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Despite costing almost $250 less than the iPhone XS , the iPhone XR offers almost the same set of features and experience as its more expensive sibling. Apple does make a few compromises to reach that $749 price tag of the iPhone XR including a downgrade to IP67 certification. While the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max come with IP68 certification, the iPhone XR features an IP67 certification. That’s not bad by any means and the same as iPhone 8 and iPhone X from 2017 . But what exactly does the IP67 certification mean? Read below to find out. What IP Certification Really Means The IP certification guideline has been defined by the IEC 60529 standard which provides an Ingress Protection a.k.a IP rating to all consumer devices for their dust and water-resistance capabilities. The ‘6’ in the IP67 rating of the iPhone XR denotes its dust-resistance capabilities, while the ‘7’ denotes its water-resistance capabilities. While 6 is the highest dust-resistance rating ...

With 2018 coming to an end, the smartphone launch season of the year has also ended. Now OEMs are working on their 2019 flagships filled with innovative new features to attract consumers. Since the smartphone market is slowing down, it is now more important than ever for companies to come up with innovative features to allure customers. Like every year, we are going to see few technologies absolutely dominate the marketing campaigns and they would be positioned as such to attract new users. Apple is not really known to be quick to adopt new technologies so it will end up passing on most of them. Nonetheless, if you are interested in what these features are, read below. 1. 5G Be prepared to hear and see one word everywhere in 2019 – ‘5G.’ Smartphone OEMs are going to heavily push 5G as the buzzword for their 2019 flagship phones to entice users to upgrade to them. Contrary to what the marketing blitz might lead you to believe, 5G networks in Europe and the U.S. is far f...