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: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Yohandy Rodriguez Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 7:18 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
