions
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Speak Screen

Built-in Apps

Camera

Photos

Health

Messages

Phone

FaceTime

Mail

Music

Wallet

Safari

Maps

Siri

Calendar

iTunes Store

App Store

Notes

News

Contacts

Books

Home

Weather

Reminders

Clock

TV

Stocks

Calculator

Voice Memos

Compass

Podcasts

Watch

Tips

Find My iPhone

Find My Friends

Settings

Files

Measure

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, iTunes U, Clips and Apple Store app are pre-installed.

iMovie

Pages

Numbers

Keynote

iTunes U

GarageBand

Apple Store

Apple TV Remote

iTunes Remote

Music Memos

Clips

Shortcuts

Headphones
EarPods with Lightning Connector
SIM Card
  • Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM) 11
  • iPhone X R is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards.
Rating for Hearing Aids
M3, T4
Mail Attachment Support
Viewable document types

.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)

System Requirements
  • Apple ID (required for some features)
  • Internet access 12
  • Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:
  • Mac: OS X 10.11.6 or later
  • PC: Windows 7 or later
  • iTunes 12.8 or later on Mac and iTunes 12.9 or later on PC (free download from www.itunes.com/uk/download)
Environmental Requirements
Operating ambient temperature:

0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)

Non-operating temperature:

−20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% non-condensing

Operating altitude:

tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)

Languages
Language support

English (Australia, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Transliteration), Hinglish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Kannada, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maori, Marathi, Norwegian, Odia, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovakian, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil (Script, Transliteration), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh

QuickType keyboard support with predictive input

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Thai, Turkish

Siri languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (Mainland China, Taiwan), Cantonese (Mainland China, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)

Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Spanish (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (Mainland China, Taiwan), Cantonese (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Hungarian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (Mainland China), Slovakian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Definition dictionary support

English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Thesaurus

English (UK, US)

Bilingual dictionary support with English

Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Spellcheck

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish

In the Box
  • iPhone with iOS 12
  • EarPods with Lightning Connector
  • Lightning to USB Cable
  • USB Power Adapter
  • Documentation

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