iPhone XR Vs. Pixel 3: The Comparison Between Affordable Flagships

Every new tech gadget comes in the market with a price tag which doesn’t make its purchase a quite attractive option for most of the people. It is typically true for the smartphones whose prices seem to climb over $1000 easily. If you are willing to purchase a premium quality phone, you will have to be ready to pay a higher price for it. However, it may be good news for most of the people that both Apple and Android have provided people with the options to purchase premium phones with the price under a grand.

If you compare the prices of Pixel 3 and Pixel 2, you will find a difference of $150 with Pixel 3 being the expensive option. However, this phone, with a price of $799, is not as expensive as other phones of the same category.

And if we talk about the Apple, it is not known for being the manufacturers of inexpensive phones. Yet it has introduced iPhone XR which costs $749. With this price, tech savvy people find it tempting to do a comparison between the iPhone XR and the devices with the prices as competitive as that of iPhone XR. Pixel 3 turns out to be the right candidate to be compared with the iPhone XR in this regard.

Design

It remains a debate whether or not Pixel 3 is better than iPhone XR from the perspective of design. Well, most of the people give iPhone XR good rating here because of the full-panel display on the front. The classic Home button is replaced with the touch screen options. The aspect ratios of both of the phones are almost the same with iPhone XR having 19.5:9 and Pixel 3 having 18:9.

The thin bezels of iPhone XR, running around all sides of the edges, make it possible for the phone to have full panel display on the front. On the other hand, Pixel 3 has thick bezels due to which this phone doesn’t look as attractive as iPhone XR.

IPhone XR also has the front camera which can measure the depths of the objects that come in front of it. The TrueDepth feature of this phone allows the phone to be unlocked used FaceID. On the other hand, Pixel 3 sticks with the fingerprint sensors.

Another feature that makes the iPhone XR quite amazing is the availability of 6 color variants. Pixel 3 is available in only 2 colors.

Display

While display of the iPhone XR is 6.1-inche which is definitely bigger than Pixel 3’s 5.5-inch display, iPhone XR has LCD screen as compared to Pixel 3’s OLED display. Moreover, Pixel 3 has the screen resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels which is quite better as compared to iPhone XR’s 1792 x 828-pixel resolution.

Camera

Camera is undoubtedly one of the most important features to take into consideration during a discussion about any smartphone. And both iPhone XR and Pixel 3 have the rear cameras which can impress customers from different viewpoints. Apart from the physical properties of a 12-megapixel camera in Pixel 3, the feature of Top Shot makes it possible for the phone to recommend the best picture among a set of different images. Moreover, the night vision mode brightens up the camera display in a very low light.

IPhone XR has one rear camera as compared to the dual camera available in iPhone XS and XS Max. It means that there is no 2X optical zoom available in iPhone XR. But the 12-megapixel wide angle lens makes it possible for the users to take high quality photos. The portrait mode of the picture blurs the background around the main object of focus; and it’s really an impressive feature.

Performance

The performance of a phone can be judged by looking at different features which may include processing capability and battery power. IPhone XR is equipped with an A12 Bionic chipset. And Pixel 3 has Snapdragon 845. If you compare the both, you will find A12 more powerful but it doesn’t mean that Snapdragon 845 is not capable of giving good performance. It supports smooth functions of different apps and games.

IPhone is also better from the perspective of battery power. The battery used in the iPhone XR is the best one as compared all of the iPhones introduced yet. It is a 2,942 mAh which can last for hours of continuous operations of different apps. On the other hand, the battery used in the Pixel 3 is very slightly low performing as compared to the one used in iPhone XR. It’s a 2,915 mAh battery but due to the nature of hardware it has to handle, it may not last as much as iPhone XR’s.